Serve America Movement | |
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| Abbreviation | SAM |
| Chairman | David Jolly |
| Founded | April 2017[1] |
| Dissolved | July 27th, 2022 |
| Merged into | Forward Party |
| Headquarters | Denver, Colorado[2] |
| Membership (November 2020) |  649[3] |
| Ideology | Majority: Neoconservatism Conservative liberalism Electoral reform Factions: Conservatism Liberalism |
| Political position | Big tent |
| Colors | Red, white and blue (national colors) |
The Serve America Movement (SAM) was a big tent political organization founded in 2017 by Morgan Stanley lawyer Eric Grossman.[4] The party achieved its first state party in New York with ballot access, but as of November 4, 2021, it lost its ballot status. Under New York election law, parties must get more than 130,000 votes every two years to maintain ballot access.[5] Party officials said afterward they intended to surpass the state elections vote requirement and use petitions to gain ballot access in other states, in order to contest future elections.[6][7]
The party contested its first election in the New York gubernatorial election of 2018 with candidate Stephanie A. Miner (SAM), former chairperson of the New York Democratic Party and former mayor of Syracuse. It merged with the Forward Party and the Renew America Movement in 2022.[8][9]
- ^ "What is Serve America Movement? Obscure new party backs Stephanie Miner for governor". The Post-Standard. 19 June 2018.
- ^ "Kansas' new Party of the Center joins with national group". The Seattle Times. March 3, 2018.
- ^ "Enrollment by County | New York State Board of Elections". elections.ny.gov. 2020-11-01.
- ^ "A Morgan Stanley Star Wants You to Back His Political Movement". Bloomberg. July 2, 2018.
- ^ Winger, Richard (December 3, 2021). "New York Libertarian and Green Parties file Reply Brief in Ballot Access Case in Second Circuit". Retrieved February 8, 2022.
- ^ "Only two minor parties in New York will keep their ballot access". November 4, 2020. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
- ^ "Join Sam (homepage)". SAM - Serve America Movement.
- ^ Chen, Shawna (2022-07-28). "Yang announces new Forward party with other centrist groups". Axios. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
- ^ Reid, Tim (2022-07-28). "Former Republicans and Democrats form new third U.S. political party". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-07-28.