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On January 7, 2010, the Florida Whig Party announced that it had a third and fourth candidate for U.S. House in 2010, Stephen J. Bacon in the [[Florida's 7th congressional district]] and Craig Porter in the [[Florida's 25th congressional district]].<ref> "Florida Whig Party Now Has 5 Announced Candidates for U.S. House " by Richard Winger Jan. 8, 2010 in Ballot-Access News, http://www.ballot-access.org/2010/01/08/florida-whig-party-now-has-5-announced-candidates-for-u-s-house/</ref>
On January 7, 2010, the Florida Whig Party announced that it had a third and fourth candidate for U.S. House in 2010, Stephen J. Bacon in the [[Florida's 7th congressional district]] and Craig Porter in the [[Florida's 25th congressional district]].<ref> "Florida Whig Party Now Has 5 Announced Candidates for U.S. House " by Richard Winger Jan. 8, 2010 in Ballot-Access News, http://www.ballot-access.org/2010/01/08/florida-whig-party-now-has-5-announced-candidates-for-u-s-house/</ref>


On February 2, 2010, the Florida Whig party website announced that Steven Gerritzen would be running in [[Florida's 8th congressional district]] against Democrat incumbent [[Alan Grayson]].
On February 2, 2010, the Florida Whig party website announced that Steven Gerritzen would be running in [[Florida's 8th congressional district]] against Democrat incumbent [[Alan Grayson]].<ref> "U.S. House of Representatives Candidates" by WFTV Channel 9, http://www.wftv.com/politics/15314690/detail.html/</ref>


==Candidates==
==Candidates==

Revision as of 08:25, 5 March 2010

Florida Whig Party
ChairmanPaul Grant Truesdell
Founded2007 (2007) (Party Revived)
Headquarters200 N.W. 52nd Street, Ocala, FL 34482
IdeologySyncretic politics
Transpartisanship
Fiscal conservatism
States' rights
International affiliationNone
ColorsBlue and Red
Website
www.FloridaWhig.com

The Florida Whig Party is a registered political party in the state of Florida.[1][2][3][4] In 2008, the party aligned itself with the Modern Whig Party, a national organization of about 30,000 members initially founded by Iraq and Afghanistan veterans as a "comeback" of the historic Whig Party.[5][6] However, the Florida Whig Party discontinued this association in late 2009.[7] The Florida Whig Party is the first "Whig" state political party to officially run candidates for federal office in over a century.[8] Paul C. McKain was the first announced Whig candidate for federal office, followed then by a joint announcement by John Annarumma and Clayton Schock. However, candidate Paul C. McKain, later opted to run as an independent (No Party Affiliation), citing conversations with the voters of Florida's 2nd congressional district requesting him to do so.[9]

The most recent membership count in late 2008 stated that the Florida Whig Party had 55 members statewide.[10] Although the party is based in Marion County, voter registration records as of November 20, 2009 indicated that the party had only six registered members within the county. This number mostly included members of the party board.[11]

Activity

In late 2009 and early 2010, the Florida Whig Party was lauded for fielding a number of candidates.[12] However, candidate Paul C. McKain later opted to run as an independent (No Party Affiliation), citing conversations with the voters of Florida's 2nd congressional district requesting him to do so.[13]

On Monday, October 19, 2009, the Florida Whig Party announced two additional candidates for Congress, Clayton Schock in Florida's 20th congressional district and John Annarumma in Florida's 6th congressional district.[14] No minor party has yet had as many as three candidates for U.S. House in any election year in the state of Florida. The Libertarian Party had two in 2004, and the Reform Party had two in 2000. The Green Party has not had any in the last ten years. The most the Constitution Party ever had in any one year was one (one in 2002 and one in 2004). The Socialist Workers Party has not had any.[14][15]

After the election of November 4, 2008, the Modern Whig Party and the Florida Whig Party began a push to attract moderate/conservative Democrats and Republicans.[16]

On January 7, 2010, the Florida Whig Party announced that it had a third and fourth candidate for U.S. House in 2010, Stephen J. Bacon in the Florida's 7th congressional district and Craig Porter in the Florida's 25th congressional district.[17]

On February 2, 2010, the Florida Whig party website announced that Steven Gerritzen would be running in Florida's 8th congressional district against Democrat incumbent Alan Grayson.[18]

Candidates

Announced for 2010 Elections

John Annarumma is running against Republican incumbent Cliff Stearns in Florida's 6th congressional district.[14]
Clayton Schock is running against Democratic incumbent Debbie Wasserman Schultz in Florida's 20th congressional district.[14]
Stephen J. Bacon is running against Republican incumbent John L. Mica in Florida's 7th congressional district.[19]
Craig Porter is running against Republican incumbent Mario Diaz-Balart in Florida's 25th congressional district.[20]
Steven Gerritzen is running against Democratic incumbent Alan Grayson in Florida's 8th congressional district

Historic Florida Whigs of the 1800's

References

  1. ^ "Martin County Supervisor of Elections" http://www.martinvotes.com/content.aspx?id=14
  2. ^ "Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections" http://pbcelections.org/PartyGroup.aspx?PartyGroupID=45
  3. ^ "Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections" http://votehillsborough.org/PartyGroup.aspx?PartyGroupID=42
  4. ^ "Whig party leaders hope to offer voters more options" by Bill Thompson in Ocala Star Banner http://www.ocala.com/article/20100103/ARTICLES/1031014/1001/NEWS01?Title=Whig-party-leaders-hope-to-offer-voters-more-options/
  5. ^ "Modern Whig Party has Appeal to Some Troops: No Candidates Yet, but with Moderate Stance, it's Starting to Catch On" as published in the Marine Corps Times, Army Times and Air Force Times newspapers in June 2008. Article specifically mentions the Florida Whig Party status.
  6. ^ http://wflafm.com/pages/morningshow.html
  7. ^ http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/12/update-on-modern-whig-party-state-chapters-florida-california-new-york-georgia/
  8. ^ See again Ballot Access News article
  9. ^ http://paulmckain.com/posts/press-release-paul-mckain-ends-party-affiliation-will-now-run-as-an-independent
  10. ^ "Whig Party leader hopes to offer more options" by Bill Thompson in The Gainesville Sun http://www.gainesville.com/article/20100104/articles/1041004
  11. ^ See Florida Division of Elections statistics
  12. ^ "Two more Whigs running for Congress in Florida" by Independent Political Report http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/10/two-more-whigs-running-for-congress-in-florida/
  13. ^ http://paulmckain.com/posts/press-release-paul-mckain-ends-party-affiliation-will-now-run-as-an-independent
  14. ^ a b c d "Whig Party Says it will Have At Least Three U.S. House Candidates on Florida Ballot in 2010" by Richard Winger in Ballot Access News http://www.ballot-access.org/2009/10/19/whig-party-says-it-will-have-at-least-three-u-s-house-candidates-on-florida-ballot-in-2010/
  15. ^ "Two more Whigs running for Congress in Florida" by Independent Political Report http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/10/two-more-whigs-running-for-congress-in-florida/
  16. ^ "Republicans are Bald, Put on your Whigs" by Kyle Munzenrieder on Nov. 7, 2008 in Miami New Times, http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2008/11/republicans_are_bald_put_on_yo.php
  17. ^ "Florida Whig Party Now Has 5 Announced Candidates for U.S. House " by Richard Winger Jan. 8, 2010 in Ballot-Access News, http://www.ballot-access.org/2010/01/08/florida-whig-party-now-has-5-announced-candidates-for-u-s-house/
  18. ^ "U.S. House of Representatives Candidates" by WFTV Channel 9, http://www.wftv.com/politics/15314690/detail.html/
  19. ^ "Florida Whig Party Now Has 5 Announced Candidates for U.S. House " by Richard Winger Jan. 8, 2010 in Ballot-Access News, http://www.ballot-access.org/2010/01/08/florida-whig-party-now-has-5-announced-candidates-for-u-s-house/
  20. ^ "Florida Whig Party Now Has 5 Announced Candidates for U.S. House " by Richard Winger Jan. 8, 2010 in Ballot-Access News, http://www.ballot-access.org/2010/01/08/florida-whig-party-now-has-5-announced-candidates-for-u-s-house/

See also

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