The Democratic mayor of Pittsburgh is facing two major independent challengers in tomorrow’s election, Franco Harris and Kevin Acklin.
Our own Darcy G. Richardson commented at Ballot Access News:
An “Immaculate Election,” as Jim Riley so delightfully put it, is not beyond the realm of possibility. Harris’s uphill campaign continues to pick up steam as evidenced by [...]

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The New Jersey Democratic Party is now admitting that it has payed for robocalls in favor of independent candidate Chris Daggett.  The political chattering class has been saying that Daggett voters are most likely to have Republican Chris Christie as their second choice.
The Democratic State Committee now admits paying for a robocall to Somerset County [...]

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New York Times Op-Ed writer, Ross Douthat, comments on the effect that third parties do have and could have on politics. He projects for 2010, “This year has been a good year for independent candidates. Given the public mood these days, 2010 could be an even better one…”

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Once again, New York City’s public campaign financing system is to thank for an unusually high budget Green Party campaign.  This time, Green city council candidate David Pechefsky planned to dig into his $35,000 war chest in the final days before the election, while the Democratic candidate he is running against only had about $26,000 [...]

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