[4] Notable past and present members include Bob Avakian, Emmy Lou Packard, Byron Randall, and (briefly) Murray Rothbard.

[21] After the 1967 Century City anti-Vietnam War march on June 23, 1967, anti-war and civil rights supporters began collecting petitions for the Peace and Freedom Party.

[28][non-primary source needed] California's 2018 gubernatorial primary had statewide office candidates registered in the party.

In the race for Insurance Commissioner, Peace and Freedom candidate Nathalie Hrizi received 316,149 votes, 5.0% of the total.

[23]: 121 Convention votes: Johnson is Citizen's Party In 2016, both PFP's California state chair and Green candidate Jill Stein requested that the California Secretary of State allow Stein to be placed on the PFP party ballot, but this was rejected.

[34] In 2012, Rocky Anderson won a plurality of delegates in PFP's non-binding preference primary, after failing to win enough votes to place his Justice Party on the ballot.

However, Anderson failed to win representatives on the PFP's Central Committee, and withdrew 1 week before the convention.

[57][58] Nader obtained enough signatures to appear on the ballot in Iowa and Utah as the Peace and Freedom Party candidate.

They could not agree, and split the convention, which resulted in the Secretary of State voiding the PFP ballot line for the year.