Mountain Party
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Mountain Party
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| Secretary | Susan Cleaver |
| Chair | Jesse Johnson |
| Vice Chair | Travis Boothe |
| Ideology |
Green politics Progressivism Environmentalism Social democracy Ecologism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| National affiliation | Green Party of the United States |
| Colors | Green |
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| United States House of Representatives delegation |
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| West Virginia Senate |
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| West Virginia House of Delegates |
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The Mountain Party is a state-level political party in West Virginia. They are the affiliate of the United States Green Party in West Virginia. The party is headed by Jesse Johnson, State Chairman.
It is a progressive and environmentalist party that calls for an end to mountaintop removal coal mining. It also calls for timber regulation that reduces flooding, erosion and eliminates clear-cutting and destruction of old-growth forests. Other platform planks include an end to corporate welfare, and the establishment of small community schools, universal health care and campaign finance reform.
The party, similar in its outlook to the liberal wing of the Democratic Party, was created partially in response to the perceived conservative tilt of the state's Democratic Party.
Under West Virginia ballot access laws, a party gains automatic ballot access for the subsequent election cycle by gaining one percent of the votes for Governor. Having obtained access by petition in 2000, the party achieved that one percent in that election and again in 2004 and won over 4% of votes in 2008.
The Mountain Party was born as a direct result of the Denise Giardina for Governor campaign in the year 2000 general election.
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