From the News-Gazette in Illinois:
llinois Democrats have a gubernatorial candidate favored by only half the members of his own party, who faces a difficult budget battle this spring and – for now – is stuck with a running mate who is a political nightmare…
The Republican ticket has a gubernatorial candidate favored by 20 percent of [...]

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Ballot Access News:
Lincoln Chafee, the independent candidate for Governor of Rhode Island in 2010, has a miniscule lead, according to this neutral poll.

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The Patriot Ledger reports that independent candidate for Massachusetts governor, Tim Cahill, has more cash on hand than any other candidate for the office:
While it’s not surprising to draw strong support from one’s own district, Cahill faces a tougher fundraising challenge than any of his opponents, who can turn to a defined party base. Cahill [...]

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From the comments on a previous post:

Phillies sends the following [..]….
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“Root threatens Benedict with ‘If this isn’t news worthy…then we need a new Exec Director who can see that it is.’ ”
1) ROOT THREATENS BENEDICT
Subject: ROOT for Wes
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:04:00 -0800
From: rootintl
To: wes benedict LP HQ , aaron AA Starr
CC: robert.kraus@lp.org LPHQ
Wes,
Here [...]

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Due to multiple requests, including the statement of the original author that the article does not belong at IPR, I am deleting the body of the article. I’m leaving this up for now so the comments don’t disappear as well.
-p

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Socialist Webzine:
by David McReynoldsfrom Edge Left
I was at a meeting of the New York War Resisters League tonight when, mid-way through the meeting, Frida Berrigan broke into the agenda to say that she hated to relay the news, but she had just gotten text message that Howard Zinn, that great historian of the struggles of [...]

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USA Today:
A Nazi group is helping keep a stretch of Colorado’s Highway 85 tidy as a participant in the federal Adopt-A-Highway program.
But the participation of the National Socialist Movement, which also calls itself America’s Nazi Party, is making the Elmwood Baptist church uncomfortable, because its stretch of highway is right next to the white supremacists, [...]

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On March 2, there will be a statewide primary in Texas.  On Thursday, February 18 at 6:30 PM there will be a candidates forum for all candidates running for the Texas State Board of Education in the 10th District.  Although the Libertarian and Green candidates face no opposition from within their own parties, they will [...]

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Email from Marc Montoni to contact.ipr@gmail.com:
Readers with any curiosity about libertarianism on the international scene may be interested in the current elections in Costa Rica. Otto Guevara is the founder of the Partido Movimiento Libertario (Libertarian Movement Party). He served in the Costa Rican legislature from 1998-2006. Guevara is currently the president [...]

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In New York State, along with several other states, multiple parties can endorse a single candidate in an election.  This is called fusion, and it is frequently used by the Working Families Party, although they do occassionally run candidates of their own.  The party mostly endorses Democrats, and has become a somewhat large and powerful [...]

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Republican California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger recently visited the city of Richmond, which has a population of about 100,000 and is the largest city in the United States with a Green Party mayor.  Schwarzenegger was visiting a solar power system factory in order to promote a tax plan that encourages green businesses to stay in California.  [...]

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On February 4th, the Illinois newspaper the Southern ran a piece featuring the Green Party’s reaction to Tuesday’s statewide primaries in Illinois.  The Greens did have a primary, but most of the candidates running were uncontested.
“I’m in the race to win it and I think that’s entirely possible, given the record level of disgust with [...]

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