Via email and LP blog: Dear Friend of Liberty, If you’ve been getting our Monday Messages, you might remember just a couple of months ago I announced that the number of fans on our Facebook fanpage had passed 40,000. Well, last weekend our fanpage passed 70,000! Wow! Our Facebook fanpage was first set up by [...]

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The latest from Libertarian candidate for Governor of New York, Warren Redlich: The Decision Here’s a new campaign video, thanks to the Masucci brothers! Volunteer Prizes! The campaign is offering prizes to the most outstanding volunteers. The top volunteer will get $250. Second place will receive $150, with $100 for third place and $50 for [...]

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In Maine’s gubernatorial race, Eliot Cutler’s Independent candicacy may have gotten some of his endorsers in trouble. The Portland Press Herald reports that Sen. Dennis Damon, D-Trenton, and Rep. Leila Percy, D-Phippsburg, announced recently they are supporting Cutler for governor instead of their party’s nominee, Senate President Elizabeth Mitchell, D-Vassalboro. Cutler is a former Carter administration [...]

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According to Kristin Davis 2010, EX MADAM , INDY CANDIDATE FOR GUV, SLAMS DEMS, GOP FOR ALL -WHITE MALE TICKETS “tired middle-age white guy thinking from tired middle aged white guy politicians” says Davis Kristin Davis, the former Manhattan Madam now running for Governor of New York on a libertarian agenda slams the Major political [...]

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Ernest D. Wooton has been a Republican Representative in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, since 1999. Wooton recently changed his registration to Independent and filed for the U.S. Senate race in Louisiana, against GOP incumbent David Vitter. Rep. Wooton represents the parish which is geographically closest to the oil spill and is expected to make that his [...]

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As linked by Dr. Tom Stevens in comments on a previous post, and posted on his blog (note, any opinions expressed are those of the source and not editorial statements by myself or IPR): Sam Sloan, who like Kristin Davis, was denied the opportunity to communicate with eligible voting delegates prior to the State Convention [...]

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Tea Party activists often heatedly proclaim that they do not work within or endorse any one particular party. But has the Tea Party become the exclusive stomping grounds for Republicans?

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This is the first meeting of the new term other than the one at the national convention site. It is being held concurrently with Freedom Fest. Tentative agenda here. Live reporting by Mike Seebeck via twitter for those who would like to follow the action (if that’s the right word).

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(excerpt from) Boston.com Calling all Governors: stop spying on ordinary Americans! Posted by Carol Rose, On Liberty July 9, 2010 05:28 AM When the National Governor’s Association convenes in Boston today, freedom-loving governors of all political stripes have one issue around which they all should agree, namely, the need to stop unchecked government spying on [...]

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Yesterday, a debate took place at Chicago State University between candidates for the Governor of Illinois. Moderating the event was Christina Tobin, President of the Free & Equal Elections Foundation (and a Libertarian candidate  for Secretary of State in California). All candidates who are on the ballot or submitted enough petitions to gain ballot access [...]

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Independent Tim Cahill, former Democrat and current Treasurer of Massashusetts, hasn’t had the best of luck  in his bid to be the next Governor of his state. A long while back, the RGA (Republican Governors’ Association) launched an attack ad against the candidate attacking his fiscally conservative credentials. A few weeks later, Cahill saw a [...]

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The Texas Democrat Party has dropped its challenge to Green Party candidates remaining on the ballot. Instead, the Democrats will pursue their challenge to the funding of the Green petition drive in a lower court for civil penalties. The reasoning behind this decision may be two-fold. On the one-hand, Democrats may not want to be [...]

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Kinky Friedman’s political history has been all over the map: a Republican run for Kerrville Justice of the Peace in 1986, an independent run for Governor in 2006, and finally a Democrat run for Governor and then Agriculture Commissioner in 2010. Nevertheless, Friedman continues to explore ever corner of the political spectrum. Last month, the [...]

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Former Representative Jim Traficant has failed to make the ballot in his bid to return to Congress in Ohio’s 17th district. According to the Trumbull County Board of Elections, he fell 107 valid petitions short. Traficant and supporters dispute the finding and plan to appeal. However, it may not be surprising that the effort fell [...]

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A press release from the Florida TEA Party: The Florida Division of Elections has just announced that two TEA party nominees have qualified for Florida state legislative races in House Districts 11 and 91. Osceola business owner Johnny Ferentinos qualified for House District 11 and Central Florida business owner John Perez qualified for House District [...]

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Forrest Claypool is an independent candidate for Assessor in Cook County, Illinois. He currently sits on the Cook County Board of Commissioners as an independent. Claypool recently submitted 90,000 petition signatures and reveals in a recent editorial for the Huffington Post that he has qualified for the ballot. Many Americans have been enthralled by the [...]

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The Socialist Workers Party is one of the most active socialist parties in the United States. Richard Winger brings to our attention news of the Socialist Workers Party’s candidate for public office in 2010. The party expects to be on the statewide ballot in Iowa.  It also expects to be on the ballot for one [...]

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At USA Today, Susan Page reports that “independents are gaining favor in governors’ races” in the northeast. The article focuses exclusively on the candidacies of Eliot Cutler in Maine, Tim Cahill in Massachusetts and Lincoln Chafee in Rhode Island, and devotes the most attention to Republican-turned-Independent Chafee. Page writes: Gubernatorial candidates Cutler, Chafee and Tim [...]

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WAYNE ALLYN ROOT [on]: Barack Obama: The great jobs killer
As former President Ronald Reagan might have said, “Obama, there you go again.”

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Press release: For more information: Thomas Hill Phone: (704) 621-8621 E-mail: thomasbhill@msn.com Wrights forms presidential exploratory committee BURNET, Texas (July 4) – R. Lee Wrights, a former Libertarian Party national vice chair and the editor and co-founder of Liberty for All online magazine, announced today he is forming an exploratory committee to lay the groundwork [...]

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