New Jersey Conservative Party

New Jersey Conservative Party
Leader	State Chairman, Stephen Spinosa
Founded	1992
Ideology	Nationalism, states' rights, conservatism, right-wing
Website
http://www.njcp.org/ http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.njcp.org

The New Jersey Conservative Party, also known as the NJCP, is a conservative political party in New Jersey, United States.

Ideological base

The NJCP is similar to the Republican Party. It believes in low taxes, a balanced budget and job growth. They believe in the right to own private property, ending welfare to individuals, ending government-supported health care, and ending foreign aid. They favor states' rights, a strong military, anti-immigration laws, and term limits for congressmen.

History

The New Jersey Conservative Party was created in March 1992 by Tom Blomquist. In 1995, the party broke the record for the most third party candidates during one election in the history of New Jersey. This helped lead the NJCP to receiving 117,219 votes. In 2000, the New Jersey Conservative Party was involved in a lawsuit that permitted New Jersey voters to join third parties. In 2009 the parties state chairman asked registered members to change their party affiliation to Republican so they can vote for Steve Lonegan for Governor. As of October 20th 2008 the state lists, 154 registered Conservative Party members statewide [1]. By doing this, State Chairman Stephen Spinosa is effectively calling for the end of his third-party movement in order to boost Lonegan's chances. His actions have put him at odds with Sam Gallo, the National Chairman of the Conservative Party of the USA. "Their leadership has displayed a dose of insanity! A real blight on true Conservatives across America intend on changing direction of this country," [2]

See also

• Conservative Party of New York

External links

• New Jersey Conservative Party Home Page