National Chairman's Letter

May 2000

Dear Members and Friends of the Independent American Party,

It is now official: Howard Phillips is the IAP Presidential Nominee! and Dr. Curtis Frazier is the IAP Vice Presidential Nominee! Both men were elected unanimously as our party's nominees by the National Convention of the Independent American Party. The Convention was convened briefly in special session for this purpose on May 13 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Convention will convene again in regular session for other business during the IAP National Conference scheduled for July 14-15, 2000.

Howard Phillips, 61, has served as Chairman of the Conservative Caucus since 1974. He is the founder of the US Taxpayers Party (now-named Constitution Party), and served as it Presidential Nominee in 1992 and 1996. He is the 2000 Presidential Nominee of the Constitution Party. He is married, has six children, and resides in Vienna, Virginia.

Dr. Curtis Frazier, 44, is a medical doctor specializing in emergency medicine. He is State Chairman of the Constitution Party of Missouri. He was his party's candidate for US Senate in 1998. He is presently the 2000 Vice Presidential Nominee for the Constitution Party. He is married, has seven children (all home-school taught), and resides in Springfield, Missouri.

Joseph Sobran, a conservative columnist, was originally the Vice Presidential Nominee of the Constitution Party. But he withdrew his candidacy in March. Dr. Frazier was then named to fill the vacancy at least until another Vice Presidential candidate with national stature could be found. The Constitution Party hopes to recruit Republican Presidential candidate Alan Keyes for its Vice Presidential slot after the GOP National Convention in early August.

Human Events magazine, regarding the consequences of the GOP possibly amending its pro-life plank at its National Convention, has quoted Alan Keyes as saying, "... millions of pro-life Republicans such as myself will leave the party if it drops or amends its pro-life position ... if it does happen, I expect I will leave the Republican Party and join Howard Phillips."

Concerning the Utah IAP Presidential Primary held March 10: I reported the unofficial vote tallies in my March letter. I now have the official tallies which includes absentee ballots. Howard Phillips gained just seven more votes and Earl Dodge gained just three more votes. That shifted the percentage between them by two-tenths of one percent in favor of Howard. The final IAP tally: Howard Phillips 630 votes (56.8%) and Earl Dodge 480 votes (43.2%). The IAP is grateful that both men, Howard (of the Constitution Party) and Earl (of the Prohibition Party), would cross party lines to participate in the IAP Presidential Primary in Utah.

Yours for Freedom!

Bruce Bangerter
IAP National Chairman