Veterans Party of America
- Veterans Party of America
Infobox American Political Party
party_name = Veterans Party of America
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headquarters = St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
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website =The Veterans Party of America is a recently formed political party based in St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.
The VPA fielded a few candidates in 2004, including a US Senate candidate in Florida. [ [http://www.politics1.com/parties.htm Politics1 - Guide to American Political Parties ] ] [ [http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2004/partylabels.pdf The Federal Election Commission - list of candidates' party labels in 2004] ] However, they have attracted limited electoral success, and bitter in-fighting caused the party to split into two rival factions in 2006. [ [http://www.politics1.com/parties.htm Politics1 - Guide to American Political Parties ] ] In August 2008, the VPA officially ceded its membership and ideology to the Modern Whig Party due to that organization's relatively large military membership totaling about 10,000 people, 6,500 of which are affiliated with the military. [ [http://whigsinvirginia.blogspot.com/2008/08/veterans-party-cedes-mantle-to-whigs.html THE INDEPENDENT NEWS/GOSSIP SOURCE OF THE GROWING WHIG MOVEMENT] ] [http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/08/06/military-veterans-turn-to-modern-whig-party/]
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External links
* [http://www.veteransparty.us Unofficial Veterans Party of America website]
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