We reported earlier that Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr would be the sole presidential candidate on the Texas general election ballot.  His campaign was the only one to turn the necessary paperwork in on time.  However, the situation has become more complicated.
While neither major party candidate had their papers turned in on time, and that [...]

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Minnesota’s Bemidji Pioneer reports on the Independence Party U.S. Senate primary in Minnesota, where seven candidates — Kurt Anderson, Dean Barkley, Bill Dahn, Darryl Stanton, Jack Uldrich, Doug Williams, and Stephen Williams — will face off on September 9.
The winner is expected to be either ex-Sen. Barkley, former party chairman Uldrich, or party convention-endorsed Stephen [...]

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Wisconsin’s La Crosse Tribune profiles the September 9 primary between Libertarians Kevin Barrett and Ben Olson III in the state’s Third U.S. House District. The newspaper says Barrett “is a former university lecturer best known for his conspiracy theories on the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and has some very un-Libertarian ideas about [...]

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IPR has previously reported that Sarah Palin had been involved in various ways with the Alaska Libertarian Party from 2004-2006, culminating in an endorsement from that party for her 2006 gubanatorial campaign.
Well, that isn’t her only involvement in the third-party scene,apparently. Palin also recently sent a recorded video message to the Alaskan Independence Party at [...]

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An online Zogby poll of 2,020 likely voters across the U.S. conducted August 29-30 (+/- 2.2%) shows Libertarian Bob Barr at five percent and independent Ralph Nader at two in a four-way race. Barr draws two percent of Democrats, four percent of Republicans, and 11 percent of independents; Nader draws one percent of Democrats, [...]

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Controversial Libertarian congressional candidate, Kevin Barrett, will be appearing on Alex Jones’s popular Internet radio show on Labor Day, Monday, September 1.
The show airs at 1:00 p.m., Eastern at prisonplanet.com.

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In his blog on the Sandusky Register website, Tom Jackson writes, “A Zogby International poll released Aug. 22 showed Libertarian Bob Barr is drawing support from 8 percent of the Ohio’s voters. (The poll placed Barack Obama at 41 percent and John McCain at 36 percent, Ralph Nader at 1 percent and “Not Sure/Other” at [...]

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Wisconsin’s Racine Journal-Times reports Green presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney will visit several Wisconsin cities, including Baraboo, Madison, Milwaukee, and Racine, next week.

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The Union Leader is reporting that Bob Barr’s presidential campaign is still more than 700 signatures shy of reaching the New Hampshire ballot by legitimate, non-aggressive means.
Libertarian George Phillies of Worcester, Mass., qualified for New Hampshire’s ballot last month. Republican-turned-Libertarian Bob Barr needs another 557 signatures from the 2nd District and 218 from the 1st [...]

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Kevin Barrett, vying for the Libertarian party’s Congressional candidacy in Wisconsin’s third district, has launched a somewhat unique automated calling campaign.  In anticipation of the September 9th primary, his voice will be heard in 15,000 homes across the district in two distinct messages, but not in the way you would expect from a politician.
The first [...]

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