The Green Papers
2008 Political Parties
Parties Grouped by Classification


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The Classification of Political parties listed on TheGreenPapers.com.

  1. Major Parties (those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1976 and 2004)
    1. Democrats and affiliates
    2. Republicans and affiliates
  2. Third Parties
    1. Major Third Parties and affiliates (any Party, other than the Democrats and the Republicans, receiving a minimum of 2/10ths of 1 percent of the nationwide popular vote in any presidential election between 1976 and 2004 and which fielded candidates in the previous presidential election [2004] are hereby defined as "Major third parties" for the purposes of "The Green Papers" website. Excluded from this are non-party Independent bids for President which received at least 0.2% of the nationwide popular vote. See Criteria for including Major Third Parties.)
    2. Other Third Parties (i.e., not a Major Third Party)
  3. Independents (covering Unaffiliated, Nonpartisan and all the other synonyms/euphemisms for Independent)
  4. Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
 
    

Nonpartisan
 

Incumbents, candidates, and links to state affiliates
5 Incumbents
21 Candidates


 
StatePartyCandidate or LinkOffice
Alabama  
Alaska  
American SamoaNonpartisanAumua AmataCandidate for Delegate to the House of Representatives
NonpartisanTerritorial Delegate Eni F.H. FaleomavaegaCandidate for Delegate to the House of Representatives
NonpartisanFualA'Au Rosie F. Tago LancasterCandidate for Delegate to the House of Representatives
NonpartisanAfoa Leulumoega LutuCandidate for Governor
NonpartisanUtu Abe MalaeCandidate for Governor
NonpartisanTuika TuikaCandidate for Governor
NonpartisanGovernor Togiola T.A. TulafonoCandidate for Governor
Arizona  
Arkansas  
California  
Colorado  
Connecticut  
Delaware  
District of Columbia  
Florida  
Georgia  
Guam  
Hawaii  
Idaho  
Illinois  
Indiana  
Iowa  
Kansas  
Kentucky  
Louisiana  
Maine  
Maryland(Nonpartisan)Keith Russell JuddCandidate for President
Massachusetts  
Michigan  
Minnesota  
MississippiNonpartisanTravis W. ChildersCandidate for House CD 1
NonpartisanCharles Gregory "Greg" DavisCandidate for House CD 1
NonpartisanSteve HollandCandidate for House CD 1
NonpartisanGlenn L. McCullough, Jr.Candidate for House CD 1
NonpartisanWally PangCandidate for House CD 1
NonpartisanJohn M. Wages, Jr.Candidate for House CD 1
Missouri  
Montana  
Nebraska  
Nevada  
New Hampshire  
New Jersey  
New Mexico  
New York  
North Carolina  
North DakotaNonpartisanMax L. LairdCandidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction
NonpartisanPublic Instruction Superintendent Wayne G. SansteadIncumbent Superintendent of Public Instruction
NonpartisanPublic Instruction Superintendent Wayne G. SansteadCandidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction
Northern Marianas  
Ohio  
Oklahoma  
OregonNonpartisanLabor and Industries Commissioner Brad AvakianIncumbent Commissioner of Labor and Industries
NonpartisanLabor and Industries Commissioner Brad AvakianCandidate for Commissioner of Labor and Industries
NonpartisanPublic Instruction Superintendent Susan CastilloIncumbent Superintendent of Public Instruction
NonpartisanPavel GobermanCandidate for Commissioner of Labor and Industries
NonpartisanMark WelyczkoCandidate for Commissioner of Labor and Industries
Pennsylvania  
Puerto Rico  
Rhode Island  
South Carolina  
South Dakota  
Tennessee  
Texas  
Utah  
Vermont  
Virgin Islands  
Virginia  
WashingtonNonpartisanPublic Instruction Superintendent Teresa "Terry" BergesonIncumbent Superintendent of Public Instruction
NonpartisanPublic Instruction Superintendent Teresa "Terry" BergesonCandidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction
NonpartisanRandy DornCandidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction
West Virginia  
WisconsinNonpartisanPublic Instruction Superintendent Elizabeth BurmasterIncumbent Superintendent of Public Instruction
Wyoming  
 

Parties are listed as (party) where either it has been reported that a given candidacy is affiliated with a given Party but said affiliation does not appear on the ballot or 'The Green Papers' does not have independent confirmation from an election authority that the given Party has its own separate line on the ballot.

 


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