Posted on 07/26/2006 9:08:14 PM PDT by Tim Long
At any level of government? I asked them in an email but they didn't reply. If they haven't in 14 years as a party, I could see why. Thanks.
The third parties tend to try and go after seats held by people who hold similar views as their own, but who differ on one or two issues.
This usually results in the exact opposite result where the opposite party wins.
Sort of.
Rick Jore, of the Montana Constitution Party won a seat in the State House of Representatives in the November 2, 2004 election, becoming the first State legislator in the nation to be elected on the Constitution Party ticket.
Jore is not a newcomer to the Montana Legislature. He was elected to the Montana House as a Republican in 1994, 1996, and 1998.
(Note that it was really Jore's name recognition that won the election.)
Is that the only one? I wasn't counting that one, because "a later recount and court ruling gave the seat to the Democratic candidate Jeanne Windham."
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