In a rare two-way race between two members of a third party, a member of the Green Party is beating out a member of the Communist Party for a seat on the Cleveland City Council.  Both are also members of the Democratic Party, and Congressman Dennis Kucinich endorsed the Communist.  With 17% of precincts reporting, [...]

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Both NBC and the NY Times have called the 2009 NYC Mayor race for Bloomberg. Though, there is not a big percentage of polling results in. And, as of 11 minutes ago, the AP says that Bloomberg and Thompson are in a close race. At NY1 there is a chart with numbers for all the third party candidates in races including Mayor, Comptroller, Public Advocate, all the way to City Council members.

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Report election returns, post links for where we can find them, discuss the election, talk about everything election-related!

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Because Reverend Billy Talen is a theatrical activist and a performance artist, it is not immediately clear if the announcement on his blog is a literal fact, or a statement about campaign finances. Though, Talen’s campaign blog says that he has won $100 million dollars in the lottery, so, now…”‘No-one has ever seen an ad saturation campaign like this!’ enthused the Vote Rev Billy campaign manager Danny Valdes. Thousands of new hires are fanning out across the city giving away customized ‘Billy Blackberries’ with Talen ads on their screens. Sky-writing, Mitzvah tank-like street sounds, backseat cab ads, singing waiters, billboard trucks – the Reverend will be everywhere until the polls close.”

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Reverend Billy, running for Mayor of New York City, says, “I feel closer to solving the riddle of activism in 2009. We’ve known how conservative the Democrat/Working Families and the Republican/Independence Parties are. It’s Coke and Pepsi, it’s McDonalds and Burger King. The two party system enforces a strict censorship. We had to experience first-hand the harsh silence of it…”

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Video posted. Reverend Billy – aka Billy Talen – is running for Mayor of New York City on the Green Party line. On Halloween, Reverend Billy supporters dressed as Zombergs (Bloomberg Zombies), seeking to suck the blood of taxpayers with a third term.

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