Constitution Party of Texas
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The Constitution Party of Texas is the Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

 affiliate of the national 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...

. The party has been organized in Texas dating back to 1996 under the U.S. Taxpayer's Party, the precursor to the Constitution Party. It achieved a ballot line only once in Texas, in 1996, as the U.S. Taxpayer's Party in which Presidential candidate Howard Phillips received 7,472 votes or 0.13% of the ballots cast for President in Texas that year.

The current State Party Chairman as recognized by the national Constitution Party is Bryan Malatesta.

2010 ballot access

The party had proposed a slate of candidates to be chosen at a June 12 convention at Washington on the Brazos but was unsuccessful in gaining ballot access for the 2010 election via signed petitions.

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