Center-left? Well, that was a bit of a surprise. I expected a party with that name to represent old-time conservative New England values.
Posted on 07/18/2025 10:47:20 AM PDT by Angelino97
The Connecticut chapter of the Yankee National Party has submitted designation petitions for a wide range of local and state offices ahead of the 2025 and 2026 election cycles. The organization is seeking to eventually qualify as a recognized political party under state election law.
Independent Political Report first covered the Yankee National Party’s candidate recruitment efforts in November 2024, when the group was finalizing its updated platform and preparing for the future following the general election. At the time, the party said it planned to field candidates under its own label across the region, while also considering endorsements of aligned candidates running as Republicans, Democrats, Greens, or Libertarians. It also noted that it was accepting early endorsement applications for future cycles on a case-by-case basis.
According to a recent Patch article, Connecticut organizers have now submitted party designation petitions for a variety of offices to the Secretary of State’s office. A list published in the article indicates that the party is looking to run candidates under its label for president, three congressional districts, U.S. Senate, statewide offices, six state senate districts, eleven state house districts, and local offices in eleven total municipalities.
The group is also reportedly pursuing recognition as either a minor or major party under Connecticut law. A party qualifies as a minor party for a specific office if its candidate receives at least 1% of the votes cast in the most recent election for that office. This status allows the party to nominate future candidates for that office without petitioning, provided it files party rules with the Secretary of the State and continues to run candidates. Major party status is more difficult to attain and requires either that a party’s gubernatorial candidate receive at least 20 percent of the vote in a statewide election or that at least 20 percent of all registered voters in Connecticut be enrolled in the party.
A former Democratic official has also recently announced plans to seek office under the Yankee National Party banner in one of the eleven municipalities. On Wednesday, the Connecticut Examiner reported that Joshua Steele Kelly, who served as vice chair of the Waterford Democratic Town Committee until resigning Tuesday, will run for a seat on the Waterford Board of Finance. Kelly’s departure followed the Democratic committee’s decision not to endorse him, reportedly due to his role as treasurer of the Yankee National Party.
Kelly has pushed back against the decision by comparing his situation to Democrats who have accepted cross-endorsements from the Working Families Party.
Founded in 2020, the Yankee National Party describes itself as a center-left social democratic organization focused on the New England region, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. It is affiliated with the New England Independence Campaign and the California National Party but maintains its own separate structure. The party resumed organizing efforts this past year and has also since endorsed two local candidates in Massachusetts.
Center-left? Well, that was a bit of a surprise. I expected a party with that name to represent old-time conservative New England values.
Is this a beginning to the break from the lunatic Democrats party?
What happened to A Connecticut Party? They also positioned themselves as Center-Left, and elected an evil governor (Weicker)
From their website:
“Our federal government has spun out of control with thoughtless cuts to funding streams, unconstitutional attacks on the judiciary, irresponsible and illogical tarrifs and imperialist threats, Presidential immunity, unchecked criminal pardons, attacks on the bodily autonomy of women, corporate money dominating politics, and total gridlock in Congress... need we go on?
“We can’t wait for the system to fix itself any longer: we need a new system, by northeasterners, for northeasterners.
“The citizens of the northeast deserve government that is future-focused, anti-fascist and anti-racist, free from corruption, and that seeks to protect the rights of all, not an elite few. For a future made in the Northeast, vote Yankee National Party.”
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So how are they different from DSA or, for that matter, the Democrats? They seem to be an extreme redundancy, especially in a place such as New England.
The “Yankee National” and California secessionist movements are by their plans to break up the Union subversive of the republic. The FBI penetrated the Southern nationalist groups and militia organizations under the Bushes, Clinton, Obama, and Biden. Time for reciprocal treatments for these left wing parties.
The Yankee National Party could get competition in Massachusetts from the Red Sox National Party.
I've never heard of this group, nor do I remember EVER seeing them on a ballot here ( not that I would EVER, not in a BILLION YEARS, ever vote for anyone from it! ), at any time.
That SOB ran as a GOPER and he instituted the state income tax!
Connecticut has become the suburbs of NY City sad to say.
I live in CT—never heard of them.
Especially since the damned CCP FLU, when a horde of them moved up here, to my exurbia town, because we aren’t all THAT far away from NYC. :-(
Are you a native, or did you move here by choice?
Oh did you? How interesting!
Born here—moved away—eventually came back...long story.
I live way out in the woods so we don’t get any city folk. They can’t handle it—especially during the winters.
We moved here 35+ years ago.
I've worked on a number of campaigns myself, some were fun, some were a real pain in the neck.
Worked on both of President Nixon's 2 winning campaigns, which were a LOT of Fun! He held GREAT rallies, that were somewhat like Trumps...live bands, pom poms, singing, and this was in the heart of Manhattan, N.Y. !
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