Liberal Party Calls It Quits After 60 Years
From Times Wire Reports
The New York Liberal Party, billed by members as the longest-existing third party in the nation, has shut down after nearly 60 years of helping to elect candidates from John F. Kennedy to Rudolph W. Giuliani.
The Liberal Party failed to collect the 50,000 votes it needed in November’s gubernatorial race to maintain its status as a recognized party. As a result, the party lost its automatic ballot slots in New York.
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