Wyoming Country Party

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Wyoming Country Party
AbbreviationCTRY
Chairman Don Wills
Membership (2012)69
Ideology Conservatism
Colors  Green
Website
wycountryparty.org (defunct)

The Wyoming County Party was a political party active in the state of Wyoming in the early 2010s. It was formed by former Libertarian Party members who were unhappy with the state party's electoral chances and its policies. It supported eliminating the state's sales tax and rejecting federal education funding. [1] It stood several candidates in the 2012 Wyoming elections for both state and federal office. The party pledged not to run any candidates against "favorable" Republican incumbents in 2012, as to not split the vote. [2] It was certified as a state political party in May 2012, but lost its recognition after the 2012 elections. [3] The party chairman was Don Wills, former chair of the Wyoming Libertarian Party. [4] The party website has been defunct since 2018.

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Don Wills, former WYLP chair, was the Country Party's U.S. House nominee in 2012 and its chairman. Don Wills (cropped).jpg
Don Wills, former WYLP chair, was the Country Party's U.S. House nominee in 2012 and its chairman.

Platform

The Country Party outlined four "fundamental principles" for the 2014 election:

Election results

The Country Party planned to recruit upwards of twenty candidates in 2012, but only six ended up standing for election. In 2014, the party pledged to recruit candidates for all seventy-five state legislative races, but never ended up standing a single candidate. [5] Don Wills stood as an independent candidate in the 2014 gubernatorial election, as by then the Country Party lost recognition.

2012

RaceCandidate %VotesPlaceRef
U.S. Senate Joel Otto
2.52%
6,1763rd of 3 [6]
U.S. House Don Wills
1.56%
3,7755th of 5
Senate 6 William R. Hill
20.89%
1,6632nd of 2 [7]
Senate 14 John Vincent Love
12.58%
9782nd of 2
Senate 24 Bradley Edward Kramer
15.91%
1,1122nd of 2
House 9Perry Helgeson
5.17%
1944th of 4 [8]

2014

RaceCandidate %VotesPlaceRef
Governor Don Wills (as independent)
5.89%
9,8953rd of 4 [9]

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