The Alliance Party is a

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American political party formed in 2019. It is affiliated with the

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, and Reform Party of Florida. In 2020, Independence Party of New York affiliated with the Alliance Party, but disaffiliated in 2021.

History

Formation

On May 10, 2016, the

and the

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announced that they would seek to unite fourteen centrist minor political parties and possibly run a presidential candidate. Bernie Sanders won the Independent Party of Oregon's presidential primary, but could not run due to sore-loser legislation and the Independent Party of Oregon chose to not nominate a presidential candidate. The Independence Party of Minnesota gave its presidential nomination to

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. The Alliance Party was formed on October 14, 2018. On December 17, 2018, the

successfully asked the South Carolina Election Commission to record that the party had changed its name to the Alliance Party. On May 4, 2019, the Independence Party of Minnesota voted to affiliate with the Alliance Party at its state convention. The

also affiliated with the Alliance Party and the Alliance Party became ballot qualified in Mississippi.

2020 presidential election

On April 25, 2020, the party nominated businessman

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for president and historian Darcy Richardson for vice president. The ticket was approved by a vote of twenty four to two. The convention was conducted through

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, chaired by

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, and attended by delegates including

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, Brian Moore, and Michael Steinberg. On June 20, the Reform Party nominated De La Fuente and Richardson. De la Fuente defeated three other recognized candidates,

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, Souraya Faas, and Ben Zion. On June 23, the

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of Michigan nominated De La Fuente and Richardson. On August 15, the

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nominated De La Fuente, but chose

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rather than Richardson as their vice-presidential nominee. De La Fuente and Richardson received 88,238 votes in the presidential election, around 0.06% of the national total. Following the presidential election, the

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and the Independence Party of New York joined the Alliance Party.

Party Leadership

Michelle Griffith - National Chair Philip Fuehrer - National Vice Chair Ethan Michelle Gantz - National Vice Chair Connie Tewes - National Treasurer

Electoral history

President and vice president

Best results in major races

References

External links

* {{United States political parties 2018 establishments in the United States Centrist political parties in the United States Political parties established in 2018 Political parties in the United States