Nevada may give rise to a third political party, joining ranks with the Democratic and Republican Parties. Jon Ralston reports that the “Tea Party has qualified as a third party in Nevada and will have a candidate in the Senate race to battle for the seat held by Majority Leader Harry Reid.” [Las Vegas Sun]
The new Tea Party will need to get 1 percent of Nevada’s electorate to vote for its candidate in November to remain alive. The Tea Party has filed their Certificate of Existence.
So who is the Tea Party’s candidate to run against Harry Reid? Someone named Jon Ashjian says the Sun. Ashjian hasn’t yet declared he is a candidate.
What is the Tea Party’s aim:
“promote this nation’s founding principles of freedom, liberty and a small representative government. We believe that our government under both Democrat and Republican control has led to massive national debt, crushing deficits, increased taxes; while establishing a large and powerful federal government in a direct refutation of the founding ideals of America.”
You can read the Tea Party’s constitution, bylaws and officers here.
So now we can all watch a multitude of political partys compete for election to public office to run the country.
I predict there will be a number of Nye County residents flocking to the new Tea Party. Or maybe the Tea Party isn’t all that new, remembering the Tea Party in the Boston Harbor.
We’ll see how it goes.
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