The last day of the National Convention consisted of the last officer elections and, after the convention was adjourned, a meeting of the new Libertarian National Committee. The election for the five open at-large seats on the LNC were held early this morning. Nominated candidates were: Dr. Tom Stevens, Wayne Root, Kevin Knedler, John Jay [...]

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On Counterpunch, author Nikolas Kozloff examines American political strategist James Carville’s numerous forays into South American politics, including ties to BP and the establishment opponent of Colombian Green presidential candidate Antanas Mockus, who came in second with a bit over 20 percent of the vote yesterday.  Carville has recently been on American network news blasting [...]

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Via Green Party Watch: WASHINGTON, DC — The Green Party of the United States condemns the attack by the Israeli navy on Gaza-bound humanitarian aid ships in international wates near Cyprus, which have left at least 19 human rights activists dead and at least 50 wounded. “The attacks on the aid boats is a criminal [...]

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Cynthia McKinney releases a statement to mourn the dead of the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza. Cynthia McKinney was the 2008 Green Party candidate for President of the United States.

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In Colombia, Green Party candidate for President, Antanas Mockus, received 21.5 percent of the vote, qualifying him for a run-off election in June.

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In Windham County there was a meeting yesterday between the leaders and activists of the local Progressive Party and Democratic Party. The mission was to encourage a greater degree of cooperation. This article was printed one day before the meeting: Hoping to find common ground on a number of hotly debated issues around Vermont, Progressives [...]

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An editorial in the Burlington Free Press was published a week ago analyzing how the Progressive Party’s entry into the statewide races in 2010 changes the dynamic. Progressive Martha Abbott’s decision to run for governor alters the terrain for the major party candidates already in the race just as they gear up for a summer [...]

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Rob Hahn, one of the three candidates for Governor seeking the nomination of the Independence Party of Minnesota, has announced who his running mate will be. Independence Party candidate for governor Rob Hahn has selected his running mate. He’s Thomas Harens, a former state representative.Hahn says Sunday that he picked Harens because of his experience [...]

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The Hartford Courant, a newspaper based in Connecticut, published a lengthy profile of the four Connecticut Green Party candidates who are running in 2010. The Connecticut Green Party is running four candidates for statewide seats and seats in the General Assembly. They include a youth counselor, a retired guidance counselor and a dual contender for [...]

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The Libertarian Party National Convention Fundraising Banquet is held at every party convention–so it is held every two years. The average amount of money raised at these events on non-presidential years is around $30,000. This year’s fundraising, run by Libertarian National Committee at-large member Mary Ruwart, netted $54,905. If anyone has records of past year’s [...]

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The Secretary race at the Libertarian Party National Convention was between Rob Power of California and Alicia Mattson of Tennessee. Outgoing Secretary Bob Sullentrup endorsed Mattson. The final results were: Rob Power: 194 (42.27%) Alicia Mattson: 265 (57.73%) The Treasurer’s election was conducted after the Secretary’s race, which pitted James Oaksun of Maine against Aaron [...]

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The election for Vice Chairman of the Libertarian Party took place immediately after the election of Mark Hinkle as Chairman. The contest pitted Mark Rutherford, of Indiana, against Carolyn Marbry, of California. The final results, after one round of voting, were: Mark Rutherford: 285 Carolyn Marbry: 201

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Mark Hinkle beat Wayne Root in the third round of balloting for Chairman at the Libertarian Party National Convention. Hinkle won with 54.14% over Root’s 43.93%, with None of the Above scoring 1.93%. Full results of each round of balloting can be found here. Hinkle was endorsed by six former national chairmen.

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The voting for the chair’s election at the Libertarian Party National Convention of 2010 has started. Each delegate is to write the name of the candidate on the ballot. A group of tellers will circulate around the room observing tabulation of the votes. Tellers are to insure all voters are present, uncoerced, and that they [...]

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The nomination process for chair candidates is their last chance to speak to delegates and to have proxies speak about them to delegates. The speeches occurred in random order. Wayne Root was nominated first, by Indianapolis City Councilman Ed Coleman of Indiana, the Libertarian Party’s highest elected official currently. He said that Root was “the [...]

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At the end of nomination for chair candidates, Bill Redpath asked if there were any other nomination for chairman of the Libertarian Party. Darryl Perry of Alabama walked to the mic and nominated himself as a candidate. Current chairman  Bill Redpath accepted his nomination, with a sigh, and welcomed him to make a nomination speech. [...]

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From Al Jazeera: Polls have shown Juan Manuel Santos, a candidate for the Unity Party and a former defence minister under Uribe, in a tight trace with Green Party candidate Antanas Mockus, a former mayor of the capital, Bogota. Although there are nine candidates running, Santos and Mockus have grabbed the most attention in the [...]

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From the Boston Herald: Independent Timothy Cahill yesterday accused Democratic Gov. Deval Patrick of “playing politics with terrorism” and “pandering” to Muslims. In a statement, the state treasurer and 2010 gubernatorial candidate noted Patrick met with more than 1,000 Muslim leaders last weekend and indicated support for a variety of their initiatives, such as having [...]

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According to this article, one of the raging topics at the Libertarian Party National Convention in St. Louis, Missouri, is how best to reach out to, and benefit from, tea party membership. Whether and how to woo Tea Party followers to their party is one of the big issues at the Libertarian Party national convention [...]

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New York gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino is fed up with the Conservative Party and doesn’t seem to think they have treated him fairly. Rather than show up a convention which he thought was unfair, he met with local tea party leaders to discuss creating a new ballot line. Friday he stopped in Rochester. According to [...]

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