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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
 
    

Unaffiliated
 

Incumbents, candidates, and links to state affiliates
35 Candidates


 
StatePartyCandidate or LinkOffice
Alabama  
Alaska  
American Samoa  
Arizona  
Arkansas  
California  
ColoradoUnaffiliatedDavid C. "Dave" AndersonCandidate for House CD 5
UnaffiliatedTisha Trinette CasidaCandidate for House CD 3
(Unaffiliated)Thomas Henry JunielCandidate for House CD 1
(Unaffiliated)Jaime McMillanCandidate for House CD 3
UnaffiliatedKathy L. PolhemusCandidate for House CD 6
UnaffiliatedJill Ann ReedCandidate for President
(Unaffiliated)Morgan WestCandidate for House CD 3
Connecticut  
Delaware  
District of Columbia  
Florida  
Georgia  
Guam  
Hawaii  
Idaho  
Illinois  
Indiana  
Iowa  
Kansas  
Kentucky  
Louisiana  
Maine(Unaffiliated)Jill Ann ReedCandidate for President
Maryland(Unaffiliated)Brandy BakerCandidate for Senate Class 1
(Unaffiliated)Michael David BoylesCandidate for President
(Unaffiliated)Theodis "Ted" Brown, Sr.Candidate for President
(Unaffiliated)Paul ChehadeCandidate for President
(Unaffiliated)David Michael CrosbyCandidate for President
(Unaffiliated)Fred Donald Dickson, Jr.Candidate for President
(Unaffiliated)Robert William DietzCandidate for President
(Unaffiliated)Nelson Keyton, Jr.Candidate for President
(Unaffiliated)Jill Ann ReedCandidate for President
(Unaffiliated)Cecil James RothCandidate for President
UnaffiliatedS. Rob SobhaniCandidate for Senate Class 1
(Unaffiliated)Ed TinusCandidate for Senate Class 1
MassachusettsUnaffiliatedDaniel S. BotelhoCandidate for House CD 9
Michigan  
Minnesota  
Mississippi  
Missouri  
Montana(Unaffiliated)Darrell HykesCandidate for President
Nebraska  
Nevada  
New Hampshire  
New Jersey  
New Mexico  
New York  
North Carolina(Unaffiliated)Todd Montgomery ForemanCandidate for House CD 8
North Dakota  
Northern Marianas  
Ohio  
Oklahoma  
Oregon  
Pennsylvania  
Puerto Rico  
Rhode Island  
South Carolina  
South Dakota  
Tennessee  
Texas  
UtahUnaffiliatedJoseph "Joe" AndradeCandidate for House CD 2
UnaffiliatedWilliam Currie "Bill" BarronCandidate for Senate Class 1
(Unaffiliated)David J. CannonCandidate for Governor
(Unaffiliated)Darrell HykesCandidate for President
(Unaffiliated)Nelson Keyton, Jr.Candidate for President
UnaffiliatedCharles E. KimballCandidate for House CD 2
UnaffiliatedGloria Estela La RivaCandidate for President
(Unaffiliated)Erin Kent MageeCandidate for President
(Unaffiliated)Dennis C. OwenCandidate for Governor
(Unaffiliated)Warren RogersCandidate for Treasurer
(Unaffiliated)Joann S. SecristCandidate for Senate Class 1
(Unaffiliated)Sheila Telles "Samm" TittleCandidate for President
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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