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The American Independent Party is a California political party. The party was established in 1967 by Bill Shearer and his wife Eileen. In 1968, the American Independent Party nominated former Alabama Governor George C. Wallace as its presidential candidate and retired Air Force General Curtis E. LeMay (who replaced former Georgia Governor Marvin Griffin on the ticket) as the vice presidential candidate. Wallace ran on every state ballot in the 1968 U.S. Presidential Election, although in some states it was too late to replace Griffin's name with LeMay, and, consequently, in some places the former Georgia governor remained on the ballot in the second spot. Wallace didn't represent the American Independent Party in all fifty states. In Connecticut, for instance, he was listed on the ballot as representing the "George Wallace Party." The 1968 presidential ticket received 13.5 percent of the popular vote and 46 electoral votes. The party opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and welfare programs.
   In 1969, representatives from 40 states established the American Party as the successor to the American Independent Party. (In some places, such as Connecticut, the American Party was officially constituted as the American Conservative Party.) The official party flag adoption took place on August 30, 1970. The flag depicts an eagle holding a group of arrows in its left talons, over a compass rose, with a banner which reads "The American Independent Party" at the eagle's base. In 1972, the party nominated former Congressman John G. Schmitz of California for president and Tennessee author Thomas Jefferson Anderson for vice president. In 1976, the American Party split into the more moderate American Party, which included more northern conservatives and Schmitz supporters, and the more extreme American Independent Party, which focused on the deep South. Both of the parties have nominated candidates for the presidency and other offices. Neither the American Party nor the American Independent Party has had much national success.
   The American Independent Party has had ballot status in the state of California since 1968 and is still active there. In the early 1980’s, Bill Shearer led the American Independent Party into the Populist Party. Since 1992, the A.I.P. has been the California affiliate of the national Constitution Party, formerly the U.S. Taxpayers Party. Many political analysts have theorized that the Party, which has received very few votes in recent California elections, maintains its state ballot status because people join the Party mistakenly believing that they're registering as an "independent."
   As of November 2006, AIP's registration total is 315,151. (External Link

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Presidential Candidates

1968 George C. Wallace
1972 John G. Schmitz
1976 Lester Maddox - American Independent Party
1976 Thomas J. Anderson - American Party
1980 John Rarick/Eileen Shearer - American Independent Party
1980 Percy Greaves - American Party
1984 Delmar Dennis - American Party
1988 Delmar Dennis - American Party
1992 Howard Phillips -- U.S. Taxpayers Party
1992 Robert J. Smith -- American Party
1996 Diane Beall Templin - American Party
1996 Howard Phillips -- U.S. Taxpayers Party
2000 Don Rogers - American Party
2000 Howard Phillips -- Constitution Party
2004 Diane Beall Templin - American Party
2004 Michael A. Peroutka --Constitution Party

California gubernatorial candidates

The American Independent Party has nominated the following candidates for governor of California since becoming the California affiliate of the Constitution Party:

1994 Jerome McCready

1998 Nathan E. Johnson

2002 Reinhold Gulke

2003 Diane Beall Templin

2006 Edward C. Noonan

Chairmen/Vice-Chairmen

Bill Shearer: 1967-1999

Nathan Johnson: 1999-2002

Jim King/Reed R. Heustis: 2002-2004

Nancy Spirkoff: 2004-2006

Edward C. Noonan/Mark Seidenberg: 2006-PresentFurther Information

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