It is almost guaranteed to be Howie Hawkins, it if isn't officially declared him yet. The only other real competition is Dario Hunter. The only obstacle I can see to Hawkins is if enough Greens take issue with his being on some other socialist party's ticket or the way other candidates were excluded from events. I don't see any of that blocking him though.

I'm registered green and have voted green for two and half decades. I may vote libertarian this time, depending on Jo's views (edited a week later to add: oh hell no. Here's an example of the reasoning going on there: people should be allowed to move freely where every they wish (OK, good premise) Therefore we oppose all tariffs and barriers to trade (wait, what? That's a non sequitur.) The Libertarian Party is sticking to proposals that will solve nothing and their prioritizing of rich people's inconveniences over real problems.). Dario at first sided strongly with the green's "lavender caucus" on the idea of expelling Georgia's green party for endorsing the women's declaration on sex-based rights. He may have walked it back a bit, after the "dialogue not expulsion" petition started.

Howie apparently "misgendered" or "dead-named" some trans people and had to kiss the ring. The lavender caucus' leader Margret Elizabeth (very much, picture Dean Pelton from the show Community but apparently 'woman identifying') I think got Howie to say twaw. Greens have been pretty much trans activists, and while there are very vocal gender critical members and members who want the party to embrace diversity of opinion on the trans/gc issue, it is an uphill battle just as it is every where else where decisions and policies are made.

I think what's going on in the Greens is important, because I don't know how the roots of the greens (the very hippy/crunchy granola/earth mother goddess types-- kinda why I joined) can pretend away biological reality. I don't see how any party on the left can embrace any kind of philosophical idealism over material reality.