In a message sent to supporters tonight, independent Congressional candidate Cindy Sheehan slammed her opponent, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, over the passing of the latest war-funding bill. The full text follows:
We at Cindy for Congress wish to express our dismay that Nancy Pelosi’s House of Representatives once again approved money to continue the illegal, [...]

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For those who’ve been wondering where Libertarian vice-presidential candidate Wayne Root is, we now know where he was on June 16th:
Recently, Wayne Allyn Root was selected to be Bob Barr’s running mate for the 2008 Presidential Election. RawVegas.tv host Denise Pernula sits down with Mr. Root to discuss his plans for the road to the [...]

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On its website, the Village Voice reports former Democratic and Libertarian presidential candidate Mike Gravel is joining in a “grassroots effort to have New York City citizens vote to establish a new September 11th investigation commission. The petition drive needs at least 30,000 residents to give their signatures in order to place a potential [...]

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The Daily Kansan of the University of Kansas reports that William Stewart-Starks, a senior from California, plans to run for the Kansas state legislature as a Libertarian. His campaign will focus on “increasing personal freedoms and reducing the size of the government by making it more local.”

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The AP reports the Green Party of Arkansas “can’t find a candidate to run against a former legislator trying to regain the House seat he left almost three years ago to settle a felony sexual assault charge.” A Green challenge “was one of the few options left in efforts to block” the return of [...]

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Robert Milnes — who has thus far failed in his attempts to capture the nominations of the Libertarian and Boston Tea parties — has officially declared his candidacy for the Green Party’s presidential nomination. This, despite the fact that Cynthia McKinney already has enough pledged delegates to assure her nomination on the first ballot.
Milnes via [...]

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Eugene Platt joined the South Carolina Green Party formally earlier this year, and sought the Green Party nomination for South Carolina House of Representatives from District 115. Platt won that nomination at the state convention on May 3rd.
South Carolina Greens were unaware at the time that Platt joined that the party had it’s first [...]

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Ballot Access News reports presidential candidates Jonathan Allen (Heartquake 08), Gene Amondson (Prohibition), Gloria LaRiva (Socialism), Brian Moore (Socialist), Elvena Lloyd-Duffie (Republican), Bradford Lyttle (Pacifist), and Frank McEnulty (unaffiliated) filed for Colorado’s ballot by Tuesday’s deadline.
Since the Constitution, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, and Republican parties still have time to submit the names of their nominees, there [...]

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The Evans-Novak Political Report considers the possible impact of Libertarian Bob Barr’s presidential candidacy on GOP nominee John McCain, saying that Rep. Ron Paul “has made it clear he will not endorse McCain. Paul’s loud and enthusiastic following is small, but if they stay at home or vote third-party in tight states, they could [...]

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Dean Barkley announced he will not run for U.S. Senate in Minnesota, but is still hopeful that ex-Gov. Jesse Ventura will run. GOP Sen. Norm Coleman is seeking reelection to a seat Barkley held briefly in 2002 after the death of Sen. Paul Wellstone. Al Franken is the Democratic candidate.

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