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Peter Sonski 2024 presidential campaign
Campaign	2024 United States presidential election
Candidate	Peter Sonski Lauren Onak
Affiliation	American Solidarity Party
Status	Official nominee: June 2, 2023
Website
https://www.petersonski.com

The American Solidarity Party candidate for 2024 is, Peter Sonski a former radio host, journalist and marine. Sonski won the ASP primary and nomination of the party for President of the United States on June 3, 2023. The primary was conducted by an online members' vote. The vice presidential nominee, Lauren Onak, was selected by Sonski before the national convention in early July in Plano, Texas, and she was formally nominated there. As of July 2024, the party is on the ballot in Arkansas and Hawaii but is hoping to be on the vallot in 13 States come the time of the election.

Background

The American Solidarity Party , founded in 2011, first contested a presidential campaign in 2016 getting ballot access to one state and earning 6,697 votes. In 2020 they were on the ballot on 8 States and recieved 42,305 votes. For their 2024 attempt it was announced on June 2, 2023, that Peter Sonski had won their party's online primary, which lasted from May 24 to June 1 of that year. Sonski was nominated in the first round of ranked-choice voting with 52%. Sonski then selected Lauren Onak as his vice president, who was then officially nominated via unanimous consent.

American Solidarity Party presidential nomination

Candidate	Votes	Percentage
			Peter Sonski	328	52.5%
Jacqueline Abernathy	207	33.1
Joe Schriner	50	8.0
Larry Johnson	24	3.8
Erskine Levi	16	2.6
Total:	625	100.00%
Source:

American Solidarity Party vice presidential nomination

Candidate	Votes	Percentage
			Lauren Onak	Nominated via Unanimous Consent
Source:

Life of Candidates

Peter Sonski (born July 11, 1962) is an American former radio host, who served as an elected member of Connecticut's Regional School District 17 Board of Education and as director of the Knights of Columbus Museum. Previously sonski was Director of Communications for the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Assistant Editor at National Catholic Register and a United States Marine.

Lauren Onak is from Ft. Lauderdale and currently lives in boston

Campaign

Christianity Today reported that Evangelicals disaffected with the two main parties were beginning to get their support

The campaign and party were profiled by the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention in June of 2024 in one article in four part series on the options in the election.

Sonski and Onak were profiled by the National Catholic Register in January of 2024.

The campaign was reviewed by the National review who characterised them as the only current prolife party over and against the Democratic and the Republican party, the latter especially so because of a perceived softening of their stance on abortion.

Ballot access

Correct as July 17 2024

		2024	2020	2016
States (& DC)	51	2 (11)	8 (31)	1 (25)
Electoral Votes	538	10 (110)	66 (397)	9 (323)
Percent of EVs	100%	1.8% (20.4%)	12.3% (73.8%)	1.7% (60%)
Alabama	9	Write in at least	write-in	write-in
Alaska	3	TBD	write-in	write-in
Arizona	11	TBD	Not on ballot	Not on ballot
Arkansas	6	On ballot	On ballot	Not on ballot
California	55	TBD	write-in	write-in
Colorado	9	TBD	On ballot	On ballot
Connecticut	7	TBD	write-in	Not on ballot
Delaware	3	TBD	write-in	Not on ballot
Florida	29	TBD	write-in	Not on ballot
Georgia	16	TBD	write-in	write-in
Hawaii	4	On ballot	Not on ballot	Not on ballot
Idaho	4	TBD	write-in	write-in
Illinois	20	TBD	On ballot	Not on ballot
Indiana	11	write-in	write-in	Not on ballot
Iowa	6	write-in	write-in	write-in
Kansas	6	TBD	write-in	write-in
Kentucky	8	TBD	write-in	write-in
Louisiana	8	TBD	On ballot	Not on ballot
Maine	4	TBD	Not on ballot	Not on ballot
Maryland	10	TBD	write-in	write-in
Massachusetts	11	TBD	write-in	Not on ballot
Michigan	16	TBD	write-in	write-in
Minnesota	10	TBD	write-in	write-in
Mississippi	6	TBD	On ballot	Not on ballot
Missouri	10	TBD	write-in	Not on ballot
Montana	3	TBD	Not on ballot	Not on ballot
Nebraska	5	TBD	write-in	write-in
Nevada	6	TBD	Not on ballot	Not on ballot
New Hampshire	4	write-in	write-in	write-in
New Jersey	14	write-in	write-in	write-in
New Mexico	5	TBD	Not on ballot	Not on ballot
New York	29	write-in	write-in	write-in
North Carolina	15	TBD	Not on ballot	Not on ballot
North Dakota	3	TBD	write-in	write-in
Ohio	18	TBD	write-in	write-in
Oklahoma	7	TBD	Not on ballot	Not on ballot
Oregon	7	write-in	write-in	write-in
Pennsylvania	20	write-in	write-in	write-in
Rhode Island	4	write-in	On ballot	write-in
South Carolina	9	TBD	Not on ballot	Not on ballot
South Dakota	3	TBD	Not on ballot	Not on ballot
Tennessee	11	TBD	write-in	Not on ballot
Texas	38	TBD	write-in	write-in
Utah	6	TBD	write-in	Not on ballot
Vermont	3	write-in	On ballot	write-in
Virginia	13	TBD	write-in	write-in
Washington	12	TBD	write-in	write-in
West Virginia	5	TBD	Not on ballot	Not on ballot
Wisconsin	10	TBD	On ballot	write-in
Wyoming	3	write-in	write-in	Not on ballot
District of Columbia	3	TBD	Not on ballot	Not on ballot

Political positions

Summary

As a proponent of Christian democracy, Sonski supports a consistent life ethic, being against abortion, capital punishment, and euthanasia. He additionally supports social justice initiatives. He is against the legalization of same sex marriage and believes that gay couples should not have the same adoption rights as straight couples. He has endorsed Robert P. George's initiative to rebrand June as Fidelity Month. He believes the US should continue to support Ukraine.

Endorsements

Mike Maturen - 2016 ASP Presidential Candidate