Alaskan Independence Party History
We are putting together our history and historical documents for your review ... please bear with us!
Excerpt from book: American Independence Movement, by Thomas Naylor
According to the Alaska Divisions of Elections they only have the history as below ... We have been in existence since the 70s and have run candidates before the state declared the AIP a "political party."
- 1984 - Recognized Political Party per emergency regulation 6 AAC 25.150, effective 6/14/84.
- 1986 - Vogler / Rowe (Governor / Lt. Governor candidates) received 5.5% of votes cast for Governor, retaining Recognized Political Party status.
- 1990 - Hickel / Coghill (Governor / Lt. Governor candidates) received 38.8% of votes cast for Governor, retaining Recognized Political Party status.
- 1994 - Coghill / Ward (Governor / Lt. Governor candidates) received 13.0% of votes cast for Governor, retaining Recognized Political Party status.
- 1998 - Sullivan (Governor candidate with no Lt. Governor running mate) received only 1.92% of the votes for Governor, but there is a sufficient number of voters registered under the party name to retain Recognized Political Party status.
- 2002 - Wright / Denardo received less then 1% but there is a sufficient number of voters registered under the party name to retain Recognized Political Party status.
- 2006 - Wright / Welton received less then 1% but there is a sufficient number of voters registered under the party name to retain Recognized Political Party status.
