Only 1 Alternative State-Wide Candidate in PA
By Bob Small
On the state-wide election ballot for Tuesday, Nov 4, there will only be one “alternative party” candidate, namely Dan Wassmer , wassmer4pa.com, of the newly formed Liberal Party. He’s running for Pennsylvania Superior Court and has top ballot position.
Dan is an adjunct professor at Bucks County Community College in the Business and Innovation Department
He has a Juris Doctor from New York Law School and has his own private law practice.
The Liberal Party of Pennsylvania was founded in 2022 by members of the Pennsylvania Libertarian Party who felt their party was “veering too hard to the right”. Initially, it was the Keystone Party but, in 2024, it joined the US Liberal Party. They have supported March On Harrisburg. Among their 15-point platform is support for cryptocurrency and free markets. He was the only candidate easily found on their website.
According to their website the Liberal Party is organized in 11 states .
As far as “alternative party”candidates for local offices, the Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania listed 28 andidates for various local offices. By comparison, my political alma mater, Green Party had but three candidates!
One further Candidate Green candidate dropped out of an Allegheny County race.
Working Families Party, Pennsylvania which recently won the Philadelphia City Council seat reserved for the top minority party, which is no longer the Republicans lists nine endorsements, all of whom are Democrats. Thus, they’re a minor-league affiliate of the Democrats.
Next we have the PA Forward Party. The National party was founded in 2021 by Andrew Yang.
They have four candidates and are endorsing eight from other parties including GOP candidate sfor Delco Controller, Tommy Feldman, and Philly DA, Pat Dugan.
The Pennsylvania Constitution Party has at least three plus a write-in.
Neither the Pennsylvania Chapters of the American Solidarity Party nor The Socialist Workers Party were able to attain ballot status for any of heir Candidates.
