Constitution Party (United States)
The Constitution Party is a political party in the United States that promotes a religious conservative view of the principles and intents of the Constitution. The party was founded by Howard Phillips, a conservative activist, after President George H. W. Bush violated his pledge of no new taxes. In 2000, Rick Jore became the first member of the party to hold a seat in a state legislature, even though he was defeated in the 2000, 2002 and 2004 elections.
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The Constitution Party is a political party in the United States that promotes a religious conservative view of the principles and intents of the Constitution. The party was founded by Howard Phillips, a conservative activist, after President George H. W. Bush violated his pledge of \”read my lips: no new taxes\”. During the 1992 and 1996 presidential elections the party sought to give its presidential nomination to prominent politicians including Pat Buchanan and Ross Perot, but was unsuccessful. In 2000, Rick Jore became the first member of the party to hold a seat in a state legislature, even though he was defeated in the 2000, 2002 and 2004 elections. On September 3, 1999, the national convention of the U. S. Taxpayers’ Party was held and during it the name of theparty was successfully changed to Constitution. As of July 2020, the Constitution Party has 26 members who have been elected to city council seats and other municipal offices across the US. In terms of registered members, the party ranks fifth among national parties in theUnited States. The Constitution parties of Minnesota and Colorado have both achieved major party status once. In 1996, Phillips sent a memo to conservative leaders including James Dobson, the head of Focus on the Family, stating that anti-abortion candidates like Pat Buchanan, Alan Keyes and Bob Dornan were unlikely to become the Republican presidential nominee and that they should become the party’s presidential nominee. On April 15, 1998, Phillips announced that he would run for the presidency and accepted U.S.
Taxpayers’ Party’s presidential nomination at its national convention in New Orleans, Louisiana, which was held from September 4 to 5. In April 2000, Phillips was selected to serve as a tentative presidential candidate for the party until a more prominent candidate wanted the party’’s presidential nomination. In the general election of that year, Phillips placed seventh with 43,400 votes and placed seventh on the ballot. He was later selected to run for president in the 2012 presidential election and was the first candidate to be nominated by the party. In 2012, Virgil Goode was given the presidential nomination in 2012, Darrell Castle wasgiven the presidential nominations in 2016, and Don Blankenship was given nomination in 2020. In 2008, Chuck Baldwin was given nominations in 2008 and 2012, although he faced opposition from multiple state affiliates. In 2002, Greg Moeller was first member to win a partisan election. In 1998, Patricia Becker received over 5% of the popular vote giving the U S Taxpayer’s Party major party Status in Minnesota. In 2004, Michael Peroutka was elected to the Minnesota state legislature and was later elected to a state senate seat. In 2006, Rick Moeller became thefirst member to winning election to the state legislature in 2006. In 2007, the first person to win election to a seat to the legislature in the state of New Mexico was Greg Jore, who was elected in the same year as the previous year. In 2010, the Party held caucuses during the 2000 presidential election.
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