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Independent Party Will Try Again
The Associated Press finds the American Independent party fading nationwide from 1970 campaign strength. Wallace era structures collapse into factional fights, funding gaps, and weak organization across states from Alabama to California. Tennessee shows some growth but overall prospects remain dim, with writes in Pennsylvania and Iowa possible in some races.
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Ted Simmons
Associated Press
Atlanta, Ga
George Wallace
Alabama
American Independent Party
AIP
Wallace
Albert Brewer
Hubert H. Humphrey
National Democratic Party of
Alabama Independent Democratic Party
Brewer
Mississippi
Georgia
Roy V. Harris
McKee Hargrett
Hargrett
Walter Carruth
Arkansas
Jim Johnson
Louisiana
R. Abramson
Edwin Edwards
Abramson
Tennessee
U.S. Senate
North Carolina
Ohio
California
Michigan
Texas
Walter Green
Burlington
Reid Stubbs
Charlotte
Congress
Gene Leggett
New Bern
Lynwood Bullock
Greensboro
Ohio Party
Robert W. Annable
Parma Heights
Cleveland
Edwin G. Lawton
Columbus
William F. Shearer
San Diego
Keith Greene
San Francisco
Greene
Shearer
American Party of Texas
Bard Logan
San Antonio
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Harvey H. Wilder
Hagerstown
Senate
Missouri
U.S. House
Elmer Smith