An attempt to nominate a joint ticket failed.
Party leaders hoped to nominate a joint ticket with the Republicans to defeat Buchanan.
They called for a state convention on September 17 in Columbia to nominate a statewide ticket.
The party nominated a full ticket for the state and city elections in November.
The Liberal Republican Party also nominated a ticket.
The convention did not nominate a ticket.
The group aims to nominate a presidential ticket of centrists with names that would be on ballots in all 50 states.
The Citizens Party did not nominate a presidential ticket in 2012 and ran no candidates nationwide.
The Constitutional Union state convention met on September 9 but did not nominate a ticket.
There were only 45 delegates from 8 counties, but they still nominated a statewide ticket for the general election.