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Urban Party of Kirlawa
Motto: "Peace, Power & Prosprerity"
Ideology	Liberal/Progressive
Founded	March 1, 2726
Nation	Republic of Kirlawa
Headquarters	Indrala, Merkan Province
Website	www.upk.com
Party Officials
Party Leader	Keisha Franklin-Woods
Party Chairman	Paul Conrad
Organizations
Primary Organizations	Urban League of Terra
Secondary Organizations	World Peace Society Black Star International Rockygroup

Contents 1 History 2 Headequarters 3 Pressure Groups 3.1 Progressive/Liberal 3.2 Conservative 4 Affiliations 5 Urban Party of Kirlawa Nomination Process 6 Leadership 6.1 National Leadership 7 Legislative Affairs 8 Elections 8.1 Legislative Elections 8.2 Presidential Elections 9 Elected Officials 9.1 President(s) 9.2 Prime Minister(s) 9.3 Cabinet 9.4 Governors 9.4.1 Dirguzia Province 9.4.2 Dirlana Province 9.4.3 Merkan Province 10 Party Links 11 Links

[edit] History

The Urban Party of Kirlawa was founded by a group of college kids who wanted to make a difference in their community and Kirlawa as a whole.

[edit] Headequarters

The party's headquaters are currently located in Indrala, Merkan Province.

National Headquarters: Cadoria, Dirguzia Province

[edit] Pressure Groups

The party has 5 pressure groups that sway party interests/votes in the Assembly.

[edit] Progressive/Liberal

• National Women's Association: A group that advocates for women's rights and progressive reform.

• Minority Leauge: The party's largest and oldest pressure group. It favors improved education and health reforms and the idea of economic empowerment for minorities.

• WorldLove: Advocates for equal rights for the nation's GLBT community.

• Teachers United: The primary group in the nation that focuses on the needs and wants of more than 92% of the nation's teachers.

[edit] Conservative

• Taxpayers Union: Favors small taxes and big business.

[edit] Affiliations

The Urban Party has been affiliated in places other than politics. The Urban Party is affiliated with the following things in Kirlawa:

• University of Merkan: Indrala: Is the home of the party's television studio and future home of the party's radio station as well as the home of the National Convention.

• Urban T.V.: The television station that carries news from the party and other places around the world.

• Urban Radio: A radio station in conjunction with UnitedMedia that provides party news and other programs.

• Federation Bank: Provides funding for some of the party activities.

• Artania Airlines Inc.: Provides transportation for the party's leadership as well as the nominees for President and Vice President.

[edit] Urban Party of Kirlawa Nomination Process

The party holds its nomination process 3 years before the elections. Candidates who are running must submit there name within 3 months before the election. The party currently selects its nominee based on a primary process that takes place on in one day and includes all 5 provinces in Kirlawa. Each province has a different amount of points based on the population. The grand total is 2,000 points at stake. During special/early elections, the nominee that represented the party during the scheduled election, will automatically get the nomination for president. After the nominee is chosen, the party holds a convention 1 year before the election so the nominee can focus on campaigning 2 years before the election.The party holds the convention at H.P. Durbin Arena at the University of Merkan: Indrala and lasts 3 days.

Urban Party Presidential Primary

[edit] Leadership

The party's leaderiship structure is broken up into 4 parts. Each of the 4 parts is responsible for a certain aspect that pertains to the party. The Leader is responsible for the National Leaderships. The Chairman is in charge of Legislative affairs/leadership and the Election Committee is responsible for media affairs.

[edit] National Leadership

Picture	Name	Leadership Position
	Paul Conrad	Urban Party of Kirlawa Leader
	David Clarke	Urban Party of Kirlawa Chairman
	Quinn Palmer	Urban Party National Finance Committee
	Angela Brown	Urban Party Election Committee
	Anwar Muzaria	Office of Party Affairs

[edit] Legislative Affairs

General Assembly

• Party Leader: Caroline Hughes (U-Drg)

• Party Whip: vacant

• Seats in Assembly: 224

[edit] Elections

[edit] Legislative Elections

Date	Popular Votes	Assembly	Senate	Governors
May 2726	162,374	0	0	0
Feb. 2727 (E)	156,043	0	0	0
Aug. 2730	14,195,649	44	2	0
Feb. 2734	20,156,245	62	5	0
Aug. 2737	36,584,221	107	9	0
Feb. 2741	30,484,731	93	11	1
Aug. 2744	29,880,443	91	12	1
Jun. 2746 (E)	30,714,291	98	12	1
Dec. 2749	31,150,896	101	12	1
Nov. 2750 (E)	36,627,800	119	12	1
May 2754	28,704,234	112	12	1
Nov. 2757	28,519,691	111	12	1
May 2761	11,778,108	43	5	0
Nov. 2764	20,785,800	61	4	0
May 2768	27,164,406	75	6	0
Nov. 2771	25,906,283	89	10	1
May 2775	23,574,059	73	6	0
January 2779	34,716,326	92	11	0
July 2782	21,408,503	56	6	0
January 2784 (E)	41,228,403	107	6	1
July 2787	37,560,461	92	6	0
January 2791	50,477,682	130	6	1
July 2794	39,526,059	107	6	0
January 2798 (E)	79,147,155	194	6	1
January 2803	89,529,166	224	-	1
July 2806 (projected)		238	-	1

[edit] Presidential Elections

Year	Presidential Candidate	Running Mate	Popular Vote	Outcome
May 2726	Robert Freeman	none	158,158	4th place
February 2727 (E)	Victoria Bennett-Cruz	none	221,866	4th place
August 2730	Endorsed Kirlawan Peoples Justice Party	N/A	N/A	N/A
February 2734	Andrew Jefferson	Alan Fisher	23,670,398	5th place
August 2737	Antonio Hall	Karen Edwards	51,109,876	4th place
February 2741	Bill White	Karen Edwards	41,761,107	4th place
August 2744	Victoria Bennett-Cruz	Jeff Wilson	44,134,115	4th place
June 2746 (E)	Richard Ford	Marion Bennett-Cruz	51,125,769	3rd place
December 2749	John Stafford	Gen. Ron Avondale (ret.)	49,774,687	3rd place
November 2750 (E)	Alrez Muzaria	Aaron Reynolds	53,235,895	3rd place
May 2754	Aaron Reynolds	Antonio Hall	120,728,561	1st Place
November 2757	Aaron Reynolds	Antonio Hall	100,111,926	2nd place
May 2761	Sharon Myers	Patrick O'Neil	113,927,731	1st place
November 2764	Sharon Myers	Patrick O'Neil	65,640,672	3rd place
May 2768	Luis Martinez	Tim Nelson	51,117,260	3rd place
November 2771	Endorsed Kirlawan Austrian Party	N/A	N/A	N/A
May 2775	Robert Freeman	none	47,611,338	3rd place
January 2779	Endorsed Kirlawan Austrian Party	N/A	N/A	N/A
July 2782	Endorsed Kirlawan Austrian Party	N/A	N/A	N/A
January 2784	Kwame Mubeki	Todd Richards	57,763,938	3rd place
July 2787	John Patterson	Dean Porter	135,940,395	1st place
January 2791	John Patterson	Dean Porter	155,709,944	1st place
July 2794	John Patterson	Dean Porter	153,507,553	1st place
January 2796	Erin Myers	Inéz Rodriguez	173,979,003	1st place
January 2803	Michael Foster	none	144,371,566	1st place
July 2806	Michael Foster	none

Note:

E- Early Election

[edit] Elected Officials

[edit] President(s)

Picture	Name	Time in Office	Term(s)
	Aaron Reynolds	May 2754-November 2757	1
	Sharon Myers	May 2761-November 2764	1
	John Patterson	July 2787-January 2796	3
	Erin Myers	January 2796-July 2799	1
	Michael Foster	January 2803-present	TBD

[edit] Prime Minister(s)

[edit] Cabinet

Picture	Name	Time in Office
	Robert Freeman	May 2727-November 2751
	Sean Asten	March 2732-October 2741
	Mark Sanchez	March 2732-October 2741
	Kristen Haley	February 2765-September 2779
	Kwame Mubeki	February 2765-September 2779 May 2784-September 2796
	Ian Donald	May 2784-September 2796
	Andre Carter	May 2784-September 2796
	Tim Redford	September 2796-July 2799
	Steve Blanchard	September 2796-July 2799
	Anne Peterson	September 2796-July 2799
	Lee Issacs	September 2796-July 2799
	Don Eversse	September 2796-July 2799

[edit] Governors

[edit] Dirguzia Province

Picture	Name	Time in Office	Terms
	Antonio Hall	February 2741-June 2746	2
	Alrez Muzaria	June 2746-November 2757	4
	Michael Conrad	November 2757-May 2761	1
	Lisa Richardson	January 2784-July 2787	1
	John Goldstein	January 2791-July 2794	1

[edit] Dirlana Province

Picture	Name	Time in Office	Terms
	Victoria Rice	January 2796-July 2799	1
	Sherri Douglas	January 2803-present	TBD

[edit] Merkan Province

Picture	Name	Time in Office	Terms
	Jean-Michael Ovendorf	November 2771-May 2775	1

[edit] Party Links

List of Senate Leaders

List of Assembly Leaders

List of Assembly Whips

Urban Party Senate Info.

[edit] Links

Republic of Kirlawa