Reform Party of the United States of America

American political party

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2024 Reform Party participated in the 2024 United States presidential election, seeking to field a candidate and gain national recognition in the election cycle.
August 23 2024 Kennedy withdrew from the presidential race, endorsed Donald Trump, and withdrew his name from the Florida ballot.
June 2024 The Reform Party of Florida regained ballot access, allowing Kennedy and Nicole Shanahan to appear on the Florida presidential ballot.
May 23 2024 At their party convention, the Reform Party nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Nicole Shanahan as their presidential and vice presidential candidates respectively.
2021 Curtis Sliwa rejoined the Republican Party for his New York City mayoral election campaign, losing the election and receiving no support from the NYS Reform Party.
June 20 2020 The Reform Party held a virtual convention and nominated Rocky de la Fuente as their presidential candidate, defeating three other candidates (Max Abramson, Souraya Faas, and Ben Zion). Darcy Richardson from Florida was simultaneously nominated for vice president.
2018 The statewide ballot-access Reform Party ceased operations.
May 19 2018 At the party convention, the Reform Party nominated Marc Molinaro and Julie Killian for governor, Thomas DiNapoli for Comptroller, and Nancy Sliwa won the attorney general nomination in an open primary.
April 2018 The party executive committee deadlocked between Joel Giambra and Marc Molinaro as potential gubernatorial candidates.
2017 The Reform Party endorsed Sal Albanese for New York City mayoral election and Ben Walsh for Syracuse mayoral election. Ben Walsh won, running on a fusion ticket with the Independence Party.
2016 Rocky De La Fuente ran as a write-in candidate for president in New York State, with no Reform Party candidate appearing on the ballot.
2016 The Reform Party fielded Darrell Castle as its presidential candidate in the 2016 United States presidential election, representing the party's attempt to maintain political relevance after previous declining performances.
September 2016 Curtis Sliwa and Frank Morano led a hostile takeover of the state Reform Party, with Sliwa installing himself as chairman. Bill Merrell subsequently sued to invalidate the takeover but lost due to technical grounds.
February 17 2015 Rob Astorino announced the renaming of the Stop Common Core Party to the 'Reform Party', receiving permission from national Reform Party Chair Bill Merrell to operate under national party rules.
2014 Rob Astorino petitioned to create the Stop Common Core Party as a single-issue ballot line opposing Common Core State Standards Initiative, successfully qualifying for automatic ballot appearance through 2018 by receiving at least 50,000 votes in the gubernatorial election.
2012 The Reform Party nominated Buddy Roemer as its presidential candidate for the 2012 United States presidential election.
2010 Reform Party of New Jersey officially reorganizes, indicating ongoing efforts to maintain party structure and relevance.
June 29 2010 Reform Party National Committee chairman David Collison issued a cease-and-desist notice to Kristin M. Davis, forcing her to change her ballot line name from Reform Party.
June 27 2010 Kristin M. Davis announced her gubernatorial run in New York State using the Reform Party name without authorization.
April 2010 Former Vice President Dan Quayle publicly condemned the Reform Party on CBS, blaming it for costing Republicans the White House in the 1992 election.
April 28 2010 Pat Choate gave an interview to Monmouth University's student newspaper, criticizing the Tea Party movement as a potential front for the Republican Party.
February 2010 Former Reform Party Chairman Pat Choate discussed the Tea Party movement, critiquing its conservative media influence.
January 2010 CIA operations officer Charles S. Faddis publicly announced his support for the Reform Party in The Baltimore Sun.

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