Independent American Party of Nevada

IAPN's high water mark was the 1974 Nevada gubernatorial election where IAPN's candidate, wealthy silver speculator James R. Houston, split the Republican vote and got 15.52% of the electorate, or 26,285 votes.{{cite news |last1=Malcolm |first1=Andrew H. |title=Laxalt Hopes for Comeback in Nevada In Attempt to Succeed Bible in Senate |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/10/24/archives/laxalt-hopes-for-comeback-in-nevada-in-attempt-to-succeed-bible-in.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=27 January 2024}}{{cite web|title=1974 General Election Returns|url=http://nvsos.gov/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=3136|publisher=Nevada Secretary of State|access-date=December 29, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703063153/http://nvsos.gov/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=3136|archive-date=July 3, 2014}}

The Nevada IAPN achieved some electoral success in the 1990s with the election of Chuck Horne as the mayor of Mesquite in a nonpartisan race.{{cite news|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/1999/Jun-09-Wed-1999/news/11338049.html |title=election |newspaper=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=June 9, 1999 |access-date=January 21, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008215252/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/1999/Jun-09-Wed-1999/news/11338049.html |archive-date=October 8, 2012 }}

In the 2010 elections, three Independent American Party candidates were elected to local offices and one was re-elected.{{cite news |author=Nevada Appeal Capitol Bureau|url=http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20101104/NEWS/101109907&parentprofile=search|title=IAP wins local contests |newspaper=Nevada Appeal |location=Carson City |date=November 4, 2010|access-date=January 21, 2013}} Several IAPN candidates also performed well in various state and legislative elections, including the election for Nevada State Assembly, District 33, where Janine Hansen won 30.81% of the vote and placed second in a three-way race.{{cite news|url=http://elkodaily.com/news/local/article_53d6a41e-e763-11df-b47f-001cc4c03286.html|title=Elko County|newspaper=Elko Daily |date=November 3, 2010|access-date=January 21, 2013}} The IAP candidate for State Attorney General, Joel Hansen, also secured 7.81% of the vote.

At the close of registration in October 2010, the Independent American Party had a total number of 62,724 registered voters in the Party.{{cite web|url=http://nvsos.gov/index.aspx?page=787|title=Close of Registration Statistics - October 2010 Total |publisher=Nevada Secretary of State |access-date=January 21, 2013}}

On October 25, 2013, the party membership experienced a small split with some members staying with the Independent American Party of Nevada and others forming a new Constitution Party of Nevada.{{cite news|last=Vogel|first=Ed|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/northern-nevadans-create-constitution-party/|title=Northern Nevadans create Constitution Party|date=October 15, 2013|newspaper=Las Vegas Review-Journal|access-date=December 29, 2021}}

The party has a stronghold around Elko where the party often runs a full slate of candidates that see more success then compared with other parts of the state. There, state chairman Janine Hansen ran for the Nevada Senate for District 19.{{cite news |last1=Godwin-Butler |first1=Fallon |title=The Independent American Party: Running for the Constitution |url=https://elkodaily.com/news/local/the-independent-american-party-running-for-the-constitution/article_0751e00d-1d1a-55f7-9aab-05a870afafae.html |website=Elko Daily |access-date=28 September 2023 |archive-date=9 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109082521/https://elkodaily.com/news/local/the-independent-american-party-running-for-the-constitution/article_0751e00d-1d1a-55f7-9aab-05a870afafae.html |url-status=live}} There he got 27% of the vote.{{Cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Nevada_State_Senate_District_19|title=Nevada State Senate District 19|website=Ballotpedia |access-date=November 29, 2020}} Since 2012 the 19th District has been contested solely between the Republican and American Independent Party.

The party gained notoriety when Cliven Bundy, of Bundy standoff fame, came out as a registered member of the party, and spoke at a series of party events in 2018. Namely, Bundy was the keynote speaker of the party's convention on February 23, 2018, in Sparks. Prior to the convention 4.5% of registered voters in Nevada were registered with the Independent American Party.{{cite news |title=Bundy to speak to Independent American Party of Nevada |url=https://www.sltrib.com/news/2018/02/20/bundy-to-speak-to-independent-american-party-of-nevada/ |website=The Salt Lake Tribune |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=28 September 2023}} At the convention Bundy was hailed as a hero against federal "corruption and tyranny" by the party's chairman{{who|date=September 2023}} and spoke at length about his armed standoff with the Bureau of Land Management.{{cite web |last1=Spacek |first1=Rachel |title=Cliven Bundy hailed as a 'hero' at Independent American Party state convention |url=https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/cliven-bundy-hailed-as-a-hero-at-the-independent-american-party-state-convention |website=The Nevada Independent |access-date=28 September 2023}}{{cite news |last1=Margiott |first1=Ben |title=Cliven Bundy backs Independent American Party in Sparks speech |url=https://mynews4.com/news/local/cliven-bundy-backs-independent-american-party-in-sparks-speech |publisher=KRNV-DT |agency=Associated Press |access-date=28 September 2023}}

The party also consistently competes for Nevada's 2nd congressional district and in 2020 the election was a three-way race with the Republicans, Democrats and the American Independent Party, with Janine Hansen running as the IAPN's candidate and getting 2.7% of the vote.{{cite news |last1=DeHaven |first1=James |title=Amodei looks to fend off two opponents in Northern Nevada's lone congressional district |url=https://www.rgj.com/story/news/politics/2020/10/07/election-2020-nevada-ballot-candidates-congressional-district-rep-amodei/3593874001/ |website=Reno Gazette-Journal |access-date=28 September 2023}}

In the 2022 Reno mayoral election, the IAPN nominated Joaquin Roces, a National Alliance on Mental Illness employee with no prior political experience who ran on a platform of increasing homeless outreach, expanding funding to the fire-department, slashing casino subsidies, and expanding renewable energy in the city.{{cite news |last1=Robison |first1=Mark |title=Who is Joaquin Roces for Reno mayor? |url=https://www.rgj.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/05/06/who-joaquin-roces-reno-mayor-rgj-2022-primary-voter-guide/9666628002/ |website=Reno Gazette-Journal |access-date=28 September 2023}} He got 627 votes, or 1.35% of the electorate, in distant 8th place.{{cite web |title=Washoe County - 2022 Primary Election Results |publisher=Nevada Secretary of State |url=https://silverstateelection.nv.gov/county-results/washoe.shtml}}

• Daniel Hansen: 1967–1980
• Joel Hansen: 2002–2004 and 2016–?
• Christopher Hansen: 2004–2008
• Mark Andrews: 2008–2009
• John Wagner: 2009–2016
• Janine Hansen: ?–present{{cite web |url=https://www.iapn.org/about |title=About |author= |publisher=Independent American Party of Nevada |access-date=December 29, 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nvsos.gov/sos/organized-political-parties |title=Organized Political Parties |author= |publisher=Nevada Secretary of State |access-date=December 29, 2021}}

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• {{Official website|http://www.iapn.org}}

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