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2012 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 1980 and 2008)
    1. Democrats and affiliates
    2. Republicans and affiliates
  2. Third Parties
    1. Major Third Parties and affiliates (any Party, other than a Major Party [as defined in 1. above], receiving a minimum of 15/100ths of 1 percent of the nationwide popular vote in any presidential election between 1980 and 2008 and which fielded candidates in the previous presidential election [2008] 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 0.15% 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
 
    

Independence
Independence Affiliates: Independent Greens

Incumbents, candidates, and links to state affiliates
18 Candidates


 
StatePartyCandidate or LinkOffice
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Alaska  
American Samoa  
Arizona  
Arkansas  
California  
Colorado  
Connecticut  
Delaware  
District of Columbia  
Florida  
Georgia  
Guam  
Hawaii  
Idaho(Independence)Chance WhiteCandidate for President
Illinois  
Indiana  
Iowa  
Kansas  
Kentucky  
Louisiana  
Maine  
Maryland  
Massachusetts  
Michigan  
MinnesotaIndependenceSteve CarlsonCandidate for House CD 4
IndependenceAdam SteeleCandidate for House CD 7
IndependenceStephen WilliamsCandidate for Senate Class 1
Mississippi  
Missouri  
Montana  
Nebraska  
Nevada  
New Hampshire  
New Jersey  
New Mexico  
New YorkIndependenceRandolph "Randy" AltschulerCandidate for House CD 1
IndependenceMonroe County Executive Maggie BrooksCandidate for House CD 25
IndependenceCongressman Ann Marie BuerkleCandidate for House CD 24
IndependenceMatthew A. "Matt" DohenyCandidate for House CD 21
IndependenceCongressman Christopher Patrick "Chris" GibsonCandidate for House CD 19
IndependenceSenator Kirsten Elizabeth GillibrandCandidate for Senate Class 1
IndependenceCongressman Richard L. HannaCandidate for House CD 22
IndependenceCongressman Steve J. IsraelCandidate for House CD 3
IndependenceCongressman Peter T. "Pete" KingCandidate for House CD 2
IndependenceMichael Hamilton MadiganCandidate for House CD 26
IndependenceCongressman Carolyn McCarthyCandidate for House CD 4
IndependenceCongressman Thomas W. "Tom" Reed, IICandidate for House CD 23
IndependenceCongressman Paul David TonkoCandidate for House CD 20
IndependenceChristopher Robin WightCandidate for House CD 12
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North Dakota  
Northern Marianas  
Ohio  
Oklahoma  
Oregon  
Pennsylvania  
Puerto Rico  
Rhode Island  
South Carolina  
South Dakota  
Tennessee  
Texas  
Utah  
Vermont  
Virgin Islands  
Virginia  
Washington  
West Virginia  
Wisconsin  
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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