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Inclusion criteria

I have not included parties which were used only for one year and which were not affiliates of a national party. This leads to an awkward result, but is a good general rule, I think. – Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 20:19, 29 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Iowa Party

The awkward result. The Iowa Party label has just been used once, but came extremely close to the 2% threshold for becoming an official party - 1.8% of the vote to the 2.0% needed. Additionally, "it" appears to have been two separate parties, as there was a state legislative candidate also running under that banner who was not affiliated with its gubernatorial campaign. – Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 20:19, 29 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]