Liberty Union Party
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The Liberty Union Party of Vermont originated in the People's Party movement of the late 1960's and defines itself as a nonviolent socialist party.
The Liberty Union Party lost its major party status in 1994, but requalified in 2004 due to Auditor of Accounts candidate Jerry Levy's six percent showing. For the 2006 elections, the Liberty Union Party has candidates for:
- Governor of Vermont: Bob Skold
- United States Senate: Peter Diamondstone
- United States House of Representatives: Jane Newton
- Lieutenant Governor of Vermont: Mary Alice "Mal" Herbert
- Vermont Senate: Ben Mitchell
- Auditor of Accounts: Jerry Levy
Over the years, the party has selected various Presidential candidates from several national leftist political parties. In 1980, 1988, 1996 and 2000 it endorsed the Socialist Party USA's candidates. Mal Herbert, the party's current candidate for Lieutenant Governor, was the Vice Presidential candidate of the Socialist Party USA in 2004. However, due to conflicts with her running mate, Walt Brown, the LUP gave its ballot line to Workers World Party candidates John Parker and Teresa Gutierrez.
The Liberty Union Party sometimes endorses the candidates of other parties which it feels offer a vision and goals compatible with its own.
[edit] See also
- List of political parties in the United States
- Vermont gubernatorial election, 2006
- Vermont United States Senate election, 2006
- Vermont United States House of Representatives election, 2006
| Political Party | |||
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| Name: Liberty Union Party | |||
| Year Founded: 1970 | Land of Origin: Vermont | ||
| Social Ideologies: Socialism & Nonviolence | Fiscal Ideologies: Socialist | ||
| Colors: n/a | Website: Liberty Union | ||
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