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:''For other political parties with a similar name see: [[America First Party]]. | :''For other political parties with a similar name see: [[America First Party]]. | ||
'''America First Party''' was founded in | '''America First Party''' was founded in the early 1990s by [[A.J. Barker]] and [[Ed Fields]].<ref>[http://www.leonardzeskind.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17&Itemid=26 Ed Fields' America First Party]</ref> | ||
In 1996 they ran [[Ralph Forbes]] of [[London, Arkansas]] as | In 1996 they ran [[Ralph Forbes]] of [[London, Arkansas]] as the "America First Party" candidate in the [[U.S. presidential election, 1996|1996 presidential campaign]] with [[Pro-Life]] leader Andy Anderson as his running mate, winning 932 votes.[http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe1996/summ.htm] He had tried unsuccessfully to file as the candidate of his own Freedom Party.[http://web.archive.org/web/20041212165011/http://www.swtimes.com/archive/2001/September/14/news/PartyAddedToBallot.html]. Forbes had a radically hard-right past, having previously been a campaign manager for [[David Duke]]'s [[Populist Party (United States)#Modern incarnations|Populist Party]] run for the Presidency and had also been an officer in the [[American Nazi Party (1959-1966)|American Nazi Party]]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:28, 28 April 2024
- For other political parties with a similar name see: America First Party.
America First Party was founded in the early 1990s by A.J. Barker and Ed Fields.[1]
In 1996 they ran Ralph Forbes of London, Arkansas as the "America First Party" candidate in the 1996 presidential campaign with Pro-Life leader Andy Anderson as his running mate, winning 932 votes.[1] He had tried unsuccessfully to file as the candidate of his own Freedom Party.[2]. Forbes had a radically hard-right past, having previously been a campaign manager for David Duke's Populist Party run for the Presidency and had also been an officer in the American Nazi Party.
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