Cascade Party of Washington | |
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Leader | Krist Novoselic |
Founder | Krist Novoselic |
Registered | 2024 |
Split from | Forward Party |
Membership | <1,000 |
Ideology | Centrism Electoral reform Cascadian regionalism [1] |
Colors | Purple |
Website | |
https://cascadeparty.org/ | |
The Cascade Party of Washington is a minor political party in the United States located in the state of Washington. Former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic founded the centrist [2] party in 2024. [3] [4] The party hoped to gather 1,000 signatures in order to qualify as a political party in Washington, however it hopes to not appear on the ballot in the 2024 presidential election. [3] [5] In order to garner support, it collected signatures during Novoselic's concerts. [2] It qualified as a minor political party in Washington on August 24, 2024, and its request to be omitted from the 2024 presidential election ballot in the state was granted the same day.
The party's inaugural convention, open to members of their private social media platform, was held on January 11th at the Hotel Sorrento in Seattle, Washington.
Year | Presidential candidate | Vice presidential candidate | Popular votes | % | Electoral votes | Result | Ballot access | Notes | Ref |
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2024 | Krist Novoselic | James Carroll | Withdrawn | WA | Withdrew August 26, 2024 | [3] |
At this point, the rules say that we need to have a presidential ticket," he [Novoselic] said. "We're determined not to be on the 2024 ballot and if that takes litigation we've got it all lined up.