When Republicans and Democrats need professionally prepared video, they have any number of companies they can turn to. In more local races these candidates may have to turn to volunteers to create this sort of video. For members and supporters of smaller parties, those resources may not be available at all. One organization trying to [...]

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Writes Dave Weigel, associate editor of Reason, for the American Spectator. A little more than a month ago, after former Rep. Bob Barr started to edge into the Libertarian Party’s presidential race, I had an idea. Former Sen. Mike Gravel, a former Democrat, was already gunning for the nomination. It wasn’t every year that politicians [...]

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Earlier, IPR reported on John Murphy’s statement on Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s (D-OH) call to impeach President Bush. Now a second third-party candidate for Congress has endorsed Kucinich’s articles of impeachment; Thomas Knapp of Missouri. In a statement posted on his congressional campaign Web site, Knapp said: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has declared that impeachment [...]

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John Frohnmayer, who was running as the nominee of the Independent Party of Oregon for the upcoming U.S. Senate election in Oregon, withdrew from the race today. Frohnmayer was the fifth chairman of the National Endowment of the Arts, and brother of the current President of the University of Oregon. Many third-party pundits believed Frohnmayer [...]

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Dr. Kevin Barrett, Libertarian Party candidate for Congress in Wisconsin’s 3rd district, will be appearing on Air America’s “Clout,” Thursday, June 12. Joining him on the program will be potential Independence Party (or non-affiliated independent) candidate for U.S. Senate in Minnesota, Jesse Ventura. The program will air from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., Central. The [...]

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The Constitution Party of Oregon held its’ statewide convention on June 7th and nominated a slate of candidates for Federal and State offices. U.S. President – Chuck Baldwin – www.baldwin2008.com U.S. Vice-President – Darrell Castle U.S. Senate – Dave Brownlow – www.davebrownlow.com U.S House District 1 – Scott Semrau U.S House District 2 – Rick [...]

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Independent Brent Maupin has submitted more than 4,000 signatures to get on the ballot for Congress in Arizona’s 1st district. Maupin’s campaign is committed to “national reform.” Among the reforms he advocates is a campaign-donation limit of $100 per person, as well as many procedural reforms regarding committee chairmanships and other internal workings of Congress. [...]

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Libertarian presidential nominee Bob Barr today has an essay published at Huffington Post titled “I Was Wrong About The War On Drugs — It’s A Failure.” Barr opens by writing, “I’ll admit it, just five years ago I was ‘Public Enemy Number 1′ in the eyes of the Libertarian Party. In my 2002 congressional race [...]

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Earlier, IPR reported on a possible father-son showdown in New York’s 13th congressional district between Libertarian Francis M. “Fran” Powers and Republican Francis H. “Frank” Powers. Well, it’s not to be. The Manhattan Libertarian Party has passed on the younger Powers — who’s platform included increased access to public transportation — and nominated Susan Overeem [...]

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An article by Eugene Puryear, the Party for Socialism and Liberation’s nominee for the Vice Presidency, was published today criticizing Barack Obama as a supporter of “the basic tenets of the capitalist establishment,” and taking the Democratic presumptive to task for his stance on issues dear to the Left (and others): He has gone out [...]

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According to Ballot Access News, Libertarian Party National Chairman Bill Redpath has submitted petitions with 16,000 signatures to run for U.S. Senate in Virgina. Ten thousand valid signatures are required to appear on the Virginia ballot. Redpath will be vying for the open Senate seat against Republican Jim Gilmore, Democrat Mark Warner, and Independent-Green Glenda [...]

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Although some libertarians have criticized Libertarian Party presidential nominee Bob Barr for appealing only to “disgruntled conservatives” — including Tom DeLay’s wife and maybe Jenna Bush — the flip side of that coin is that Barr reserves almost all of his ire for the Republican Party. His harsh criticism and exposure of GOP hypocrisy might [...]

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Since endorsing Bob Barr for the Libertarian Party’s presidential nomination, and then receiving Barr’s endorsement and subsequent nomination for vice president, Wayne Allyn Root has been nearly invisible within the high-profile — by Libertarian standards, at least — presidential campaign. Today, the Barr Web site debuted a new splash page in which Barr is standing [...]

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Last night, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) formally introduced articles of impeachment against President Bush citing 35 “high crimes and misdemeanors.” The “corporate media,” according to John Murphy, an independent for Congress in Pennsylvania’s 16th district, was too busy covering frivolous stories to notice. Below is a media release issued by the Murphy campaign: CHESTER COUNTY, [...]

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I have recently started reading Darcy Richardson’s four-volume history of third-party and independent political candidates and movements throughout U.S. history, and I strongly recommend it for anyone with a deep interest in the subject (that is, probably anyone who is reading this right now). There are links to the Amazon pages for the books on [...]

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Gloria La Riva and Eugene Puryear are the Party for Socialism and Liberation’s nominees for president and vice president, respectively. The ticket’s take on neoliberal “free trade” agreements is something most members of the Constitution, Green, and Libertarian parties can agree with: They’re against them. However, the La Riva/Puryear position paper on free trade is [...]

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Robert Milnes nominated himself for the Boston Tea Party‘s presidential nomination. His nomination was seconded by former Manhattan campaign manager for Mike Gravel, Dodge Landesman, who said, “Hell, I may as well second the nomination for Robert Milnes. You have to respect that guy for fighting.” In acceptance, Milnes said: I thank you for the [...]

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New York is one of the few states in the Union that allow electoral fusion. This process allows multiple parties to endorse a single candidate, with the candidate’s name thereby appearing multiple times on the ballot. New York major-party candidates frequently lobby from endorsements from the these minor parties, because sometimes voters are more comfortable [...]

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Libertarian Party presidential nominee Bob Barr will be hosting a press conference entitled “Time to Talk with Iran” at 10:30 a.m., Eastern Time at the West Side Terrace of the House Cannon Office Building. Bob Barr has recently made some foreign-policy statements that have been very encouraging from a libertarian perspective. He has called for [...]

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