American Constitution Party
Encyclopedia
The American Constitution Party was originally formed as the American Tax Payers Union in 1991. It is now the Colorado
affiliate of the national party known as the Constitution Party
and is based in Arvada
. The Constitution Party is a loose affiliation of state parties that fall under the national party umbrella.
Their current slogan is "Principles over Politics." According to the national organization's platform page "The goal of the Constitution Party is to restore American jurisprudence to its Biblical foundations and to limit the federal government to its Constitutional boundaries."
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
affiliate of the national party known as the Constitution Party
Constitution Party (United States)
The Constitution Party is a paleoconservative political party in the United States. It was founded as the U.S. Taxpayers' Party by Howard Philips in 1991. Phillips was the party's candidate in the 1992, 1996 and 2000 presidential elections...
and is based in Arvada
Arvada, Colorado
The City of Arvada is a Home Rule Municipality located in Jefferson and Adams counties in the Denver metropolitan area of the U.S. State of Colorado. Olde Town Arvada is located northwest of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver...
. The Constitution Party is a loose affiliation of state parties that fall under the national party umbrella.
Their current slogan is "Principles over Politics." According to the national organization's platform page "The goal of the Constitution Party is to restore American jurisprudence to its Biblical foundations and to limit the federal government to its Constitutional boundaries."
Key political figures
Influential people shaping the direction and import of the American Constitution Party in Colorado include:- Leslie Hanks, former Lieutenant Governor candidate and current President of Colorado Right To Life
- Tim Leonard, former gubernatorial candidate and current President of the Colorado Home Educators Council
- Douglas Campbell, former senatorial candidate, former Lieutenant Governor candidate and also former State Chairman for the party
- Benjamin David Goss, 2010 gubernatorial candidate who stepped aside for Congressman Tom Tancredo's run as the party's 2010 gubernatorial candidate
- Former Congressman Tom TancredoTom TancredoThomas Gerard "Tom" Tancredo is an American politician from Colorado, who represented the state's sixth congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1999 to 2009, as a Republican...
, whose brief stint with the party as its gubernatorial candidate, prior to his return to the Republican PartyRepublican Party (United States)The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
just two months after his failed run, resulted in the party becoming the first new major party in Colorado in more than 130 years