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These are 2026-cycle federal filing records, not a certified ballot or membership list. Candidate data was checked 2026-10-16. A filing can remain after a person withdraws. State and local party coverage is not included in these totals.
Alaskan Independence Party
1 federal candidate records
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3 federal candidate records
Explore the party record →American Independent Party
10 federal candidate records
Explore the party record →American Party
2 federal candidate records
Explore the party record →Citizens’ Party
1 federal candidate records
Explore the party record →Commandments Party
2 federal candidate records
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Communist Party
1 federal candidate records
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Constitution Party
8 federal candidate records
Explore the party record →Country
1 federal candidate records
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Democratic Party
1,987 federal candidate records
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Democratic-Farmer-Labor
28 federal candidate records
Explore the party record →Federalist
1 federal candidate records
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Green Party
43 federal candidate records
Explore the party record →Independence Party
7 federal candidate records
Explore the party record →Independent American Party
8 federal candidate records
Explore the party record →Independent Conservative Democratic
2 federal candidate records
Explore the party record →Jewish/Christian National
2 federal candidate records
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Liberal Party
2 federal candidate records
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Libertarian Party
101 federal candidate records
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Natural Law Party
3 federal candidate records
Explore the party record →New Jersey Conservative Party
1 federal candidate records
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Peace and Freedom
1 federal candidate records
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Republican Party
1,687 federal candidate records
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Socialist Labor Party
1 federal candidate records
Explore the party record →U.S. Taxpayers Party
7 federal candidate records
Explore the party record →United Party
3 federal candidate records
Explore the party record →Veterans Party
2 federal candidate records
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These labels are not interchangeable, and they do not describe a single shared party platform.
Independent
292 federal candidate records
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47 federal candidate records
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5 federal candidate records
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10 federal candidate records
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31 federal candidate records
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31 federal candidate records
Explore this affiliation →Unknown
2 federal candidate records
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- Democratic Party · checked 2026-10-11
- Republican Party · checked 2026-10-11
- Libertarian Party · checked 2026-10-11
- Green Party · checked 2026-10-11
- Constitution Party · checked 2026-10-11
- Democratic-Farmer-Labor · checked 2026-10-11
- Communist Party · checked 2026-10-11
- Liberal Party · Liberal Party of New York bell · checked 2026-10-11
- Peace and Freedom · checked 2026-10-11
- Socialist Labor Party · Party masthead · checked 2026-10-11
- Natural Law Party · Historical national party masthead · checked 2026-10-11
Unresolved or unlisted affiliations
A missing party is not an independent candidate. Codes without a verified mapping retain their exact source label. Historical or state-specific labels may require a different source; we do not infer a party from a candidate’s name.
A recognized affiliation without matching federal filings also leads here. That is a coverage gap in this snapshot—not evidence that the party has no members or candidates.
- Party not listed 81 records · affiliation needs verification
- ASO 1 records · affiliation needs verification
- BTC 1 records · affiliation needs verification
- CRV 1 records · affiliation needs verification
- DNC 1 records · affiliation needs verification
- FWD 1 records · affiliation needs verification
- GRN 1 records · affiliation needs verification
- NDE 1 records · affiliation needs verification
- NPY 1 records · affiliation needs verification
- NYC 1 records · affiliation needs verification
- PRO 1 records · affiliation needs verification
- REO 1 records · affiliation needs verification
- RNC 1 records · affiliation needs verification
- SWP 1 records · affiliation needs verification
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U.S. Political Parties & Independent Candidates
A party name can describe a political organization, a ballot label or an affiliation reported in a filing. The source and jurisdiction determine which meaning applies.
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