In 1994, Green candidate Jeff Johnson of South Kingstown, Rhode Island gained about 6% of the vote in an election for lieutenant governor.
[3] In June 2004 GPRI hosted a diplomatic visit by Miguel Angel Pimentel, President of the Green Party of Democratic Unity in the Dominican Republic.
[3] Former Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney attended the party's state convention in 2007, recruiting volunteers for her 2008 presidential campaign.
[6] In May 2020, the party decided to suspend its 2020 presidential campaign, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the state's refusal to relax in-person petitioning.
A group in support of the Hawkins–Walker 2020 presidential campaign filed a complaint with the national party’s Accreditation Committee[7] while simultaneously gathering ballot petition signatures in Rhode Island.