Darius Connors



Darius Connors was an American politician who served as the mayor of Rock Hill, South Carolina from 2055 to 2063. He was one of the first Green Party politicians elected to notable public office in the United States. Following his two terms as mayor, he served on the Green National Committee from 2064 to 2075, and was Cara Nunez's running mate in the 2068 presidential election, in which the Green Party won an as-of-then unprecedented 17.7% of the vote.

Early life
Darius Connors was born in Rock Hill, South Carolina, on 20 August 2005. He was raised in the northeastern part of the city and lived there from his infancy until he graduated from Rock Hill High School in 2023, when he moved to Clemson, South Carolina to attend Clemson University, from which he graduated in 2027 with a degree in political science.

Career
Connors moved to Spartanburg in northwestern South Carolina following his graduation from Clemson University, and taught U.S. Government and Politics at Spartanburg High School from 2028 to 2039. He then returned to his hometown of Rock Hill to work on Rock Hill resident Terri Lombardi's Green Party candidacy in her U.S. Senate campaign in the 2040 U.S. Senate election in South Carolina, where she recieved 3.8% of the vote. Connors continued to be a Green Party activist and won the mayoral election in his hometown of Rock Hill in 2055, becoming one of the first major Green Party officeholders in the United States. He was re-elected in 2059 and served in the position until 2063. After his tenure as Rock Hill mayor, Connors served on the Green Party National Committee from 2064 to 2075.

2068 United States presidential election
Connors was selected as Cara Nunez's running mate in August 2068 for the Green Party ticket. He was the first Green Party candidate to participate in a U.S. Vice Presidential debate, similar to Nunez being the first Green candidate to participate in a U.S. Presidential debate. Like Nunez, Connors was very outspoken about climate action, and was also a major advocate of changing American voting systems to ranked-choice voting and eliminating the Electoral College.

Later life
After leaving the Green National Committee in 2075, Connors continued to reside in his hometown of Rock Hill until his death in January 2108 at the age of 102.