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  Freedom (Tax Cut Now)
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AbbreviationFRE
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CountryUnited States
Established1994-01-01
Disbanded1998-12-31
Contributornystate63
Last Editednystate63 - March 19, 2005 08:05pm
DescriptionThe Tax Cut Now Party was formed in 1994 in New York State to give George Pataki a third line to run on in the gubernatorial race of that same year. The party passed the necessary 50,000 votes, and therefore gained ballot status for the next four years. In 1995, the party changed its name to the "Freedom Party", however this was challenged in court by Al Sharpton and others who had tried to form a party with that same name in the early '90s. In 1996, Bob Dole ran on the party line, but Pataki chose not to use it in the 1998 election. A few local candidates did use the line that year, which turned out to be the last for the party.

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MOST RECENT RACES
11/03/1998 NY District 19 Charles C. Williams Lost 0.62% (-61.62%)
11/04/1997 Westchester County Legislature 05 Carmen R. Scaglione Lost 1.64% (-54.08%)
11/04/1997 New York City Council Popular Vote Freedom Party Control Lost 0.21% (-67.89%)
11/05/1996 NY State Senate Popular Vote Freedom Party Control Lost 0.83% (-45.12%)
11/05/1996 NY Assembly 43 Leona Williams Lost 0.67% (-92.89%)
11/05/1996 NY Assembly 42 Richard Hartley Lost 0.80% (-98.41%)
11/05/1996 NY Assembly 31 Kim Petersen Lost 0.88% (-86.27%)
11/05/1996 NY State Senate 41 David A. Harnett Lost 0.70% (-66.32%)
09/10/1996 NY Assembly 107 - FRE Primary Robert G. "Bob" Prentiss Won 50.00% (+0.00%)
09/10/1996 NY Assembly 107 - FRE Primary Peter G. Crummey Lost 50.00% (+0.00%)