[2] Since that time the Green Party of Washington Coordinating Council has been working to promote growth of the party to improve grassroots democracy in Washington State and the U.S. in support of the Green Party's Four Pillars and Ten Key Values [3] while offering voters a non-corporate-controlled alternative to the current two-party political system.
[5] in 2008 Duff Badgley from Seattle ran as a Green Party member for Washington State Governor and Garry Muuell from Hoquiam ran in CD 6 for US House of Representatives.
In 2010 Howard A. Pellett from Anacortes ran for State Senator in LD 40.
in 2010 Roy Olson from Olympia ran for CD 9 US Representative.
In 2014 Bob Lewis, a union activist and grocery store manager from the Puget Sound region, ran for District 21, position 2 of the Washington House of Representatives.