National Union (Traficant's Dream)

The National Union Party is one of the several minor parties within the Republic of Mahoning. It was founded in 2002 by Jim Traficant, the primary independence advocate for Mahoning, and served as the original party of government following the 2002 General Election. It has served as a minor party since the November 2007 Mahoning general election following their inability to form a government in the prior April election in 2007.

Party Leadership
Since its inception, the National Union Party has been led by James Traficant, assisted by his wife, Tish Traficant. Tish Traficant briefly served as the Deputy Leader and President of the National Union Party, but during her candidacy in the 2002 Mahoning presidential election, she stepped down as Deputy Leader to serve solely as the President of the party, and has stayed solely in that office since. The Office of Deputy Leader has remained vacant during this period, with various different MP's in the House of Representatives serving solely as the parliamentary Deputy Leader.

The leadership of the National Union Party has widely been described as centric around the Traficant family, with majority of the party members believing more in the Traficants as leaders than as the party as a whole. As a result of this, little dissertation has been made between the Traficants and the National Union Party.

No current mechanisms exist regarding the selection of leaders within the party.