American Solidarity Party#Presidential election ballot access and results
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{{Infobox political party
| name = American Solidarity Party
| logo = American Solidarity Party logo.png
| colorcode = {{party color|American Solidarity Party}}
| leader = Marcos Lopez (as Executive Director)
| chairperson = Jack Ternan{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/AmericanSolidarityParty/posts/pfbid02K8QLfNXatEGu76ks4hFYUsFmoFy6zA4jdnHcY1YF6JJscPLREcqeNJ1inYuS5mzLl|title=American Solidarity Party|website=Facebook |date=2025-06-22|access-date=2025-06-23}}
| foundation = {{Start date and age|2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.solidarity-party.org/about|title=American Solidarity Party|date=2025-06-22|access-date=2025-06-23}}
| ideology = {{Nowrap|Christian democracy}}
Distributism
Social market economy
| website = {{official URL}}
| country = the United States
| position = Syncretic
Fiscal: Center-left{{cite news |work=Catholic News Agency |title=Did you know there's a third party based on Catholic teaching? |url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/34726/did-you-know-theres-a-third-party-based-on-catholic-teaching |date=12 October 2016 |access-date=24 December 2021 |quote=Politically, we would be considered center-right on social issues and center-left on economic issues.}}{{cite web |url=https://cruxnow.com/interviews/2018/11/new-political-party-says-its-roots-are-in-catholic-social-teaching/ |title=New political party says its roots are in Catholic Social Teaching |date=November 26, 2018 |quote=opportunities for socially conservative, economically progressive movements, and desired to get involved in such movements…and was glad to see that ASP was interested in applying such ways of thinking to contemporary issues. |access-date=November 17, 2021}}
Social: Center-right
| colors = {{Color box|{{party color|American Solidarity Party}}}} Orange
| youth_wing = Young Americans for Solidarity
| slogan = "Pro Life, Pro Family, Pro Worker" {{cite web|url=https://x.com/AmSolidarity/status/1840120630005391407|title=American Solidarity Party|website=X.com|date=2025-06-22|access-date=2025-06-23}}
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| seats2_title = Seats in the House
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| seats3_title = Governorships
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| seats4_title = State Upper House Seats
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The American Solidarity Party (ASP) is an American Christian democratic political party.{{cite web|last=Black|first=Susannah|date=15 August 2016|title=Mr. Maturen Goes to Washington|url=http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2016/08/mr-maturen-goes-washington/|access-date=16 August 2016|publisher=Front Porch Republic|language=en|quote=What’s next may be hinted at by a 51 year old devout Catholic, businessman, and semi-professional magician named Mike Maturen, who recently accepted the presidential nomination of the American Solidarity Party, the only active Christian Democratic party in the nation.}}{{cite web |url=https://solidarity-party.org/christian-democracy-2/ |title=Christian Democracy |website=American Solidarity Party |access-date=18 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116020329/https://solidarity-party.org/christian-democracy-2/ |archive-date=November 16, 2018 |url-status=dead |quote=Christian Democracy is a political movement that first emerged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, influenced by Catholic social teaching starting with the papal encyclical Rerum Novarum by Pope Leo XIII, and by the Neo-Calvinist worldview as heralded by the Dutch Prime Minister, Abraham Kuyper. The strength of this ecumenical collaboration led to Christian Democratic parties coming to power in various countries of Europe, as well as in Latin America, where they emphasized several unique concepts that promoted the common good. The American Solidarity Party (ASP) identifies itself as a Christian Democratic political party.}}{{cite web |url=http://aleteia.org/2016/05/12/is-it-time-for-an-american-christian-democracy-party/ |title=Is It Time for a US Christian Democracy Party? |last=Longenecker |first=Dwight |date=12 May 2016 |publisher=Aleteia |language=en |access-date=4 July 2016}} It was founded in 2011 and officially incorporated in 2016. The party has a Solidarity National Committee (SNC) and has numerous active state and local chapters.{{cite web |url=https://solidarity-party.org/about-us/ |title=About Us |website=American Solidarity Party |access-date=18 July 2018 |archive-date=July 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719085741/https://solidarity-party.org/about-us/ |url-status=dead }} Peter Sonski was the party's nominee in the 2024 United States presidential election.
The American Solidarity Party has been characterized as socially conservative while supporting government intervention in economic matters. The ASP encourages social development along the lines of subsidiarity and sphere sovereignty, with a stated emphasis on "the importance of strong families, local communities, and voluntary associations".{{cite web |url=http://www.christiandemocracymagazine.com/2012/12/an-interview-with-david-frost-and-kirk.html |title=An Interview with David Frost and Kirk Morrison |publisher=Christian Democracy Magazine |language=en |access-date=23 June 2016}} It favors fiscally progressive policies,{{cite web |url=https://cruxnow.com/interviews/2018/11/new-political-party-says-its-roots-are-in-catholic-social-teaching/ |title=New political party says its roots are in Catholic Social Teaching |date=November 26, 2018 |quote=I was working on my doctoral dissertation largely concerning difficulties and opportunities for socially conservative, economically progressive movements, and desired to get involved in such movements ... and was glad to see that ASP was interested in applying such ways of thinking to contemporary issues. |access-date=November 17, 2021}}{{Cite news |title=Platform |language=en-US |work=American Solidarity Party |url=https://solidarity-party.org/platform/ |access-date=2018-04-12}} as well as a social market economy with a distributist character,{{cite web|title=Christian Democracy|url=https://solidarity-party.org/christian-democracy-2/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116020329/https://solidarity-party.org/christian-democracy-2/ |archive-date=November 16, 2018 |access-date=18 July 2018 |website=American Solidarity Party}}{{cite news |date=12 October 2016 |title=Did you know there's a third party based on Catholic teaching? |work=Catholic News Agency |url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/34726/did-you-know-theres-a-third-party-based-on-catholic-teaching |access-date=1 January 2020 |quote=We believe in the economic concept of distributism as taught by GK Chesterton and Hilaire Belloc.}} which seeks "widespread economic participation and ownership", and providing a social safety net program.
In the 2024 United States presidential election, it was on the ballot in Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Ohio.
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History
File:2017 American Solidarity Party Midwestern Regional Meeting.jpg
The American Solidarity party was founded in 2011 as the Christian Democratic Party USA (CDPUSA) by founders David "Frost" Harris, Kirk Morrison, and Jack Quirk.{{Cite journal |last=Thomas |first=Sean C. |date=2023 |title=A Home for the Politically Homeless? The American Solidarity Party, Catholics, and Third Parties in U.S. Politics |url=https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=1192368 |journal=Политикологија религије |language=English |volume=XVII |issue=2 |pages=353–379 |doi=10.54561/prj1702353t |issn=1820-6581|doi-access=free }} The party's original name was inspired by its European counterparts, the Polish trade union known as Solidarity,{{cite web|title=Platform|url=https://solidarity-party.org/about-us/platform/|access-date=2021-09-30|language=en-US|archive-date=June 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610024059/https://solidarity-party.org/about-us/platform/|url-status=dead}} and the current one reflects its more developed ideology and focus in the years since. The ASP mascot is the pelican, a traditional symbol of charity.
In 2012, the CDPUSA endorsed the independent candidacy of Joe Schriner for president.{{cite web |url=http://www.voteforjoe.com/#!endorsement/cs8q |title=Christian Democratic Party- USA endorses Joe Schriner for President |last=Wood |first=Elizabeth |year=2012 |publisher=Joe Schriner |language=en |access-date=3 August 2016 |quote=Roanoke, VA –independent presidential candidate “Average” Joe Schriner was proudly endorsed by the Christian Democrats (CDP-USA).}}
In December 2020, the American Solidarity Party joined the board of the Coalition for Free and Open Elections (COFOE).{{cite web |last1=Winger |first1=Richard |title=American Solidarity Party Joins Board of Coalition for Free & Open Elections (COFOE) |url=http://ballot-access.org/2020/12/03/american-solidarity-party-joins-board-of-coalition-for-free-open-elections-cofoe/ |website=Ballot Access News |date=December 3, 2020 |access-date=4 December 2020}}
Ideology
The American Solidarity Party largely adheres to the ideology of Christian democracy, which has been influenced by Catholic social teaching, Neo-Calvinist theology and the social teachings espoused by other traditions of Christianity in various parts of the world.{{cite web |last1=Silliman |first1=Daniel |title=For Third-Party Christians, Some Things Are More Important Than Winning |url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2020/july-august/evangelical-third-party-voter-candidate-president-election-.html |publisher=Christianity Today |access-date=19 January 2022 |date=22 June 2020 |quote=As the American Solidarity candidate for president, Carroll wants to grow the party, which was founded in 2011 on Catholic social teaching and neo-Calvinist political theology.}}{{cite book |last=Monsma |first=Stephen V. |title=Pluralism and Freedom: Faith-based Organizations in a Democratic Society |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |year=2012 |isbn=9781442214309 |page=13 |language=en |quote=This is the Christian Democratic tradition and the structural pluralist concepts that underlie it. The Roman Catholic social teaching of subsidiarity and its related concepts, as well as the parallel neo-Calvinist concept of sphere sovereignty, play major roles in structural pluralist thought.}}{{cite book |last=Witte |first=John |title=Christianity and Democracy in Global Context |publisher=Westview Press |year=1993 |isbn=9780813318431 |page=9 |language=en}} As such, the ASP looks to the Christian democratic movements in Europe and the Americas.{{citation |last=Rieping |first=John |title=New party boosted by election frustrations |date=6 August 2016 |url=http://www.maderatribune.com/single-post/2016/08/06/New-party-boosted-by-election-frustrations |newspaper=The Madera Tribune |publication-place=Madera, California |language=en |access-date=6 August 2016}}
The American Solidarity Party has been characterized as conservative on social issues while supporting government intervention in economic matters, making it communitarian.{{citation |last=Padusniak |first=Chase |title=Why You Should Vote Third Party |date=Winter 2015 |url=http://home.isi.org/why-you-should-vote-third-party |journal=Intercollegiate Review |publisher=Intercollegiate Studies Institute |language=en |quote=For the socially-conservative American who thinks government intervention has some place in the economy, the American Solidarity Party might fit. |access-date=21 July 2016 |archive-date=August 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821013323/https://home.isi.org/why-you-should-vote-third-party |url-status=dead }}{{citation |title=US struggles to find an honest candidate for president |last=O'Brien |first=Breda |author-link=Breda O'Brien |date=17 September 2016 |newspaper=The Irish Times |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/breda-o-brien-us-struggles-to-find-an-honest-candidate-for-president-1.2794083 |language=en |access-date=21 September 2016}}
= Political stances =
== Social issues ==
The American Solidarity Party opposes abortion, euthanasia, and capital punishment on the basis of the sanctity of human life. It views the traditional family as being central to society.
The American Solidarity Party advocates for a sympathetic approach to immigration. They believe in balancing the need for secure borders with a commitment to human dignity. This involves addressing the root causes of migration, such as the impact of the country's military, political, and economic power abroad.
== Economic issues ==
The American Solidarity Party supports a universal healthcare system as well as an economy containing widespread distribution of productive property, in particular increased worker ownership and management of their production.{{Cite news |last=Rosa |first=Michelle La |title=The American Solidarity Party is growing. Can it succeed? |url=https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/the-american-solidarity-party-is |access-date=2021-12-14 |website=The Pillar |date=July 16, 2021}}{{cite web |title= Solidarity? In America |date=October 16, 2020 |url=https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/solidarity-america-american-solidarity-party/ |access-date=21 December 2021 |publisher=The American Conservative|language=en}}{{cite web |title=Patrick Harris The state of American solidarity SDP Talks | date=March 28, 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5i0DPkhA88&t=964s |access-date=14 November 2021 |publisher=Social Democratic Party |language=en |via=YouTube}}
== Foreign policy issues ==
The American Solidarity Party is non-interventionist in its foreign policy, using peace as its guiding principle. It supports foreign aid and nonviolent diplomacy, while opposing violent military action as a means to resolve conflicts.
== Electoral reform ==
The American Solidarity Party advocates for electoral reform, aiming to combat what they call a "political oligarchy" and gridlock. They propose proportional representation for the House of Representatives, endorse ranked-choice voting or approval voting in all elections, and support easy voter registration. The party also emphasizes fair access for independent candidates, access to impartial information, and pilot programs for electronic voting with consideration for security concerns.
Influences
Daniel Silliman writes that the American Solidarity Party, as with other Christian-democratic political parties, draws from Catholic social teaching and Neo-Calvinist theology. In the same vein, David McPherson says that the American Solidarity Party "affirm[s] ... the full spectrum of Catholic social teaching (namely, the teachings regarding the sanctity of human life, the common good, subsidiarity, religious freedom, solidarity, etc.)," contrasting the ASP to both the Republican Party and the Democratic Party, each of which recognizes only some of these items.{{citation |title=The Politics of Solidarity: The Case for the American Solidarity Party |last=McPherson |first=David |date=29 July 2016 |journal=First Things |url=http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2016/07/the-politics-of-solidarity-a-case-for-the-american-solidarity-party |language=en |access-date=29 July 2016}} Its strongest support is in California and Texas, according to the Madera Tribune (of Madera, California).
Members of the American Solidarity Party use the demonym "Solidarist" to refer to themselves.{{cite web |last=Conley |first=John J. |date=8 September 2016|title=Confessions of a Solidarist |url=http://www.americamagazine.org/issue/confessions-solidarist |access-date=17 May 2017 |publisher=America Magazine |language=en}}
Elections
= 2016 =
== Presidential election ==
During the 2016 presidential election season, the American Solidarity Party held an online convention on July 9, 2016, which nominated Amir Azarvan of Georgia for president and Mike Maturen of Michigan for vice-president.{{citation |title=Here's the (revised) ticket - American Solidarity Party in 2016 |work=A Follower of Francis blog |date=13 July 2016 |url=http://paxchristirochester.blogspot.com/2016/07/heres-ticket-american-solidarity-party.html |access-date=6 August 2016}}{{citation |title=Interview with Amir Azarvan |work=The Conservative Alternative blog |date=14 July 2016 |url=https://theconservativealt.wordpress.com/2016/07/14/%ef%bb%bfinterview-with-amir-azarvan/ |access-date=6 August 2016}}{{citation |title=Interview with Mike Maturen |work=The Conservative Alternative blog |date=14 July 2016 |url=https://theconservativealt.wordpress.com/2016/07/14/interview-with-mike-maturen/ |access-date=6 August 2016}}{{citation |title=This man says America's ready for a centrist Christian party |last=Longenecker |first=Dwight |date=25 August 2016 |journal=Crux |url=http://cruxnow.com/interviews/2016/08/25/man-says-americas-ready-centrist-christian-party/ |language=en |access-date=26 August 2016 |archive-date=October 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161017035449/https://cruxnow.com/interviews/2016/08/25/man-says-americas-ready-centrist-christian-party/ |url-status=dead }} However, Azarvan subsequently withdrew, and in response the ticket was revised, with Maturen running for president and Juan Muñoz of Texas running for vice-president.{{cite web |url=http://aleteia.org/2016/08/05/magic-mike-voter-angst-over-2016-candidate-choices-paves-opening-for-american-solidarity-party/ |title=Magic Mike: 2016 voter angst brings attention to American Solidarity Party |date=5 August 2016 |publisher=Aleteia |language=en |access-date=5 August 2016 |archive-date=January 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120051122/https://aleteia.org/2016/08/05/magic-mike-voter-angst-over-2016-candidate-choices-paves-opening-for-american-solidarity-party/ |url-status=dead }}
For the 2016 election, the American Solidarity Party was listed on the ballot in Colorado.{{cite web |url=http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/vote/generalCandidates.html |title=2016 General Election Candidate List |access-date=12 August 2016}} It was a certified write-in option in Alabama,{{cite web |url=http://ballotpedia.org/Ballot_access_for_presidential_candidates#Requirements_for_write-in_candidates |title=Ballot access for presidential candidates |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=2016-09-26}} California,{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-sac-essential-politics-updates-201610-htmlstory.html|title=Essential Politics October archive|website=Los Angeles Times|date=November 2016 }} Georgia,{{cite web |url=http://www.thegreenpapers.com/G16/GA|title=Georgia 2016 General Election |website=The Green Papers |access-date=2016-09-26}} Iowa, Kansas,{{cite web |url=http://www.sos.ks.gov/elections/16elec/2016_General_Election-Write-In_Presidential_Candidates.pdf|title=Office of the Kansas Secretary of State}} Kentucky,{{cite web |url=http://apps.sos.ky.gov/elections/candidatefilings/statewide/default.aspx?id=1 |title=Election Candidate Filings - President of the United States |website=Kentucky.gov |access-date=2016-09-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160930035408/http://apps.sos.ky.gov/elections/candidatefilings/statewide/default.aspx?id=1 |archive-date=2016-09-30}} Maryland,{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.state.md.us/elections/2016/general_candidates/gen_cand_lists_2016_4_001-.html|title=2016 Candidate Listing|website=Maryland.gov|access-date=2016-09-26}} Michigan,{{cite web |url=http://www.thegreenpapers.com/G16/MI#P |title=Michigan 2016 General Election |website=The Green Papers |access-date=2016-10-19}} Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio,{{cite web |url=http://www.co.greene.oh.us/DocumentCenter/View/8999 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927204525/http://www.co.greene.oh.us/DocumentCenter/View/8999 |archive-date=2016-09-27 |url-status=dead}} Oregon,{{cite web |url=http://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Documents/elec_law_summary.pdf |page=14 |title=Election Law Summary |publisher=Elections Division |website=Oregon Secretary of State |access-date=2016-10-19}} Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas,{{cite web |url=http://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/election/article98439222.html |title=Fighting to get on the presidential ballot in Texas |website=The Star-Telegram |access-date=2016-09-26}} Vermont, and Washington.{{cite web |url=https://www.sos.wa.gov/_assets/elections/candidates/2016-Write-in-Presidental.pdf |title=Official List of Write-In Candidates for the 2016 General Election |website=Washington Secretary of State |access-date=2016-10-11}} Maturen received 6,697 reported votes, not including states that did not report votes for him.United States third-party and independent presidential candidates, 2016#Summary
= 2017 =
For the November 2017 off-year elections, the American Solidarity Party ran a candidate for New Jersey legislature, Monica Sohler, in the 6th district. She received 821 votes.{{cite web |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Monica_Sohler |title=Monica Sohler |website=Ballotpedia}}
= 2018 =
Desmond Silveira, a software engineer, was a national committee member of the American Solidarity Party, served as the campaign manager for the Maturen-Muñoz 2016 campaign, the vice chair of the ASP, and the director of operations for the party. In 2018, he ran for governor, receiving 4,633 votes in the primary election.{{cite web |last=Silveira |first=Desmond |title=Desmond Silveira for Governor |url=https://ca.solidarity-party.org/desmond-silveira-governor/ |access-date=29 January 2018}}{{cite web |title=Statewide Direct Primary Election - Statement of the Vote, June 5, 2018 |url=http://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-primary/sov/2018-complete-sov.pdf |website=California Secretary of State |access-date=25 July 2018}}{{notetag|name="California"|Because the American Solidarity Party did not have ballot access in California at the time of the election, the candidate was listed on the ballot as having "no party preference"}}
Brian T. Carroll ran against Devin Nunes for California's 22nd congressional district receiving 1,591 votes in the primary election.{{cite web |url=https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/candidates-running-for-californias-22nd-congressional-share-views-at-forum/ |title=Candidates Running for California's 22nd Congressional Share Views at Forum |date=February 16, 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-primary/sov/82-congress.pdf |title=California Secretary of State |website=elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov |access-date=2018-12-11}}{{notetag|name="California"}}
= 2020 =
Shane Ian Hoffman ran as the ASP's candidate in Ohio's 15th Congressional District. He did not make the ballot and was a write-in candidate.{{cite news |last1=Collins |first1=Steve |title=Know your candidates: Ohio 15th Congressional District |url=https://www.circlevilleherald.com/news/know-your-candidates-ohio-15th-congressional-district/article_70504cd9-e897-544f-8789-f033618d69b6.html |access-date=23 November 2020 |work=Circleville Herald |date=8 October 2020}}
== Presidential election ==
{{further|Third party and independent candidates for the 2020 United States presidential election#Summary}}
In the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Brian Carroll, Joe Schriner, and Joshua Perkins announced their candidacies for the ASP nomination. Carroll was declared the winner of the nomination on September 9, 2019.{{cite web |title=American Solidarity Party |url=https://www.facebook.com/AmericanSolidarityParty/photos/a.152640314905120/1369007076601765/?type=1&theater |publisher=Facebook |access-date=10 September 2019}}{{cite web |title=Party History |url=https://solidarity-party.org/about-us/history/ |publisher=American Solidarity Party |access-date=28 July 2020 |archive-date=November 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106183846/https://solidarity-party.org/about-us/history/ |url-status=dead }}
For the 2020 election, the American Solidarity Party was on the ballot in Arkansas,{{cite web |title=Candidate Information |url=https://www.ark.org/arelections/index.php?party=American+Solidarity&ac:show:cand_search:extra:search:1:elecid:384:=Search+for+Candidates |publisher=Arkansas Secretary of State |access-date=5 September 2020}} Colorado,{{cite web |title=2020 General Election Candidate List |url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/vote/generalCandidates.html |publisher=Colorado Secretary of State |access-date=5 September 2020}} Guam, Illinois,{{cite web |title=WEBSITE CANDIDATE LIST |url=https://www.elections.il.gov/ElectionOperations/EOPDFViewer.aspx?ElectionID=eBV6%2bb58Z5s%3d&QueryType=FO3iO7Tr9vlVjjo0LRLfeYxlrGsaWEVU&Status=jNZnRRtvVGySQAPHVIzEicQ1%2b9FYucpyYwMlK8gpXrrXRxXmc42zmA%3d%3d&T=637349023803214790 |publisher=ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS |access-date=5 September 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Louisiana,{{cite web |title=Candidate List |url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/CandidateInquiry/StatewideCandidate/CandidateList?electionId=307&officeIds=59568 |publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State |access-date=5 September 2020}} Mississippi,{{cite web |title=Candidate Qualifying List |url=https://www.sos.ms.gov/content/documents/elections/2020%20Candidate%20Qualifying%20List.pdf |publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State}} Rhode Island,{{cite web |title=Candidates for INDEPENDENT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTOR |url=https://vote.sos.ri.gov/Candidates/CandidateSearchSummary?OfficeType=790&Election=16908 |website=Rhode Island Secretary of State |access-date=11 September 2020}} Vermont{{cite web |title=Qualified Candidate Listing |url=https://sos.vermont.gov/media/bc2pxl5d/2020-qualfied-candidate-listing.xlsx |publisher=Vermont Secretary of State}} and Wisconsin.{{cite web |title=Candidates on Ballot by Election |url=https://elections.wi.gov/sites/elections.wi.gov/files/2020-09/Candidates%20on%20Ballot%20By%20Election%202020%20General.pdf |publisher=Wisconsin Elections Commission |access-date=22 October 2020 |archive-date=November 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118211032/https://elections.wi.gov/sites/elections.wi.gov/files/2020-09/Candidates%20on%20Ballot%20By%20Election%202020%20General.pdf |url-status=dead }}
It was a certified write-in option in
Idaho,
Kansas,
Michigan,
Minnesota,
Missouri,
Nebraska,
New York,
North Dakota,
Ohio,{{cite web |title=Candidate List - General Election |url=https://www.starkcountyohio.gov/StarkCounty/media/Board-of-Elections/clgen20.pdf |website=Stark County Board of Elections |access-date=30 September 2020 |archive-date=September 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906074121/https://www.starkcountyohio.gov/StarkCounty/media/Board-of-Elections/clgen20.pdf |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=American Solidarity Party of Ohio |url=https://www.facebook.com/OhioASP/posts/1269466510070701 |publisher=Facebook |access-date=2 September 2020}}
Oregon,
Tennessee,
Washington, and
Wyoming.
= 2021 =
Benjamin Schmitz ran for state senate in the Wisconsin 13th state senate district in the April 6th legislative special election.{{cite web |last1=Higgins |first1=Chris |title=Special election scheduled to replace Scott Fitzgerald in State Senate |url=https://www.wiscnews.com/bdc/news/local/special-election-scheduled-to-replace-scott-fitzgerald-in-state-senate/article_668c2544-cfc3-55ff-a223-76b77b85b2ef.html |website=Daily Citizen |date=January 8, 2021 |access-date=11 January 2021}} Stephen Hollenberg ran for a state house seat in the Merrimack, New Hampshire special election on April 13, 2021.{{cite web |last1=Sexton |first1=Adam |title=Merrimack Special Election, WMUR News at 6 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLY8pHajwF0 |website=YouTube |date=April 6, 2021 |publisher=WMUR |access-date=8 April 2021}}
== California gubernatorial recall election ==
Dr. James G Hanink was endorsed by the American Solidarity Party for the 2021 California gubernatorial recall election.{{cite web |title=Dr. James G. Hanink Endorsed for Governor of California |url=https://ca.solidarity-party.org/2021/08/23/dr-james-g-hanink-endorsed-for-governor-of-california/ |website=American Solidarity Party of California |access-date=23 August 2021}} He hosts the Open Door podcast and is the president of the American Maritain Association.{{cite web |last1=Hanink |first1=James |title=The Open Door with Jim Hanink and Mario Ramos-Reyes |url=https://wcatradio.com/opendoor/ |website=The Open Door |publisher=WCAT Radio |access-date=13 May 2021 |archive-date=May 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502044636/https://wcatradio.com/opendoor/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |last1=Hanink |first1=James |title=Membership Information |url=https://www.americanmaritainassociation.com/membership-information |website=American Maritain Association |access-date=13 May 2021}} Dr. Hanink is a frequent contributor to the New Oxford Review and spent four decades dedicated to teaching at Loyola Marymount University and published papers in the areas of metaphysics, epistemology, and social thought.{{cite web |last1=Spielmann |first1=Cristobal |title=Former LMU professor runs for governor in recall election |url=http://www.laloyolan.com/news/former-lmu-professor-runs-for-governor-in-recall-election/article_9b8e4e30-74ea-5a8d-982f-2bcc3b23a4bb.html |website=The Los Angeles Loyolan |date=May 6, 2021 |access-date=8 May 2021}}{{cite web |title=The Narthex |url=https://www.newoxfordreview.org/author/jhanink/ |website=New Oxford Review |access-date=13 May 2021}}{{cite web |title=James G Hanink |url=https://independent.academia.edu/JamesHanink |website=Academia |access-date=23 August 2021}}{{notetag|name="California"}} Hanink received 7,193 votes, 0.01% of all votes, an increase in both raw votes and percentage from Silveira's 2018 gubernatorial run.{{Cite web |date=14 September 2021
|title=STATEMENT OF VOTE SUMMARY PAGES September 14, 2021, California Gubernatorial Recall Election |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2021-recall/sov/11-sov-summary.pdf |access-date=7 June 2022 |website=California Secretary of State}}
= 2022 =
Dr. James G. Hanink ran again for governor of California in 2022.{{cite web |url=https://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/Campaign/Committees/Detail.aspx?id=1442524 |website=Cal-Access |title=HANINK FOR GOVERNOR 2022; DR. JAMES G. |access-date=20 November 2021}}{{cite web |title=American Solidarity Party of California |url=https://www.facebook.com/CaliforniaASP/posts/pfbid0haevFFEg5BNsEQYBLeENNKJEbKqnK5HcD6UGhr6baJDQSrs5zap9iVANWPqEvLuyl |website=Facebook |access-date=5 June 2022}} He received 10,110 votes.
Dr. Mark A. Ruzon ran as a write-in candidate for U.S. Senate in California, receiving 206 votes.{{Cite web |title=United States Senate election in California, 2022 |url=https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Senate_election_in_California,_2022 |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}
Desmond A. Silveira ran as a write-in candidate for California Secretary of State, receiving 235 votes.{{Cite web |title=California Secretary of State election, 2022 |url=https://ballotpedia.org/California_Secretary_of_State_election,_2022 |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}
Erskine L. Levi ran for U.S. Congress as a write-in candidate in California's 31st congressional district, receiving 17 votes.{{Cite web |title=California Secretary of State election, 2022 |url=https://ballotpedia.org/California_Secretary_of_State_election,_2022 |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}
Dr. Jacqueline Abernathy ran for governor of Texas as a write-in candidate,{{cite web |title=Our 2022 Candidates |url=https://txsolidarity.party/?page_id=544 |website=Texas Solidarity Party |access-date=5 June 2022}}{{Cite web |last=Cassidy |first=Austin |date=2022-05-04 |title=Jacqueline Abernathy Waging Write-in Bid for Texas Governor, Backed by American Solidarity Party |url=https://independentpoliticalreport.com/2022/05/jacqueline-abernathy-waging-write-in-bid-for-texas-governor-backed-by-american-solidarity-party/ |access-date=2022-06-07 |website=Independent Political Report |language=en-US}} receiving 1,326 votes.{{Cite web |title=Texas gubernatorial election, 2022 |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Texas_gubernatorial_election,_2022 |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}
Solidarity National Committee member Dr. Tyler Martin ran for governor of Nebraska.{{cite web |title=Dr. Tyler Martin for Governor |url=https://twitter.com/TylerMartin4NE |website=Twitter |access-date=5 June 2022}} Nebraska does not report write-in votes separately.{{Cite web |title=OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE NEBRASKA BOARD OF STATE CANVASSERS |url=https://sos.nebraska.gov/sites/sos.nebraska.gov/files/doc/elections/2022/2022%20General%20Canvass%20Book.pdf |website=Nebraska Secretary of State}}
Oliver Black ran for U.S. Congress in Washington's 3rd congressional district,{{cite web |title=Primary 2022 |url=https://voter.votewa.gov/CandidateList.aspx?e=876 |website=Washington Secretary of State |access-date=5 June 2022}}{{Cite web |title=Nearly dozen more candidates file for offices including Clark County Sheriff, 3rd District |url=https://www.columbian.com/news/2022/may/19/nearly-dozen-more-candidates-file-for-offices-including-clark-county-sheriff-3rd-district/ |access-date=2022-06-07 |website=The Columbian |language=en-US}} receiving 451 votes.{{Cite web |title=Washington's 3rd Congressional District election, 2022 |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Washington%27s_3rd_Congressional_District_election,_2022 |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}
The party endorsed Democratic candidate and And Campaign co-founder Pastor Chris Butler for U.S. Congress in Illinois's 1st congressional district. He was eliminated in the Democratic primary, receiving 3,707 votes.{{Cite web |title=Illinois' 1st Congressional District election, 2022 |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Illinois%27_1st_Congressional_District_election,_2022 |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}
= 2024 =
== Presidential election ==
{{Main|Peter Sonski 2024 presidential campaign}}
On June 2, 2023, Peter Sonski won the nomination of the party for President of the United States.{{Cite web |date=June 3, 2023 |title=Peter Sonski is the American Solidarity Party 2024 Presidential nominee |url=https://ballot-access.org/2023/06/03/peter-sonski-is-the-american-solidarity-party-2024-presidential-nominee/ |access-date=June 3, 2023 |website=Ballot Access News}}{{Cite web |date=June 2, 2023 |title=American Solidarity Party |url=https://twitter.com/AmSolidarity/status/1664650247065292804 |website=Twitter}} The primary was conducted by an online members' vote. The vice presidential nominee, Lauren Onak, was selected by Sonski before the national convention in early July in Plano, Texas, and she was formally nominated there.{{Cite web |last=Winger |first=Richard |date=27 March 2023 |title=American Solidarity Party Sets In-Person National Convention |url=https://ballot-access.org/2023/03/27/american-solidarity-party-sets-presidential-convention/ |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=Ballot Access News |language=en-US}} The party was on the ballot in Arkansas, Alaska, Hawaii, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Ohio.{{cite web |last1=Winger |first1=Richard |title=American Solidarity Party Gains Presidential Ballot Status for 2024 in Arkansas |url=http://ballot-access.org/2021/07/09/american-solidarity-party-gains-presidential-ballot-status-for-2024-in-arkansas/ |website=Ballot Access News |date=July 9, 2021 |access-date=12 July 2021}} Additionally, the American Solidarity Party had approved write-in status in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.{{Cite web |date=2024-10-17 |title=American Solidarity Party |url=https://www.solidarity-party.org/ |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=American Solidarity Party |language=en-US}}
== U.S. Senate elections ==
=== California ===
Dr. Mark Ruzon ran for the 2024 United States Senate elections in California.{{cite web |author1=Schallhorn, Kaitlyn |author2=Bahnsen, Annika |author3=Kang, Hanna |author4=Torres, Destiny |title=Mark Ruzon, US Senate candidate, 2024 primary election questionnaire |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2024/01/20/mark-ruzon-us-senate-candidate-2024-primary-election-questionnaire/ |website=The Orange County Registrar |date=January 21, 2024 |access-date=28 February 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Frisk |first1=Garrett |title=California Senate Candidate Roundup: September 22, 2023 |url=http://www.diamondeyecandidatereport.weebly.com/home/california-senate-candidate-roundup-september-22-2023 |website=Diamond Eye Candidate Report |access-date=28 February 2024}} Statewide polling indicated that he is an underdog in the race.{{cite web |author1=Baldassare, Mark |author2=Bonner, Dean |author3=Mora, Lauren |author4=Thomas, Deja |title=PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government |url=https://www.ppic.org/?show-pdf=true&docraptor=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ppic.org%2Fpublication%2Fppic-statewide-survey-californians-and-their-government-december-2023%2F |website=Public Policy Institute of California |access-date=28 February 2024 |page=35 |format=PDF |date=December 2023}}{{cite web |title=PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government |url=https://www.ppic.org/wp-content/uploads/time-trends-likely-voters-0224.pdf |website=Public Policy Institute of California |access-date=28 February 2024 |page=16 |date=February 2024}} In California's top-two system, all candidates regardless of party affiliation run together, and the top two proceed to the November election. On the Super Tuesday primary election, Ruzon received 13,429 votes, equal to 0.2%, placing 23rd out of 27 candidates on the ballot.{{Cite web |title=California Primary Election Results |url=https://electionresults.sos.ca.gov/ |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=Election Results}}
=== Texas ===
Analisa Roche ran as a write-in candidate in the 2024 United States Senate election in Texas. She received 1,492 votes (0.01%).
== U.S. House of Representatives District 31 in California ==
Erskine Levi Jr. ran for Congressional District 31 in California,{{cite web |last1=Levi |first1=Erskine |title=Erskine Levi for Congress |url=https://www.levi4congress.com/ |website=Erskine Levi for Congress, 2024 |access-date=28 February 2024}} participating in a candidate forum to discuss housing, climate, war and peace.{{cite web |last1=Merino |first1=Christina |title=Election 2024: Candidates for 31st Congressional District seat talk housing, climate, war and peace |url=https://www.sgvtribune.com/2024/02/24/election-2024-candidates-for-31st-congressional-district-seat-talk-housing-climate-war-and-peace/ |website=San Gabriel Valley Tribune |date=February 24, 2024 |access-date=28 February 2024}} He did not proceed past the first round of the blanket primary, placing 9th out of 10 candidates with 1,166 votes, or 1.2%.
==Other==
===Pennsylvania===
Eric K. Anton received a ballot-line for the American Solidarity Party for the 2024 Pennsylvania Auditor General election.{{cite web |title=Candidate Information - ANTON, ERIC K |url=https://www.pavoterservices.pa.gov/ElectionInfo/CandidateInfo.aspx?ID=22265 |website=Pennsylvania Department of State |access-date=3 August 2024}} However, his campaign was invisible, as he lacked any social media or online presence.{{cite web |last1=Caruso |first1=Stephen |title=PA auditor general: What to know about the candidates for state's top financial watchdog |url=https://www.goerie.com/story/news/politics/elections/state/2024/09/24/pa-auditor-general-candidates-malcolm-kenyatta-tim-defoor-erik-anton-alan-goodrich-reece-smith/75176511007/ |website=Erie Times-News |access-date=6 November 2024}} According to Anton's campaign finance he spent $0 on the race as all attempts to contact him by local Pennsylvania media was unsuccessful.{{cite web |last1=Turner |first1=Ford |title=Incumbent Pa. auditor general plays up reforms in office while challengers promise even more |url=https://www.post-gazette.com/news/election-2024/2024/10/14/pennsylvania-auditor-general-race/stories/202410110073 |website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |access-date=8 November 2024 |language=en}}{{cite web |last1=Caruso |first1=Stephen |title=A complete guide to candidates for state auditor general |url=https://chestnuthilllocal.com/stories/a-complete-guide-to-candidates-for-state-auditor-general,33571 |website=Chestnut Hill Local |date=September 12, 2024 |access-date=8 November 2024}} However, public records show Anton as being a registered member of the party since 2017, served on its national committee, and is the party's state coordinator.{{cite web |last1=Stockburger |first1=George |title=Who's running for Auditor General in Pennsylvania? |url=https://www.abc27.com/pa-auditor-general-race/whos-running-for-auditor-general-in-pennsylvania/ |website=ABC |date=September 16, 2024 |access-date=8 November 2024}} Anton won 20,967 votes (0.31%).
Presidential tickets
Presidential election ballot access and results
[[File:SonskiBallotAccess.svg|thumb|right|American Solidarity Party ballot access during the 2024 presidential election
{{legend|#3FFF3F|Certified for ballot}}
{{legend|#FFA600|Registered write-in}}
{{legend|#FFFEBE|Automatic write-in}}
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[[File:Brian Carroll ballot access (2020).svg|thumb|ASP ballot status in 2020
{{legend|#FF7900|On ballot}}
{{legend|#FA0|Write-in}}
{{legend|#D3D3D3|Not on ballot}}]]
[[File:Mike Maturen ballot access (2016) (1).svg|thumb|ASP ballot status in 2016
{{legend|#D45500|On ballot}}
{{legend|#FF7F2A|Write-in}}
{{legend|#D3D3D3|Not on ballot}}]]
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!scope="row"|North Dakota
|{{maybe|Unreported}}
|{{maybe|36}}[https://www.burleighco.com/uploads/resources/3830/20gnd-abstract.pdf 2020 General Election], Burgleigh County.
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A3WGICUI99Bm13zs06X01pIa-Ul0oKyd/view?usp=sharing Ward County Abstract of Votes], Marisa Haman, Ward County Auditor/Tresurer.{{efn|name=incomplete}}
|{{maybe|}}
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|colspan=3 {{no| }}
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|{{rarely|Unreported}}
|{{rarely|Unreported}}
|{{rarely|}}
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!scope="row"|Pennsylvania
|{{rarely|Unreported}}
|{{rarely|1,164}}{{efn|name=incomplete}}
|{{rarely|829}}
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|{{rarely|}}
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!scope="row"|South Carolina
|colspan=3 {{no| }}
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!scope="row"|South Dakota
|colspan=3 {{no| }}
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!scope="row"|Tennessee
|{{no| }}
|{{maybe|}}
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!scope="row"|Texas
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!scope="row"|Utah
|{{no| }}
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!scope="row"|Vermont
|{{rarely|55}}
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!scope="row"|Virginia
|{{maybe|Unreported}}
|{{maybe|Unreported}}
|{{maybe|32}}
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!scope="row"|Washington
|{{maybe|Unreported}}
|{{maybe|18}}{{efn|Skagit County was the only county to count write-in votes.}}
|{{maybe|}}
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!scope="row"|West Virginia
|colspan=2 {{no| }}
|{{maybe|63}}
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!scope="row"|Wisconsin
|{{maybe|647}}
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!scope="row"|Wyoming
|{{no| }}
|{{rarely|Unreported}}
|{{rarely|}}
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!scope="row"|Total
|style=text-align:center|6,697
|style=text-align:center|42,305
|style=text-align:center|46,472
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| {{yes| }} | Listed on ballot |
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| {{no| }} | Not a candidate in the state/territory/district |
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Notable party supporters
- Stephen Bainbridge, UCLA law professor
- Charles A. Coulombe, Catholic author, historian, and lecturer{{cite web |last1=Coulombe |first1=Charles A. |title=The American Solidarity Party |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hBhZaKriiM |website=YouTube |date=August 13, 2017 |access-date=22 December 2018}}
- Patrick Deneen, author of Why Liberalism Failed, member of ASP board of advisors{{cite tweet|number=1325588010226880513|user=AmSolidarity|title=We are privileged to announce that @PatrickDeneen has graciously agreed to join our Board of Advisors. In recent ye… |date=November 8, 2020}}
- Rod Dreher, senior editor and blogger at The American Conservative and author of several books, including How Dante Can Save Your Life and The Benedict Option{{cite web |last1=Dreher |first1=Rod |title=Solidarity? In America? |url=https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/solidarity-america-american-solidarity-party/ |website=The American Conservative |date=October 16, 2020 |access-date=22 October 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Dreher |first1=Rod |title=Rod Dreher |url=https://mobile.twitter.com/roddreher/status/1315711108557217793 |website=Twitter |access-date=13 October 2020}}{{cite web |title=Rod Dreher name drops the American Solidarity Party on MSNBC |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VarYp9L2rNo |website=YouTube | date=October 17, 2020 |access-date=22 October 2020}}
- Dan Lipinski, former US representative{{Cite web |date=2024-04-29 |title=Former Democratic Congressman Says he Voted for American Solidarity Party Presidential Nominee in 2020 {{!}} Ballot Access News |url=https://ballot-access.org/2024/04/29/former-democratic-congressman-says-he-voted-for-american-solidarity-party-presidential-nominee-in-2020/ |access-date=2024-04-29 |language=en-US}}
- Terry Mattingly, journalist, author, and professor{{cite web |last1=Mattingly |first1=Terry |title=2016 'Lesser of two evils' debates go on and on |url=https://www.getreligion.org/podcast/2016/10/7/2016-lesser-of-two-evils-debates-go-on-and-on |website=GetReligion |date=October 7, 2016 |access-date=22 December 2018}}{{cite web |last1=Mattingly |first1=Terry |title=News in an age of rage tweets: Who needs to repent, after the Covington Catholic acid storm? |url=https://www.getreligion.org/getreligion/2019/1/22/news-in-an-age-of-rage-tweets-who-needs-to-repent-after-the-covington-catholic-acid-storm |website=GetReligion |date=January 22, 2019 |access-date=25 January 2019}}
- Brian Carroll, former ASP presidential candidate
- Mike Maturen, former ASP presidential candidate
- Joe Schriner, former ASP presidential candidate
- George Yancey, sociologist and professor of sociology at Baylor University{{cite web |last1=Yancey |first1=George |title=Throwing Away my Vote |url=https://www.patheos.com/blogs/shatteringparadigms/2020/08/throwing-away-my-vote/ |website=Shattering Paradigms |date=August 12, 2020 |publisher=Patheos |access-date=12 August 2020}}
- Howard Ahmanson Jr., philanthropist and writer{{cite web |last1=Ahmanson |first1=Howard |title=The American Conservative 2020 Presidential Symposium |url=https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-american-conservative-2020-presidential-symposium/ |website=The American Conservative |date=October 27, 2020 |access-date=27 October 2020}}
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