 The party regained electoral ballot status through acquisition of ballot lines previously held by others; the No Sales Tax Party was acquired circa 1994 (changing its name to the Socialist Party thereafter) and the Representative Party was acquired in the same year (also changing its name).In 1995, the ballot line of the New Alliance Party was acquired, giving the Socialist Party of Oregon statewide minor party status.The Socialist Party has run candidates for partisan office regularly since that time although in 1998, the party failed to achieve 1% of the statewide vote under then existing state election law, and lost statewide ballot access.