The Vermont Green Party (VGP) or Vermont Greens formed in 2002 out of organizing around Ralph Nader's presidential campaigns in 1996 and 2000. The VGP was one of two established state green parties that refused to place the 2004 national presidential nominee, David Cobb on its ballot line, endorsing Nader's independent campaign instead. The party ran statewide and local candidates from 2004 till 2009, but was split by internal tensions and both factions dissolved by 2010.