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FederalThere are currently no officials in either the executive or legislative branch of the federal government representing the Constitution Party. ContentsStateThere are currently no elected officials of the Constitution Party in any state-level positions. | LocalCurrent Constitution Party elected officials according to the party's website as of December 2016 [1]
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| Office | Name | Results | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Phillips and Albion Knight, Jr. | 42,960 popular (0.04%), 0 electoral - 7th |
| Office | Name | Results | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Governor of California | Jerome "Jerry" McCready | 133,734 (1.55%) - 4th | |
| Governor of Pennsylvania | Peg Luksik and Jim Clymer | 460,269 (12.8%) - 3rd |
| Office | Name | Results | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi State Senate 10th district (Panola County) | Perry McChesney | 412 votes, (2.40%) |
| Office | Name | Results | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| President | Howard Phillips and Herb Titus | 184,820 popular (0.19%), 0 electoral - 6th | |
| U.S. Congress California District 35 | Gordon Mego | 2,610 (2.4%) - 3rd | |
| California State Assembly District 78 | Nathan Johnson | 7,475 (5.2%) - 3rd | |
| U.S. Illinois Senator | Chad Koppie | 17,563 (.41%) - 5th | |
| U.S. Maine Senator | William P. Clarke | 18,618 (3.07%) - 4th |
| Office | Name | Results | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania Governor | Peg Luksik and Jim Clymer | 315,761 (10.4%) - 3rd | |
| U.S. Congress California District 35 | Gordon M. Mego | 9,413 (10.6%) - 2nd | |
| Governor of California | Nathan E. Johnson | 37,955 (0.4%) - 6th | |
| California Attorney General | Diane Beall Templin | 193,980 (2.4%) - 3rd | |
| United States Colorado Senator | Kevin Swanson | 9,775 - 4th of 7 | |
| Colorado Governor and Lieutenant Governor | Tim Leonard/Leslie Hanks | 10,998 - 4th of 4 | |
| Delaware At-Large | James P. Webster | (1.3%) 3rd of 4 | |
| Kansas U.S. House, District 4 | Craig Newland | (3.2%) 3rd of 3 | |
| Kentucky U.S. House, District 6 | Wasley Krogdahl | (0.9%) 3rd of 3 | |
| Maine U.S. House, District 1 | Eric Greiner | (4.1%) 3rd of 3 | |
| Minnesota U.S. House, District 3 | Derek W. Schramm | (4.5%) 3rd of 3 | |
| Minnesota U.S. House, District 4 | Carol Simmons Schulstad | (1.9%) 4th of 6 | |
| Mississippi U.S. House, District 4 | Vince Thornton | (0.6%) 4th of 5 | |
| U.S. Missouri Senator | Curt Frazier | 15,368 (1.0%) - 4th | |
| Missouri U.S. House, District 3 | Joseph Keller | (0.9%) 4th of 4 | |
| Maine Governor | William P. Clarke | 15,293 (3.6325%) - 5th | |
| Wisconsin U.S. Senate | Robert R. Raymond | 7,942 (0.45%) 3rd of 5 | |
| Wisconsin Secretary of State | William Hemenway | 17,354 (1.03%) 4th of 5 |
| Office | Name | Results | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lancaster County, PA commissioner | Casey McDonald | over 7000 votes (did not win) |
| Office | Name | Results | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| President | Howard Phillips and Dr. J. Curtis Frazier [3] | 98,020 popular (0.09%), 0 electoral - 6th | |
| U.S. California Senate | Diane B. Templin | 134,598 (1.2%) - 5th | |
| U.S. Congress California District 13 | Don J. Grundmann | 2,365 (1.2%) - 5th of 5 | |
| U.S. California Congress District 19 | Edmon V. Kaiser | 1,266 (0.5%) - 5th of 5 | |
| U.S. California Congress District 28 | Joe "Jay" Haytas | 1,932 (0.9%) - 5th of 5 | |
| U.S. Congress California District 35 | Gordon Michael Mego | 1,911 (1.6%) - 3rd of 4 | |
| U.S. Colorado HD 4 | Leslie J. Hanks | 9,955 (3.78%) - 4th of 5 | |
| U.S. Delaware Senate | Mark E. Dankof | 1044 (0.3%) - 4th of 5 | |
| Montana House District 73 | Rick Jore | lost by about 50 votes | |
| U.S. South Carolina House District 4 | Ted Adams | 16,495 (9%) - 2nd of 6 | |
| South Carolina State Senate District 26 | Steve Lefemine | 742 (2%) - 3rd |
| Office | Name | Results | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. South Carolina House District 2 | Steve Lefemine | 406 (0.74%) - 4th | |
| Mayor of Eagle River, WI | Jeffrey Hyslop | 1st | |
| Hull, WI board of supervisors member | Jack Elsinger | 1st |
| Office | Name | Results | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States California Congress District 13 | Don J. Grundmann | 2,749 (2.2) - 4th of 5 | |
| United States California Congress District 18 | Kevin Cripe | 3,533 (3.3%) - 3rd of 4 | |
| United States California Congress District 35 | Gordon Michael Mego | 2,889 (3.1%) - 3rd of 3 | |
| Governor of California | Reinhold S. Gulke | 125,338 (1.7%) - 5th of 6 | |
| California Lieutenant Governor | James D. King | 91,015 (1.2%) - 5th of 7 | |
| California Attorney General | Diane Beall Templin | 190,187 (2.6%) - 4th of 5 | |
| California Secretary of State | Edward C. Noonan | 85,791 (1.2%) - 6th of 7 | |
| California State Treasurer | Nathan E. Johnson | 94,974 (1.3%) - 6th of 6 | |
| California Insurance Commissioner | Steven A. Klein | 146,200 (2.0%) - 6th of 6 | |
| California State Controller | Ernest F. Vance | 94,088 (1.3%) - 5th of 5 | |
| Montana House District 73 | Rick Jore | 1339 - 2nd | |
| Nebraska auditor | Kelly Renee Rosberg | 31,827 (7.31%) - 3rd | |
| U.S. Nevada Congress, District 2 | Janine Hansen | 7,240 (3.57%) - 3rd | |
| Nevada Secretary of State | Christopher H. Hansen | 17,987 (3.64%) - 3rd of 5 | |
| U.S. SC Senate | Ted Adams | 7,934 (1%) - 3rd of 4 | |
| U.S. House South Carolina District 5 | Steve Lefemine | 8,883 (6%) - 3rd of 3 |
| Office | Name | Results | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Governor of California | Diane Beall Templin | 1,067 (0.0%) - 69th | |
| Lancaster County, Pennsylvania commissioner | Jim Clymer | (13%) - 5th |
| Office | Name | Results | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| President | Michael Peroutka and Chuck Baldwin | 144,421 popular (0.12%), 0 electoral - 5th | [4] |
| U.S. California Senate | Don Grundmann | 81,084 (0.6%) - 5th of 5 | |
| U.S. Congress California District 35 | Gordon Michael Mego | 3,440 (2.2%) - 3rd of 4 | |
| U.S. Congress California District 50 | Diane Templin | 4,723 (1.6%) - 4th of 5 | |
| Council Member; City of Ridgecrest | Al Huey | 3208 (12.54%) - 5th of 7 | |
| Secretary of State of California | Edward C. Noonan | 18,461 (1.13%) - 7th of 7 | |
| Connecticut United States Senate | Timothy A. Knibbs | 12,442 (1%) - 3rd of 4 | |
| Michigan 110th District State Representative | James Niemela | 2,161 - 3rd of 4 | |
| MT legislature, district 1 | Russell D. Brown | 146 (3.9%) - 3rd of 3 | |
| MT legislature, district 7 | Timothy R. Martin | 217 (5.3%) - 3rd of 3 | |
| MT legislature, district 12 | Rick Jore | lost after court decision (when seven or fewer votes were invalidated) | [5] [6] |
| MT legislature, district 13 | Renn Bodeker | 214 (4.6%) - 3rd of 3 | |
| MT legislature, district 19 | Kent Holtz | 259 (6.1%) - 3rd of 3 | |
| MT legislature, district 21 | Terry M. Poupa | 756 (21.7%) - 2nd of 2 | |
| MT legislature, district 22 | Jonathan David Martin | 219 (6.9%) - 3rd of 3 | |
| MT legislature, district 23 | Christopher A. Gregory | 548 (18.8%) - 2nd of 3 | |
| MT legislature, district 24 | Philip N. DuPaul | 615 (30.8%) - 2nd of 2 | |
| MT legislature, district 61 | Joel Boniek | 409 (8%) - 3rd of 3 | |
| MT legislature, district 66 | Mark D. DeGroot | 409 (36.6%) - 2nd of 2 | |
| U.S. Nevada Congress, District 2 | Janine Hansen | 10,638 (3.62%) - 3rd of 4 | |
| Nevada Supreme Court justice | Joel Hansen | 197,934 (27%) | [7] |
| PA senate | Jim Clymer | 214,837 (4%) - 3rd of 4 | |
| U.S. House - Pennsylvania District 8 | Erich Lukas | 897 (0.3%) - 4th of 4 | |
| US SC Senate | Patrick Tyndall | 13,313 (0.8%) - 3rd of 6 | |
| U.S. South Carolina House District 2 | Steve Lefemine | 4,435 (1.6%) - 3rd of 3 | |
| SC congressional district 6 | Gary McLeod | 4,157 (1.7%) Constitution 75,443 (31.2%) Republican 2nd of 2 | both Constitution Party and Republican Party [8] |
| Grant County, WV Surveyor of Lands | Robert Miller | 10 (100%) - 1st |
| Office | Name | Results | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA congressional district 48 | Jim Gilchrist | 26,507 (25.5%) - 3rd of 5 | |
| Virginia House of Delegates, District 76 | Jim Scheideman | 4,959 (22%) 2nd of 2 |
| Office | Name | Results | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. California Senate | Don Grundmann | 75,350 (0.8%) - 6th of 6 | |
| U.S. Congress California District 26 | Elliott Graham | 3,351 (1.8%) - 4th of 4 | |
| U.S. Congress California District 35 | Gordon Michael Mego | 8,343 (8.5%) - 2nd of 3 | |
| California governor | Edward C. Noonan | 61,901 (0.7%) - 6th of 6 | |
| Lieutenant Governor of California | James D. King | 68,446 (0.8%) - 5th of 6 | |
| Secretary of State of California | Glenn McMillon, Jr. | 135,824 (1.6%) - 5th of 6 | |
| California State Controller | Warren M. Campbell | 106,761 (1.2%) - 6th of 6 | |
| California State Treasurer | E. Justin Noonan | 93,281 (1.1%) - 5th of 6 | |
| California Insurance Commissioner | Jay Earl Burden | 127,267 (1.5%) - 6th of 6 | |
| US CO Cong. District 7 | Roger McCarville | 2,605 - 4th of 4 | |
| Colorado governor | Clyde J. Harkins and Tracy Davison | 9,716 (0.62%) - 5th of 5 | |
| Durango County, Colorado commissioner | Padraig Lynch | ||
| Connecticut United States Senate | Timothy A. Knibbs | 4,638 (0.41%) - 5th of 5 | |
| Connecticut State Treasurer | Mimi M. Knibbs | 8,482 - 5th of 5 | |
| US Idaho Representative - District 1 | Paul Smith | 2,457 (1.06%) 5th of 5 | |
| US Idaho Representative - District 2 | Travis J Hedrick | 2,516 (1.18%) 4th of 4 | |
| Idaho governor | Marvin Richardson | 7,309 (1.62%) - 3rd of 4 | |
| Idaho Senate District 11 | Jared Eastley | 3,006 (22.95%) - 2nd of 2 | |
| Idaho House of Representatives District 11 | Kirsten Richardson | 3,026 (24.56%) - 2nd of 2 | |
| Illinois governor | Randy Stufflebeam | 19,020 (0.5%) - 4th of 4 | Write-in [9] |
| U.S. LA House District 5 | John Watts | 1,262 (01.1%) - 4th of 4 | |
| Michigan 110th District State Representative | James Niemela | 820 - 3rd | |
| Minnesota senate | Ben Powers | 5,408 (0.3%) - 5th | |
| Nebraska governor | Barry Richards | 8,894 (1.5%) - 3rd | |
| Nebraska auditor | Kelly Renee Rosberg | 24,020 (4.41%) - 3rd | |
| Nebraska treasurer | John Gathings | 127,586 (23.71%) - 2nd | |
| Nevada United States Senator | David K. Schumann | 7,774 (1.33%) - 3rd of 4 | |
| U.S. Nevada Congress, District 1 | Darnell Roberts | 1.78% 2,339 - 4th of 4 | |
| U.S. Nevada Congress, District 2 | James C. Kroshus | 5,439 (2.34%) - 4th of 4 | |
| U.S. Nevada Congress, District 3 | Joshua Hansen | 5,329 (2.53%) - 3rd of 4 | |
| Governor of Nevada | Christopher H. Hansen | 20,019 (3.44%) - 4th of 5 | |
| Lieutenant Governor of Nevada | Thomas Jefferson | 25,406 (4.41%) - 3rd of 3 | |
| Nevada Secretary Of State | Janine Hansen | 38,757 (6.76%) - 3rd of 3 | |
| Nevada State Treasurer | Mark Andrews | 35,902 (6.26%) - 3rd of 3 | |
| Nevada State Controller | Floyd Fitzgibbons | 30,490 (5.34%) - 4th of 3 | |
| Nevada State Senate 9 | Warren Markowitz | 18,312 (33.83%) - 2nd of 2 | |
| Nevada State Senate 12 | Mary Boyer Martinez | 13,739 (32.68%) - 2nd of 2 | |
| Clark County, Nevada assessor | Jonathan Hansen | 81,401 (24.40%) - 2nd | [10] |
| Elko, Nevada school board | Bill Wilkerson | 1st | |
| Eureka County, Nevada clerk/treasurer | Jackie Berg | 1st | |
| Searchlight, Nevada constable | Cel Ochoa | 1st | |
| U.S. Texas House District 28 | Ron Avery | 9,458 (12.1%) - 3rd of 3 | |
| Utah CD3 | Jim Noorlander | 14,533 (8.8%) - 3rd of 4 | |
| Utah legislature, district 58 | Ed McGarr | 30% | |
| Governor of Wisconsin | Jhered Roland Hamby | at least 9 (Write-in) | |
| Wisconsin State Treasurer | William Hemenway | possibly none | |
| Calumet County, Wisconsin supervisor | Mark Gabriel | lost by 8 votes | |
| Waldo, Wisconsin board of trustees | Jose Figueroa | 1st | |
| Mayor of Paynesville, Minnesota | Jeff Thompson | Switched from Republican Party, running as Constitution Party for first time [11] |
| Office | Name | Results | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| President | Chuck Baldwin | 199,314 (0.15%) 5th | |
| United States Florida Congress District 1 | Louis Jack Tart | 31,586 (18.8%) - 2nd of 2 | |
| Idaho State House, District 34 Seat A | Paul Venable | 4,173 (22.8%) - 2nd of 2 | |
| Idaho State House District 34 Seat B | Dan Roberts | 2,777 (15.8%) - 2nd of 2 | [ permanent dead link ] |
| Illinois state representative 114th District | Randy Stufflebeam | Failed to qualify for the ballot | |
| U.S. House Louisiana District 6 | Randall T. Hayes | 402 (0.40%) - 5th of 5 | |
| Michigan House of Representatives, District 10 | Marc Sosnowski | 1,510 (5.1%) 2nd of 2 | |
| Michigan House of Representatives, District 18 | Harold Dunn | 3,730 (11.4%) 2nd of 2 | |
| Michigan House of Representatives, District 25 | Steven Revis | 433 (1%) 5th of 5 | |
| Michigan House of Representatives, District 43 | Paul Greenawalt | 1,460 (3.5%) 3rd of 3 | |
| Michigan House of Representatives, District 47 | Philip Johnson | 929 (1.9%) 4th of 4 | |
| Michigan House of Representatives, District 56 | John Eleniewski | 1,224 (2.7%) 3rd of 3 | |
| Michigan House of Representatives, District 68 | DelRae Finnerty | 867 (2%) 3rd of 3 | |
| Michigan House of Representatives, District 76 | Bill Mohr | 1,340 (4%) 3rd of 4 | |
| Michigan House of Representatives, District 85 | James Gould | 1,369 (3%) 3rd of 3 | |
| Michigan House of Representatives, District 87 | Phillip Adams | 1,267 (2.7%) 3rd of 4 | |
| U.S. House Louisiana District 7 | Peter Vidrine | (4%) - 3rd of 3 | |
| Nebraska US Senator | Kelly Renee Rosberg | 10,973 (1%) - 3rd of 4 | |
| US House North Carolina District 10 | Bryan Greene | ||
| Governor of West Virginia | Butch Paugh | Failed to qualify for the ballot | |
| WV House of Delegates, Dist. 5 | Denzil Sloan | 917 (15.43%) - 2nd | |
| Wetzel County, WV Sheriff | Jeffrey-Frank..Jarrell | 711 - 2nd | |
| Berkeley County, WV Surveyor of Lands | Jeff Becker | 2,888 (9.0%) - 3rd |
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| Office | Name | Results | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| US President | Darrell Castle | 202,979 (0.15%) 6th | |
| Alaska House District 9 | Pam Goode | 2,816 (36.15%) 2nd of 2 | |
| Alaska House District 12 | Karen Perry | 949 (10.99%) 3rd of 3 | |
| Alaska House District 30 | J.R. Myers | 473 (5.78%) tied for 3rd | |
| Alaska House District 36 | Kenneth Shaw | 396 (5.05%) 3rd of 3 | |
| Weld County, Colorado Commissioner | Lynette Kilpatrick | 5,165 (13.65%) | |
| Hawaii US Senate | Joy Allison | 9,103 (2.2%) 3rd of 5 | |
| Hawaii State House District 4 | Moke Stephens | 648 (8.37%) 3rd of 3 | |
| Idaho US House, District 2 | Anthony Tomkins | 25,005 (7.7%) 3rd of 3 | |
| Idaho State Senate District 8 | Kirsten Faith Richardson | 4,826 (23.1%) 2nd of 2 | |
| Idaho State House District 8B | Ammon Emanuel Prolife | 2,666 (12.69%) 2nd of 2 | |
| Idaho State House District 20A | Daniel S. Weston | 3,875 (21.1%) 2nd of 2 | |
| Michigan US House, District 3 | Ted Gerrard | 10,420 (3%) 3rd of 3 | |
| Michigan US House, District 4 | George Zimmer | 5,595 (1.8%) 4th of 6 | |
| Michigan US House, District 11 | Marc Joseph Sosnowski | 1,554 (4%) 3rd of 3 | |
| Michigan State House, District 22 | Les Townsend | 1,780 (5%) 3rd of 3 | |
| Michigan State House, District 66 | R. Al Bain | 1,179 (2.81%) 3rd of 3 | |
| Michigan State House, District 76 | Brandon Hoezee | 603 (1.26%) 4th of 4 | |
| Michigan State House, District 79 | Carl G. Oehling | 1,129 (2.81%) 3rd of 3 | |
| Michigan State House, District 85 | Matthew Shepard | 1,674 (3.81%) 4th of 4 | |
| MN Soil and Water Supervisor District 4 | Bruce Johnson | 30,061 (98.81%) 1st | |
| Missouri US Senate | Fred Ryman | 25,407 (0.9%) 5th of 5 | |
| Missouri US House, 3rd Congressional District | Doanita Simmons | 3,605 (1%) 4th of 4 | [ permanent dead link ] |
| Missouri House of Representatives, District 145 | Tori Proffer | 603 (3.71%) 3rd of 3 | |
| Calloway County, MO Sheriff | M.J. Eberhardt | 1,705 (10.7%) 2nd of 2 | |
| Pennsylvania State House District 20 | Jim Barr | 5,403 (19.1%) 2nd of 2 | |
| Morgan County, Utah School Board | Adam Toone | 512 votes - elected |
| Office | Name | Results | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho U.S. House District 1 | Pro-Life | 3,181 (1.00%) 6th of 8 | |
| Missouri U.S. House District 5 | E.C. Fredland | 876 (0.30%) 5th of 6 | |
| North Carolina U.S. House District 7 | David W. Fallin | 4,655 (1.65%) 3rd of 3 | |
| Oregon U.S. House District 3 | Micheal P. Marsh | 1,487 (0.40%) 5th of 5 | |
| South Carolina U.S. House District 5 | Micheal Chandler | 3,443 (1.40%) 3rd of 3 |
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