Following his removal from office and acquittal in his criminal trial , Mecham remained active in politics for several years . He served as an at-large delegate to the 1988 Republican National Convention and in 1990 he made an unsuccessful attempt to regain the governor 's office . In 1992 , he received one nomination vote for President of the United States at the Constitution Party National Convention , and then made a run for the U.S. Senate as an independent against incumbent John McCain , receiving 145,361 votes ( about 10 % ) . In 1995 , Mecham became chairman of the Constitutionalist Networking Center , a group attempting to create a grassroots organization called the Constitutionally Unified Republic for Everybody ( CURE ) . CURE advocated political candidates supporting a strict interpretation of the United States Constitution
1988 Republican National Convention
1988 Republican National Convention
Evan Mecham