3rd Election

The 3rd Election was the third sextennial presidential election. It was held on November 5, 1512. Republican candidate Matthew Forsythe, who returned after his defeat in the 2nd election, defeated the Federalist candidate Luther Wilson, the incumbent Vice President, by a landslide.

Background
The war between Kharoon and Playton had put a strain on their relationship with Tarvender, especially after Tarvender decided to stay neutral. This hurt Kharoon, who defended Tarvender during their revolutionary war. So both planets caused incidents in space for Tarvender ships.

Citizens of Tarvender were angry over this and called for President Crane to go to war with both. However, the Republicans attempted to defend Kharoon. In response, the Federalist passed bills to limit the freedoms of citizens of Tarvender that were from either Kharoon or Playton. This hit the people hard and turned against President Crane for his support. It was considered unconstitutional due to first amandment rights of speech. With the Republican supporting Kharoon, this action hurt the Federalist and they would lose both the Council and eventually the Executive branch.

Republicans
Matthew Forsythe returned for second bid to the Presidency. The Republican party wanted to him to run again, therefore, did not have anyone else run. Forsythe ran unopposed and easily won the nomination.

Presidential Candidate

 * Matthew Forsythe - Former Secretary of State from NiCorth

Vice Presidential Candidates

 * Edward Brown - Lawyer from Kandor
 * Dan Riley - Mayor of Millcrest, Burgerton
 * Hamilton Kerry - Councilor from Durxby

Federalist
President John Crane was set to step down after six years. So the Federalist party turned to their Vice President Luther Wilson to become Crane's successor. Realizing how bad things were for them, many Federalist didn't bother to run. Vice President Wilson thought that he had a chance to win and became the only candidate to run. Lucas Melton, a businessman from NiCorth (Forsythe's home state) was chosen as Wilson's running mate.

Presidential Candidate

 * Luther Wilson - Vice President of Tarvender from Kandor

Vice Presidential Candidate

 * Lucas Melton - Businessman from NiCorth

General election
Because of the Federalist policies that hurt the rights of Tarvender citizens who were from either Kharoon or Playton, the Republicans had a major advantage to win the Presidency. On election night, Forsythe won a huge victory with 460 votes and 23 states over Wilson's 40 votes and 2 states. Wilson lost his home state. But he only won CoWayne (Home state of President Crane) and Woodside.