Over the last few days a number of reports have come out detailing the fundraising efforts of Maine’s gubernatorial candidates.  In addition to the story from Down East cited by Ross on Lynne William’s fundraising efforts, the Augusta Insider recently provided some numbers on the various independent candidates for governor in Maine:
There are eight unenrolled [...]

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In Florida’s 24th congressional district, Nicholas Ruiz III, Ph.D, of  New Smyrna Beach has announced that he is running against Democratic Congresswoman Suzanne Kosmas on the Green Party ticket.
“There is a need in Florida, and America, for more choices at the election polls,” Ruiz said in a statement. “The political spectrum is so much more [...]

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DownEast.com has an interesting analysis of Maine Green Party gubernatorial candidate Lynne Williams’ decision to not go for public campaign financing.  The Green Party has traditionally done very well in Maine and accepted public financing, and third parties are expected to do well this year in the gubernatorial race, although some recent changes in ballot [...]

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Posted by D. Eris at Poli-Tea
Given that duopolized polls show Arkansas Senator Blanche Lincoln trailing her likely Republican opponents by significant margins, and given the relatively weak GOP apparatus in the state, not to mention its high percentage of independent voters, we may well see a competitive multi-party contest develop in the Natural State over [...]

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Dear Friend of Liberty,
An analysis published by the Cato Institute on January 21 offers a variety of statistics to support the notion that Americans are becoming more libertarian, and that they are becoming more comfortable with the word “libertarian” itself. I thought this study was very interesting, and I encourage you to take a look [...]

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By Chuck Baldwin
http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com
Faithful readers of this column might recall my column of last year where I listed several books that I found to be helpful. See the list at:
http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/c2009/cbarchive_20090109.html
So, to build on last year’s list, here is my list for 2010. These are books that I have read over the course of last year, or [...]

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Posted by Tom Knapp at Kn@ppster:
Hat tip to Mike Renzulli (via the LP Radicals list) and Freedom’s Phoenix, which just posted video of a speech given by Maricopa County, Arizona Superior Court Judge John Buttrick at the 2009 “Freedom Summit.”
What qualifies Buttrick to opine on the future of the Libertarian Party? Well, he’s a Libertarian. [...]

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Democrat Alex Giannoulias and Republican Mark Kirk will face Green Party candidate LeAlan Jones in the 2010 Illinois US Senate race. Sen. Roland Burris, who was appointed to Barack Obama’s former seat by now-impeached Democratic governor Rod Blagojevich, will not seek reelection.
LeAlan Jones is an author and journalist known for documenting poverty and violence in [...]

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Nielsen Online rated Newsmax’s web traffic as the 12th highest on the Internet.

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Vegas is the Anti-Obama.
Why This is a Fight Obama Cannot Win.
By Wayne Allyn Root, 2008 Libertarian Vice Presidential Nominee
So now our failing socialist President wants to take on Las Vegas- again. Bad move Mr. Obama. You may have gotten 66 million votes in 2008…but based on recent polls, you’re down to around 40 million [...]

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