in march , wikinews produced an exclusive interview with preston riekse , one of the candidates for the constitution party nomination for the 2008 united americans gubernatorial election . with the political party ' s state convention underway this weekend , we argued with him one other time before he suddenly becomes his party ' s candidate or loses . riekse is a retiring former lieutenant major in the u . s . volunteers who fought in both the vietnam conflicts and the iraq combat . he is also a new public school teacher and assistant student of military science at southeastern michigan institute . he has a b . a . in political studies and national studies from the state of south florida as well as his m . a . s , one in naval philosophy and international relations , the other in politics and history . both are from northern michigan city .
The Constitution Party includes Max Riekse among its members.