2nd Election

The 2nd Election was the second sextennial presidential election. It was held on November 5, 1506. It was the first contested Tarvender presidential election and the first presidential election in which political parties played a dominant role. Incumbent Vice President John Crane of the Federalist party defeated former Secretary of State Matthew Forsythe of the Republican party.

With incumbent President Ronald Bainbridge ineligible to run for a second term (due to the single 6 year term limit), it became a wide open race to find his successor.

Crane was selected to become the 2nd President in a very narrow vote with 260 electoral votes against Forsythe's 240 votes.

Candidates
With President Bainbridge set to retire, both parties sought the Presidency for the first time. The race was wide open. However, the top contenders were Federalist Vice President John Crane and Republican Former Secretary of State Matthew Forsythe.

Federalist
The Federalist nominee was Vice President John Crane. Most Federalist viewed Crane as the natural heir to Bainbridge. Party leader Jack Haynes was disappointed in Crane's reluctance in support for Federalist agenda. So he pushed Kandor Councilor Luther Wilson to run. Wilson was reluctant. But when Crane got the nomination, he made an agreement with Haynes to select Wilson as his running mate. Former Burgerton Governor Jack Raymond ran a brief campaign. But he quickly ended it in support for the Vice President.

Presidential Candidates

 * John Crane - Vice President from CoWayne
 * Jack Raymond - Former Governor of Burgerton
 * Luther Wilson - Councilor from Kandor

Republican
The Republican got behind Matthew Forsythe, the former Secretary of State, a major founding father of the party. He faced no opposition.

Presidential Candidate

 * Matthew Forsythe - Former Secretary of State from NiCorth

Vice Presidential Candidates

 * Theodore Tillerson - Councilor from Clearwood

General Election
It was a bitter campaign between former friends and colleagues Crane and Forsythe. Both camps threw nasty accusations at each other. The Federalist accused Forsythe of being too attached to Kharoon, which was in the middle of a war with Playton, a planet that sympathized with Emperor Krato. Some believed that Forsythe was more Kharoon than Tarvender to be President. The Republicans accused Crane of holding similar ideals to those of Emperor Drake Krato, which scared many people who supported the Republicans. Some believed that a Crane victory would eventually lead them back to an Empire, which Crane denied.

Despite the fears of a return of an empire due to fear mongering, Vice President John Crane was elected, however, narrowly.