Reelecting a Jeffersonian

February 15, 2008 - Fyffe, Alabama - William Potter, chairman of the Jefferson Republican Party and the JRP-Alabama, is seeking to be the first Jefferson Republican to be reelected as a member of the Fyffe Town Council.

While many "third" parties focus too much of their attention and monies upon the Federal elections, the JRP continues to be a grassroots effort working from the ground up - that means focusing on the town, city and county elections first and foremost.

For much of the last few weeks, Mr. Potter has spent his time concentrating on his efforts to be reelected. Though Fyffe is small in comparison to more well-known cities, it still takes a lot of time, effort, and yes, money, to win an election - no matter how "insignificant" the national parties and media deem it to be.

The Jefferson Republican Party believes that all elected offices are important and vital. We also believe that the only way the average American can retake this country and turn things around is to start winning local elections. We can talk about how important retaking Washington, DC, is, or our state capitols. However, those places will never return to the people, unless the people first take responisbility in their own backyard first.

Jefferson Republican Party

No Merger With Anyone

There is to be no merger of the Jefferson Republican Party. The allegations of such taking place are complete fabrications. None of the members of the JRP, including the party leadership, had even heard of this until the JRP-Arkansas chairman read the interview with Angelo Cobrasci on Third Party Watch.

The Jefferson Republican Party has no intentions of merging with anyone. The JRP is an independent political party. Though "Republican" is a part of our name, we are in no way affiliated with the so-called Republican Party of today. We are republican because we espouse the republican views of the founders of our once great Republic. We would never even consider merging with another party without giving deliberate, careful consideration. We will not compromise, or give opportunity to compromise our convictions and ideals.

The Jefferson Republican Party would never make a major move without notifying all of our members well in advance. In the past we have entered into alliances with other like-minded parties, such as the Constitution Party of New York. In those cases we carefully considered the alliance, and all the members were allowed to vote on the matter. We do not want to suprise the public or the members of the Jefferson Republican Party.

Regarding Mr. Cobrasci and his "United Jeffersonian Party", we have very little information on who he is, or where he believes he has received the authority to make the claims he has made in the last few days. Mr. Cobrasci mentions that he has been in contact with Mr. Carl Whitaker of the JRP-Tennessee. As of yet, we have received no confirmation or denial of this claim from Mr. Whitaker and our members in Tennessee.

Future updates on this situation will continue to be made as the information comes available.

Ray Perdue
Communications Director
Jefferson Republican Party

JRP to merge?

Third Party Watch is reporting that the JRP has merged with another third party to form the United Jeffersonian Party. To the extent of my knowledge, as the Communications Director for the Jefferson Republican Party, these rumors are false and completely inaccurate. There has been no mention to me of a potential or even possible merger. Neither has there been any discussion of such among the members of the JRP. Such a decision would have to be voted upon, and we have not done so.

I have not spoken with Mr. Potter in the last couple of days, and I am awaiting word from him regarding said rumors.

I will make future updates on this as information comes available.

Ray Perdue