It seems like the Republican, Democrat, and Indpendence Party candidates get all of the attention in the Minnesota gubernatorial race. One reporter attempts to correct this in a prominent Minnesota political blog.

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Here is the latest column from Chuck Baldwin: The GOP is frantically searching for the person who will lead them to the Promised Land (translate: White House) in 2012. Barack Obama is leaving a death stench so heavy that even most of the political allies in his own party are asking him to stay away [...]

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I received the following message from Bay Buchanan who manages Tom Tancredo’s PAC. Dear Conservative, I’m not sure if you had a chance to read this important message from Tom Tancredo announcing his candidacy for Governor of Colorado. If you haven’t done so already, would you please make a generous donation to his campaign? Colorado and [...]

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Two interesting stories have floated their way out of the Vermont Secretary of State race. Peter Cooper is the Progressive Party nominee for Secretary of State. He recently interviewed with the Brattleboro Reformer: Cooper said he would like to see communities around Vermont take a second look at instant runoff voting (IRV). A method of [...]

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With more than 10,000 signatures, Jill Stein, the Green-Rainbow Party candidate for Massachusetts Governor, has now qualified for the November election. The party also turned in signatures for two other candidates to appear in the general election. Richard Winger at BAN reports that the party only needs one its candidates to receive 3% of the vote in the next election, so [...]

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Torn on who to vote for in the Arkansas gubernatorial race?  There is another option besides the Democratic, Republican, and Green nominees. The Associated Press reports: Elvis D. Presley of Star City filed papers with the secretary of state’s office on Wednesday to run as a write-in candidate for governor. Presley indicated in the paperwork [...]

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 08/06/10 POC Steve Kubby steve@kubby.com 415-830-6070 KUBBY FILES FOR SOUTH LAKE TAHOE COUNCIL South Lake Tahoe, California – Medical marijuana activist and Libertarian politician Steve Kubby is the first candidate to enter the race for three seats on South Lake Tahoe’s city council. Kubby filed the requisite paperwork with City Clerk Susan [...]

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Bob Barr recently teamed up with former Congressman Ronnie Shows (R) to write an article for Politico on a proposal from the Department of Education called Gainful Employment. One area we agree on is the need to improve our education system. After all, no amount of tax cuts or government services have nearly the potential [...]

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Southern Maryland Newspapers Online reports: Recognized by the state in August 2008, the Independent Party eclipsed 35,000 registered voters in May, according to statistics tallied by the state elections board. It’s unclear how many of those voters wished to be registered as unaffiliated with any political party and mistakenly marked “Independent” on voter registration forms. [...]

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Cincinatti’s CityBeat has provided a soapbox for Green gubernatorial candidate Dennis Spisak to speak out on the recent decision to exclude minor party candidates from two upcoming televised debates. At the present time, only Democrat Ted Strickland and Republican John Kasich will participate. The article quotes Spisak as saying, “As the Green Party nominee for [...]

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Mike Hope and David Smith are Libertarians running for Congress in Texas. Both have announced recent additions to their campaign staff, with a bit of overlap between the two.

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The Texas Tribune recently compiled data on big-money donors to US Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, who recently lost a bitter primary with incumbent Republican Governor Rick Perry. Texas does not have individual contribution limits, so one person can make a big difference on any given campaign. The Tribune highlighted the following donation from their data: [...]

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From Jake Towne for Congress: The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has accepted the signatures submitted, and Jake Towne is now an official candidate for United States Congress in Pennsylvania’s 15th district which covers Northampton, most of Lehigh, and parts of Berks and Montgomery counties. Towne, an independent, will square off against two Establishment-backed career politicians in [...]

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Ballot Access News: Tea Party Submits Statewide Petition in Pennsylvania On August 2, a statewide petition for Pennsylvania governor was filed by the Tea Party. The candidate for Governor is John Krupa, who had earlier expected to be the Constitution Party candidate for Governor. The Constitution Party did not feel it had enough funding to [...]

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Tom Clements Green Party Candidate for U.S. Senate Columbia, South Carolina July 28, 2010 PRESS STATEMENT – DEMINT ON THE SIDE OF CABLE LOBBYISTS AND CORPORATE MEDIA AND AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH CAROLINA ON ACCESS TO THE INTERNET The Clements for Senate campaign continues to expand and will be issuing frequent statements on pertinent [...]

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Michael White, Candidate for Governor of Illinois Constitution Party Contact: michael@illinois2010.com ### Say What You Mean / Mean What You Say Calling Out The Illinois Republican Party “I’m going to end the old politics and corruption in Illinois . . . , I’m not part of the insider deals. As Governor I’m going to do [...]

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Mark Rutherford at Libertarian Party blog: It is State Fair time in the Midwest and the Libertarian Party has quite a presence at these events. The Libertarian Party of Ohio has a booth at the Ohio State Fair through August 8th. The Libertarian Party of Missouri has a booth at the Missouri State Fair from [...]

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from the Libertarian Party of Nebraska FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 2, 2010 Contact: Gene Siadek, State Chair E-mail: chair@lpne.org Libertarian Party Of Nebraska turns in 8,000 signatures Signatures Gained from all Three Congressional Districts and 78 Counties Expected to Put Libertarians Back on the Ballot in the Cornhusker State LINCOLN – August 2, 2010—Libertarian Party [...]

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Dear Friend of Liberty, Last week it was reported that the Obama Administration wants to give the FBI power to force internet companies to reveal information about their users’ internet activities: things like who they send email to, times and dates of emails, and maybe also information about their web browser activity. Even worse, they [...]

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Why George Costanza is the Anti-Obama Role Model By Wayne Allyn Root, Chairman of the Libertarian National Congressional Committee, LNC Member, and 2008 Libertarian Vice Presidential Nominee Remember Seinfeld? It was one of the most successful TV series in the history of American television. The show revolved around Jerry Seinfeld and his buddy George Costanza. [...]

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