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Mississippi Reform Party Chairman Gwen Dykes Senate leader none Assembly leader none Founded 1997 Ideology Fiscal Conservatism National affiliation Reform Party of the United States of America Official colors Red, White, Blue (unofficial) Website http://www.reformpartyms.org Politics of the United States
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ElectionsThe Mississippi Reform Party is the state party organization for Mississippi of the Reform Party of the United States of America.
In the 1990s, Ted Weill founded the Independent Party of Mississippi. Weill received 13,861 votes in his bid for Senate. [1]
In 1997, the Independent Party of Mississippi became the official state affiliate of the national Reform Party and renamed itself the Mississippi Reform Party.
Following the 2000 election, Pat Buchanan's supporters seized control of the party and affiliated with the America First Party, an extremely socially conservative party. [2] Ryan Walters was the party's chairman. [3] Under the control of the America First Party, the Mississippi Reform Party championed the preservation of Mississippi's state flag, defending it against accusations of racism and the demands that it be changed. [4]
Weill eventually regained control of the party, and in 2003, Shawn O'Hara ran for governor on the party's line. [5] O'Hara is a controversial figure in Mississippi politics, and ultimately garnered 4,070 votes. [6]
In 2004 Weill was the front-runner for the Reform Party's presidential nomination. [7] Weill withdrew after he learned Ralph Nader was seeking the nomination, and ultimately endorsed his candidacy.
In 2008, Weill became the Reform Party presidential candidate. [8] Due to a lawsuit, Weill only had a week to campaign, receiving only 470 votes. [9]
Rebel faction
Several Reform Party candidates filed to run in the 2010 Congressional election in Mississippi (but none for any statewide office). [10] Among these are Barbara Dale Washer, Tracella Lou O'Hara Hill, and Anna Jewel Revies. [11]
These candidates are aligned with controversial party figure Thomas Randolph Huffmaster, who claims he is the party chairman, albeit, the Reform Party of the United States does not recognize him as such. [12] Huffmaster's candidates never appeared at the debates, and never even responded to the invitations to partake. Huffmaster is aligned with John Blare, who continuously claims to be the national party's secretary,[13] although a federal court case determined he was not. [14]
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- ^ http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=28&year=1996&f=0&off=3&elect=0
- ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20020523213528/www.msreformparty.org/
- ^ http://ryanswalters.org/about-me/
- ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20021206163155/msreformparty.org/flag/saveflag.shtm
- ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20030803210943/http://www.spo-rpusa.org/miss/Candidates/shawn.htm
- ^ http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=28&year=2003&f=0&off=5&elect=0
- ^ http://www.politics1.com/reform04a.htm
- ^ http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2008/07/reform-party-picks-candidates-officers/
- ^ http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/results/states/mississippi.html
- ^ http://www.wlbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=12063153
- ^ http://www.thegreenpapers.com/G10/MS
- ^ http://picayuneitem.com/statenews/x752938523/Reform-candidates-taken-off-Miss-US-House-ballot
- ^ http://s95083805.onlinehome.us/rpusa/contacts.htm
- ^ http://www.rpusa.info/NYFed/Doc_50-3_Blare_Exh[46].pdf
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