Mary Starrett has lost her bid for the Yamhill County Commissioner post in the November 2 runoff election, with incumbent Mary Stern winning 52% to Starrett’s 48%. In our statement about Starrett dated October 25th, we highlighted both Starrett and the Constitution Party’s links to white nationalists, anti-Semites and anti-choice fundamentalists. (As the Commissioner race was supposedly non-partisan, Starrett did not officially run as a Constitution Party candidate, but her history is clear.) Starrett also explicitly linked herself to the Tea Party movement during the election, with campaign signs even incorporating a tea cup image.

On a national level, the Imagine2050 blog notes that the Constitution Party had 146 candidates on ballots for federal and state offices in the November elections, and argues that the Party could have “substantial influence in three way political races.” Also, dozens of Tea-Party backed candidates have been elected to office in the November elections, with 32% of Tea Party-backed candidates winning their seat.
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