There has been some confusion over whether Bob Barr called for the total repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act — which he helped write in Congress — or whether he wished to repeal a “portion” thereof. At the candidate debate in Denver, it seemed Barr was for the latter. But then later, he seemed [...]

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Murray Sabrin, a former Libertarian gubernatorial candidate turned “Ron Paul Republican” candidate for U.S. Senate in New Jersey, finished a distant third tonight in the GOP primary.
Sabrin, despite raising well over a half-million dollars to fund his campaign, is polling at only 14%… far behind former Congressman Dick Zimmer (46%) and State Senator Joe Pennacchio [...]

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Ralph Nader will not be on the ballot in Texas, and, in fact, he says he did not really make an effort to get on in the Lone Star State. According to the campaign, it would have cost approximately $300,000 to collect the necessary signatures, and this would have amounted to nearly half of the [...]

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Most candidates for U.S. Senate try to present themselves as qualified, experienced, and principled leaders. Not so much for Joseph L. Pengitore, an independent candidate for Senate in South Dakota. He’s running as “the biggest fool in South Dakota” and his campaign website is a collection of about 109 pages filled with cartoons [...]

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Nader supporters in West Virginia have collected over 7,500 of the 15,118 signatures needed for their candidate to appear on the state ballot. Regional coordinator Albert Marino says the campaign plans to be finished much earlier than the August 1 deadline. Marino also said he expects Nader to be on the ballot in 45 states.
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Ralph Nader, making at least his fourth consecutive run at the White House, has become the unlikely subject of a Democratic congressional primary in Iowa. Incumbent Leonard Boswell has sought to focus attention on his more-liberal opponent’s support for Nader in 2000. Many Democrats, including Boswell, blame Nader for Al Gore’s loss and the election [...]

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Nebraska Green Steve Larrick is running for Anti-War Senator Chuck Hagel’s old US Senate seat, but apparently the American Legion in that fine state has decided that hearing from only half of the candidates is the value their members fought and had comrades die for. Semi-democracy seems to be the goal in a planned [...]

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While speaking with a group of Ron Paul Meetup members, Constitution Party presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin fielded questions on medical marijuana and foreign policy.
Of medical marijuana, he said it was a “state’s issue” and “the federal government should have nothing to do with it.”
On foreign policy, he came out strongly against the wars, nation building, [...]

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The Presidential primary season comes to an end today and it’s expected that Hilliary Clinton will basically suspend her campaign after expected losses in the final two contests of North Dakota and Montana. But there are some other elections going on tonight that are worth watching.
Most notable, in my mind, is the New Jersey [...]

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Cynthia McKinney, who recently took the lead in pledged delegates for the Green Party nomination, has also been meriting positive interest from elements somewhat further to the left.
The Workers World Party, a Marxist-Leninist party that split from the Socialist Workers Party in the 1950s, has been running editorials and articles that speak positively of McKinney’s [...]

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Rick Jore, the Constitution Party state legislator from Montana, has decided not to run for re-election in 2008 and instead has thrown his energies into a pro-life constitutional amendment. This amendment needs 44,000 signatures to reach the Montana general election ballot in November. Rick Jore’s initiative has recieved a lot of press attention in and [...]

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LP co-founder David Nolan has published some “belated thoughts” on the Denver convention.
After attending the Libertarian Party’s presidential nominating convention in Denver, I spent five days driving home with my wife, Elizabeth. This provided a much-needed break from politics, and gave me time to let my impressions of the convention settle. Here, after a week [...]

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Richard Winger’s Ballot Access News recently posted updates on presidential candidates Ralph Nader (independent) and Brian Moore (Socialist Party USA), as well as independent New Mexican congressional candidate Carol Miller.
It appears that Ralph Nader will be on the Arizona ballot as an independent candidate for president:
On June 4, Ralph Nader will be turning in approximately [...]

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According to Bob Barr’s campaign Web site, he will be appearing on Glenn Beck’s HNN show on Thursday, June 5th. The program airs at 7:00 p.m., Eastern.
Barr will also be appearing on the Stephen Colbert show tomorrow night (June 4th). Colbert airs at 11:30 p.m., Eastern, on Comedy Central.

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In its continuing media blitz, the Bob Barr campaign issued a second press release today, condemning plans for the FDA to regulate tobacco.
“We should be particularly skeptical when a major business, in this case Philip Morris, lobbies for regulation,” notes Barr. That usually means the proposal is written to benefit a particular company or [...]

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