Constitution Party Has a Different Vice-Presidential Candidate in Kentucky

The Constitution Party national ticket is Chuck Baldwin for president and Darrell Castle for vice-president. In Kentucky, however, the ballot lists someone else for vice-president, Robert E. Thornsberry. The reason for this is that when the Constitution Party filed its petition in Kentucky, it realized that it needed a signed declaration of candidacy from whomever it wanted on the ballot for vice-president. Since the papers were being filed on the deadline, and it was too late for Castle to sign such a document, the party made a quick pragmatic decision to have Thornsberry (a party activist) sign up for vice-president instead, since he was present at the filing. Kentucky petitions don’t list vice-presidential candidates, so at that moment the party was free to choose anyone.


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Constitution Party Has a Different Vice-Presidential Candidate in Kentucky — 4 Comments

  1. This has happened before in states like Kansas where Jim Clymer was listed for VP not Baldwin 2004. This is usually due to petitioning before the candidate is choosen and not being allowed to substitute.

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