Third parties and independent candidates since 2008


Update: Minnesota Senate race isn’t the only recount this election season

November 28th, 2008 · 5 Comments

We have previously reported on independent Cathy Church’s bid for prosecutor in Marquette County, Michigan. Thanks to Greg Peterson of Gather.com for putting these stories together. Apparently, Church was not convinced with the results of the election and filed for a recount of the votes about a week after the election. The race was decided [...]

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Tags: Independents

Cindy Sheehan asks, ‘Is Citigroup thankful for corrupt government and robbed taxpayers?’

November 28th, 2008 · 5 Comments

The following is reposted from OpEd News. It was written by former independent candidate for Congress and prominent anti-war protestor Cindy Sheehan: While Secretary of the Treasury from 1999-2001, Larry Summers worked with the Clinton administration and Congress to repeal the Glass-Steagall Act so that Citicorp could become Citigroup. The Glass-Steagall Act was a reform [...]

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Tags: Independents

Green-Rainbow Party stands with Chuck Turner, calls for broad investigation of influence-peddling

November 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Posted on the Green-Rainbow website The Green-Rainbow Party stands with Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner, who has been a tireless servant in the broad struggle for justice, and who has a distinguished history fighting on behalf of the people of Boston and beyond. Councilor Turner has unswervingly taken the side of the disadvantaged and disempowered, [...]

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Tags: Green Party

Washington State’s Party of the Commons

November 28th, 2008 · 26 Comments

According to the party’s blog, Commoner: A Party of Commons journal. Progress, Tradition, Ecology “We have become the 4th most popular party in Washington state, based on the number of votes in recent elections. Only the “Big 2″ major parties and the Constitution party are ahead of us in popularity in Washington.” However, a quick [...]

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Tags: Non-left/right parties

Malik Rahim profiled in the San Francisco Bay View

November 28th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Full article here. Additional IPR coverage here. Pat LaMarche, Green Party candidate for vice president in 2004 and for governor of Maine in 2006 and author of “Left Out In America: The State of Homelessness in the United States,” writes in the Bangor News: “I’m staying just a few blocks from Jefferson Davis Parkway. His [...]

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Tags: Green Party

Stephen Meier: Open letter to the LNC

November 28th, 2008 · 167 Comments

sent to contact.ipr@gmail.com Nov 26th, 2008 To: Libertarian Party National Committee Subject: Angela Keaton In regards to the upcoming LPNC meeting to be held Dec 6th and 7th in San Diego, CA. An agenda has been published at: http://lncregion7.blogspot.com/2008/11/agenda-san-diego-lnc-meeting.html This published agenda includes the line “Discipline of Angela Keaton 30 minutes”. I am deeply disturbed [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party

Video: Ralph Nader at University at Buffalo Law School

November 28th, 2008 · 3 Comments

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Tags: Independents

More from Alan Keyes on his Barack Obama citizenship lawsuit

November 28th, 2008 · 50 Comments

From Essence Magazine, by way of The Western Standard Shotgun blog: ESSENCE.COM: What exactly do you want to accomplish with this lawsuit? ALAN KEYES: I had read a little bit about the issues that were being raised about Obama back during the primary season. At first I thought, like a lot of people, “There’s nothing [...]

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Tags: Right-wing minor parties

Write-in totals for Orange County, CA

November 28th, 2008 · 9 Comments

Orange County, California’s elections division has their own website and have release write-in totals. California, as a whole, has not yet released write-in totals, so this is the first glimpse into the larger results for write-ins. Write in votes in Orange County, California: Chuck Baldwin: 373 votes, 0.0% Ron Paul: 3118 votes, 0.3% If these [...]

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Tags: Constitution Party · Third parties, general

Media appearances: Bob Barr 2008 vs. Harry Browne 2000

November 28th, 2008 · 6 Comments

Data for Bob Barr from GordonUnleashed.com: Here is a summary of just the interviews and events Bob did between August 2 and November 3rd. This list does not attempt to include news stories or news coverage that resulted from speeches, events, public appearances, news conferences, news releases etc. From August 2 through November 3rd Bob [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party

Boston Tea Party video: ‘Do we live in a police state?’

November 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Video by Todd Andrew Barnett

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Tags: Non-left/right parties