Howie Hawkins is the 2020 Green Party presidential nominee. He clinched the nomination on June 21, 2020, after winning more than 176 delegates across Green Party primaries and caucuses. He was formally nominated at the Green Party National Convention on July 11, 2020.[3][4] His running mate is veteran and labor activist Angela Nicole Walker.

The centerpiece of Hawkins' campaign is his proposal for an ecosocialist Green New Deal, which includes an economic and environmental program.

His campaign website describes the two programs: "The Economic Bill of Rights will finally fulfill President Roosevelt’s 1944 call upon Congress to develop programs to secure basic economic human rights for all. The Green Economy Reconstruction Program will not only build a 100% clean energy system by 2030, but will reconstruct all economic sectors for ecological sustainability, from agriculture and manufacturing to housing and transportation."[5]

Hawkins was the Green Party nominee for governor of New York in 2010, 2014, and 2018.[6]