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Butch Ware
Green Party
Candidate, Governor of California
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 5, 2024
Next election
June 2, 2026
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Butch Ware (Green Party) is running for election for Governor of California. He declared candidacy for the primary scheduled on June 2, 2026.[source]

Ware ran for vice president on a ticket with presidential candidate Jill Stein (G) in the 2024 presidential election. Stein selected Ware as her running mate on August 16, 2024.[1] To read more about Stein's campaign, click here.

Ware is a professor and activist. As of August 2024, he taught History, Black Studies, and Islamic Studies at U.C. Santa Barbara.[2][3]

See Stein's presidential campaign overview and Presidential candidates, 2024, for more information about the 2024 presidential election.

Biography

Ware was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He received a bachelor's degree from the University of Minnesota, and a doctorate degree in history from the University of Pennsylvania in 2004.[3][2]

Ware has worked as a professor at Northwestern University and Michigan University. As of August 2024, he worked as an associate professor teaching History, Black Studies, and Islamic Studies at the University of Santa Barbara.[3][2] Ware said his, "teaching focuses on Islamic thought, anti-slavery movements in West Africa and the African Diaspora, and the broader intersection of Race, Religion, and Revolutionary Thought."[2] He is the author of two books: Jihad of the Pen: The Sufi Literature of West Africa (2018) and The Walking Qur'an: Islamic Education, Embodied Knowledge, and History in West Africa (2014).[4][5]

Elections

2026

See also: California gubernatorial election, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on June 2, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Nonpartisan primary

Nonpartisan primary election for Governor of California

The following candidates are running in the primary for Governor of California on June 2, 2026.

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Ethan Agarwal (D)
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Xavier Becerra (D)
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Ian Charles Calderon (D)
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Katie Porter (D)
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Raji Rab (D)
Image of George Slivka
George Slivka (D)  Candidate Connection
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Thomas Steyer (D)
Image of Eric Swalwell
Eric Swalwell (D)
Image of Tony Thurmond
Tony Thurmond (D)
Image of Antonio Villaraigosa
Antonio Villaraigosa (D)
Image of Betty Yee
Betty Yee (D)
Image of Michael Younger
Michael Younger (D)  Candidate Connection
Image of Chad Bianco
Chad Bianco (R)
Image of Sharifah Hardie
Sharifah Hardie (R)  Candidate Connection
Image of Steve Hilton
Steve Hilton (R)
Image of Brandon Jones
Brandon Jones (R)  Candidate Connection
Image of Daniel Mercuri
Daniel Mercuri (R)  Candidate Connection
Image of Jon Slavet
Jon Slavet (R)  Candidate Connection
Image of Leo Zacky
Leo Zacky (R)
Image of Butch Ware
Butch Ware (G)
Image of Nicholas Thompson
Nicholas Thompson (L)  Candidate Connection
Image of Jesse Alberti
Jesse Alberti (No party preference)  Candidate Connection
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Tony Fitzpatrick (No party preference)  Candidate Connection
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Lewis Herms (No party preference)  Candidate Connection

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2024

Jill Stein (G) selected Ware as her running mate on August 16, 2024. Stein began her campaign for the 2024 presidential election on November 9, 2023. The Green Party selected Stein as its presidential nominee on August 17, 2024, at the Green National Convention. Click the links below to read more about the 2024 presidential election:


Presidential election, 2024
 
Candidate/Running mate
%
Popular votes
Electoral votes
✔
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Donald Trump/J.D. Vance (R)
 
49.8
 
77,303,568 312
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Kamala D. Harris/Tim Walz (D)
 
48.3
 
75,019,230 226
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Jill Stein (multiple running mates) (G)
 
0.6
 
861,164 0
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr./Nicole Shanahan (Independent)
 
0.5
 
756,393 0
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Chase Oliver/Mike ter Maat (L)
 
0.4
 
650,138 0
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Claudia De La Cruz/Karina Garcia (Party for Socialism and Liberation)
 
0.1
 
165,191 0
Image of
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Cornel West/Melina Abdullah (Independent)
 
0.1
 
81,084 0
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Peter Sonski/Lauren Onak (American Solidarity Party)
 
0.0
 
41,853 0
Image of
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Randall Terry/Stephen E. Broden (Constitution Party)
 
0.0
 
41,290 0
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Shiva Ayyadurai/Crystal Ellis (Independent)
 
0.0
 
28,399 0
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Richard Duncan/Mitchell Preston Bupp (Independent)
 
0.0
 
12,805 0
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Joel Skousen/Rik Combs (Constitution Party)
 
0.0
 
12,786 0
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Jay Bowman/De Bowman (Independent)
 
0.0
 
5,971 0
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Christopher Garrity/Cody Ballard (Independent)
 
0.0
 
5,294 0
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Joseph Kishore/Jerry White (Socialist Equality Party)
 
0.0
 
4,650 0
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Rachele Fruit (multiple running mates) (Socialist Workers Party)
 
0.0
 
4,118 0
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Mattie Preston/Shannel Conner (Godliness, Truth, Justice)
 
0.0
 
2,857 0
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Lucifer Everylove (no running mate) (Unaffiliated)
 
0.0
 
2,653 0
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Blake Huber/Andrea Denault (Approval Voting Party)
 
0.0
 
2,196 0
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Michael Wood/John G. Pietrowski (Prohibition Party)
 
0.0
 
1,144 0
Image of
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Vermin Supreme/Jonathan Realz (Independent)
 
0.0
 
914 0
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Laura Ebke/Trisha Butler (Liberal Party)
 
0.0
 
859 0
Image of
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William P. Stodden/Stephanie H. Cholensky (Socialist Party)
 
0.0
 
364 0
Image of
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Robert Wells Jr./Tony Jones (Independent)
 
0.0
 
359 0
  Other write-in votes
 
0.2
 
235,673 0

There were no incumbents in this race The results have been certified.

Total votes: 155,240,953

0 states have not been called.


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2026

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ ABC 3340, "Dr. Jill Stein announces Butch Ware as VP running mate," August 16, 2024
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 UC Santa Barbara, "Butch Ware," accessed August 20, 2024
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Stein's campaign website, "Meet Butch," accessed August 20, 2024
    4. ↑ ProQuest, "Jihad of the Pen: The Sufi Literature of West Africa," May 2020
    5. ↑ AJIS, "The Walking Qur’an," accessed August 20, 2024
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