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Rent Is Too Damn High Party
Leader
Jimmy McMillan
Chairman
Jimmy McMillan
Spokesperson
Caprice Alves
Founded
2005 (2005)
Headquarters
Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York City
Ideology
Populism Social welfare Anti-tax Anti-high rent
Colors
Purple
Slogan
"The rent is too damn high."
Politics of the United States
Political parties
Elections
The Rent Is Too Damn High Party (Rent Is 2 Damn High Party) is a single issue political party, primarily active in the state of New York, that has nominated candidates for mayor of New York City in 2005 and 2009, and for governor and senator in 2010. Jimmy McMillan was the mayoral candidate both times as well as a candidate for governor.[1] In 2005, he received more than 4,000 votes,[2] and more than 40,000 in 2010.[3] The party has three registered members in the state. McMillan himself is registered as a Republican (previously a Democrat) for the purposes of running in that party's primary elections.[4][5][6] McMillan is a perennial candidate, and a member of the party has never been elected into office.
In 2014, the party expanded beyond New York by endorsing a slate of candidates in the District of Columbia's Democratic primary elections. On December 1, 2015, McMillan put the party's trademarks up for sale with the intent to retire from politics.[7]
^McMillan 09 archived on January 13, 2009 from the original
^Statement and return report for certification: General Election 2005 - 11/08/2005 Crossover - All Parties and Independent Bodies - for Mayor Archived 2009-11-22 at the Wayback Machine Board of elections in the City of New York
^"New York - Election Results 2010". The New York Times. 2011-02-08. Retrieved 2011-02-18.
^"Jimmy McMillan Is Not A Registered Member of The Rent Is 2 Damn High Party |". The New York Observer. Archived from the original on 2010-10-23. Retrieved 2010-10-21.
^Freedlander, David (2010-10-19). Rent Is Too Damn High Statewide Registration: Three. New York Observer. Retrieved 2010-10-19.
^Vielkind, Jimmy (2011-02-23). McMillan: I will save you, GOP!. Capital Confidential. Retrieved 2011-02-23.
^Edelman, Adam (2015-12-09). "Rent Is Too Damn High Party founder Jimmy McMillan retires from politics". New York Daily News. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
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