On June 12, a registered member of the Constitution Party was elected to a local non-partisan office in Baker, Nevada. He is Terrance Stedman, elected to the Baker General Improvement Board. In Nevada, the Constitution Party’s name is the Independent American Party. Baker is in eastern Nevada, and has the headquarters of Nevada’s only National Park, the Great Basin Park. Thanks to Cody Quirk for this news.
Would that person have won with the Constitution party designation?
Probably, because he was unopposed. Nevada is one of 5 states that doesn’t permit write-ins in any kind of elections.
Big deal, the Libertarians have hundreds of elected officials including a state assemblyman.
Actually it is a big deal because with this win, the IAP has 5 office-holders in Nevada (4 partisan, 1 non-partisan) while the Nevada Libertarian Party only has one, or two, office holders, I believe (its been awhile since I last checked), and they’re non-partisan positions in a few local towns in Nye County.
One of our IAP office-holders is also the Chairman of a County Commission Board too.
Dave, the race was non-partisan.
I know the race was non-partisan, but in most races people know which party the candidate belongs to, so races are really only non-partisan in name only. Third parties tend to have problems getting elected even in these non-partisan races because people still vote for the two parties, so it’s always good when the third party folks get elected. I just we could be better at getting mainstream people elected to legislatures.
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Oh, and it’s ‘Steadman’.