Press release from Alan Augustson, Green Party congressional candidate and former presidential hopeful:
Green Party Congressional Candidate Alan Augustson (IL, CD-05) called upon all Presidential and other candidates to back off from promises of lower gasoline prices.
“Cheap gas is over,” said Augustson, who will be seeking to unseat the powerful Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) in November. “Any [...]

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IPR has twice reported on allegations from inside the Gravel campaign that Steve Kubby “stabbed Gravel in the back” by endorsing Mary Ruwart after allegedly saying he would endorse Mike Gravel. Now the former Manhattan campaign manager for Mike Gravel, Dodge Landesman, has come out on the record refuting these allegations.
As Gravel’s Manhattan Campaign Manager, [...]

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Apparently the American Legion Boys State hosted a debate today between the Republican and Democratic nominees for US Senate from Nebraska, and kept Steve Larrick from participating in the debate.
The Journal Star reports that Larrick and close to a dozen supporters protested outside the debate.
If you want to hear two corporate politicians go at it [...]

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Connecticut’s Litchfield County Times reports that Fifth District U.S. House candidate Harold Burbank II “is calling on Congress to impeach President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard Cheney for waging an illegal war in Iraq.” Burbank said he decided to run as a Green after incumbent Democrat Chris Murphy “told him at a forum [...]

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When asked by Stephen Colbert why libertarians had traditionally voted for Republicans instead of the Libertarian Party, Bob Barr responded, “We haven’t had a good candidate,” but that he, Bob Barr, was a good candidate.
Barr himself, it should be noted, endorsed Libertarian nominee Michael Badnarik in 2004.
Barr did nothing to disabuse Colbert or his national [...]

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The American Independent Party, which is the Constitution Party’s affilliate in California, will be holding its state convention soon. As many third-party aficionados know, the AIP-CA is currently in the middle of a struggle over who to nominate as it’s presidential candidate, Alan Keyes or Chuck Baldwin. Richard Winger, over at Ballot-Access News has the [...]

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Francis M. Powers, a master carpenter and independent musician, will be seeking the Libertarian Party’s nomination for Congress in New York’s 13th district. If he makes it to the ballot, he will possibly face Francis H. Powers — his Republican father — in the November general election.
Francis H. “Frank” Powers is facing a tough primary [...]

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In a press release issued today, Libertarian Party presidential hopeful Bob Barr calls for an overhaul of the federal tax system.
“We must both reduce and simplify taxes,” he adds. That could mean replacing the income tax with a consumption tax. It could mean a low, flat income tax. But, he emphasizes, “the [...]

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The Politico’s W. James Antle III has written an article surveying the diverse options voters will have for president in November — “more … than just John McCain and Barack Obama.” Antle says third-party candidates this year are “seeking to tap into discontent on the left and the right.”
Of the leading candidates on the left, [...]

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Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader will hold a news conference at First Parish Church, followed by a rally in Portland, Maine, tonight at 7:30. His speech will focus on energy policy and the War in Iraq.
Nader, then running as the Green Party nominee, received 6% of Maine’s popular vote in 2000.
Maine’s Independent Green Party is [...]

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Libertarian Party presidential candidate Bob Barr appeared on Comedy Central’s Colbert Report last night.
The Atlanta Journal Constitution highlighted this exchange:
“What’s the difference between you and Ralph Nader other than you apparently own a comb?” Colbert asked, referencing the perennial third-party candidate who is running again as an independent.
“And the mustache,” the whiskered Barr offered right [...]

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Earlier we reported that Chuck Baldwin would be appearing on Revolution Radio at 7:30 p.m. tonight. This was the information listed at the Baldwin campaign Web site. However, it has been called to our attention that the interview will actually take place on Revolution Broadcasting, not “Revolution Radio.”
Our apologies for any confusion.

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Tre Arrow received nearly 6% of the vote when he ran for Congress in 2000 as a member of the Pacific Green Party of Oregon. Now he’s headed to prison for two years, as part of a plea bargain against charges of environmentally motivated property destruction and arson.
Born Michael Scarpitti, the 34-year-old Tre Arrow legally [...]

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David Cobb, Green Party presidential nominee in 2004, writes about election night results in The Times Standard of California’s North Coast. In the article he lays out reasons for the victories of local candidates, and also comments on California’s Eminent Domain reform, Proposition 99.
Cobb, his former running mate Pat LaMarche, and California Green Wes [...]

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Charles Jay, noted here today as a contender for the Boston Tea Party’s presidential nomination, wrote an article on May 30th for BetUS.com assessing his potential opponents. Jay’s article is very inclusive of which candidates he discusses, as opposed to more typical articles which discuss only the “major” third party candidates.
As BetUS is [...]

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