34 responses so far ↓

• 1 Brian // Sep 29, 2010 at 5:07 pm

  Definitely Tom Horner. Other than Linc Chafee in Rhode Island, Tom Horner has been polling the highest out of all of the major third party or independent candidates this year.

• 2 Ross Levin // Sep 29, 2010 at 5:27 pm

  Well, I’ve got two lists. The first is made of those who I think are most likely to win (although that comes with the caveat that even this close to the election, a candidate polling 10% or 20% can definitely win, etc), and the second are my favorite candidates for governor. Sorry if I leave some out by accident that should be there.

  1. Lincoln Chafee, RI
  2. Tom Horner, MN
  3. Tom Tancredo, CO
  4. Scott Lee Cohen, IL
  5. Tim Cahill, MA
  6. Eliot Cutler, ME
  7. Shawn Moody, ME
  8. Robert Monds, GA
  9. Rich Whitney, IL
  10. Jill Stein, MA

  and

  1. Rich Whitney, IL
  2. Jill Stein, MA
  3. Howie Hawkins, NY
  4. Dennis Steele, VT

  and that’s all I can think of for now.

• 3 Don Grundmann // Sep 29, 2010 at 5:46 pm

  Chelene Nightingale for Governor in California. I am not aquainted with all the other other candidacies.

  Don J. Grundmann, D.C.. Chairman American Independent Party, California branch of the Constitution Party

• 4 Cody Quirk // Sep 29, 2010 at 5:53 pm

  I second Chelene Nightingale, she should be listed up there.

• 5 Carey Campbell // Sep 29, 2010 at 6:01 pm

  So far have found Green Party candidates for Governor in 15 different states.

  Thanks to Green Party Watch and Green Papers.
  Still looking for more.

  Arizona Green Party
  Jerry Joslyn

  Arkansas Green Party
  Jim Lendall – Governor

  California Green Party
  Laura Wells – Governor

  Illinois Green Party
  Rich Whitney – Governor

  Maryland Green Party
  Maria Allwine – Governor

  Massachusetts Green Party
  Jill Stein – Governor

  Michigan Green Party
  Harley Mikkelson – Governor

  Minnesota Green Party
  Farheen Hakeem – Governor

  Nevada Green Party
  David Curtis – Governor

  New York Green Party
  Howie Hawkins – Governor

  Ohio Green Party
  Dennis Spisak – Governor

  South Carolina Green Party
  Morgan Reeves – Governor

  Tennessee Green Party
  Howard Switzer – Governor

  Texas Green Party
  Deb Shafto – Governor

• 6 Carey Campbell // Sep 29, 2010 at 6:02 pm

  Yes, you must have Independence Party’s Tom Horner on the list.

  He is climbing.

• 7 '..... just look at the activists ' [Lake] // Sep 29, 2010 at 6:06 pm

  Cody Quirk // Sep 29, 2010 at 5:53 pm

  I second Chelene [Ward] Nightingale, she should be listed up there.

  [Lake: an asterisk of an asterisk .........]

• 8 Cody Quirk // Sep 29, 2010 at 6:10 pm

  [Lake: an asterisk of an asterisk of a whinny piece of shit that I am and I have never gotten anywhere in life and I suck.........]

• 9 Ross Levin // Sep 29, 2010 at 6:14 pm

  Wow, Cody, that just seems unnecessarily harsh.

• 10 '..... just look at the activists ' [Lake] // Sep 29, 2010 at 8:35 pm

  Consider the source, the globe’s oldest living eleven year old.

  When I consider Cody correct, I say so; he obviously thinks I am 100% wrong —– or is not man enuf to shore up opponents.

  Just like 2009 Nightingale, so much of what she did or did not do was illogical, just like Quirk, Grundmann, Lussenheide ‘non veterans veterans association’ and Jim King, silently just down the high way from the worst veterans care campus on the globe.

  But karma works well here. Just like Doctor Grundmann’s insanity derailed his bid against Edward Noonan, Quirk will suffer for years concerning his illogical emotional thrashing around, preserved in ether net concrete.

  All a potential employer, church leader, or romantic partner has to do is ‘google’ / googol!

• 11 '..... just look at the activists ' [Lake] // Sep 29, 2010 at 8:42 pm

  As well meaning as it is, plz do not request that Quirkie Boy quit digging HIS OWN HOLE deeper. His unethical behavior reflects more on him than his targets. All anti Democans and all anti Republicrats need to remember that what ever short term gains are accomplished with unethical moves, we must be better than the Big Guy KKKreepts ——– not just as bad as!

  Hurt feelings, from any thing that Nightmare Nightingale, Leavenworth / Heavenworth Gruntman, Jim King, Lussenhiede, Braiseale (sp) have to say? Not in this life time.

• 12 Thomas L. Knapp // Sep 29, 2010 at 9:03 pm

  This is intended as a list of 10, not a ranked list in any particular order of more or less importance, etc.

  1. Farid Khavari, Independent for Governor of Florida

  2. Barry Hess, Libertarian for Governor of Arizona

  3. Rich Whitney, Green for Governor of Illinois

  4. Lex Green, Libertarian for Governor of Illinois

  5. Warren Redlich, Libertarian for Governor of New York

  6. John Monds, Libertarian for Governor of Georgia

  7. Eric Cooper, Libertarian for Governor of Iowa

  8. Jaimes Brown, Libertarian for Governor of Texas

  9. Kathie Glass, Libertarian for Governor of Texas

  10. Dale F. Ogden, Libertarian for Governor of California

• 13 Darryl W. Perry // Sep 29, 2010 at 9:09 pm

  BTP endorsed candidates
  Barry Hess – Arizona
  Eric Cooper – Iowa
  Lex Green – Illinois
  Susan Gaztañaga – Maryland
  John Babiarz – New Hampshire
  Warren Redlich – New York
  Andrew McCullough – Utah

  endorsed but removed from the ballot
  John Wayne Smith – Florida

  notable candidates not endorsed by the BTP (in no alphabetic order by State)
  Elvis D. Presley – Arkansas
  Chelene Nightingale – California
  Tom Tancredo – Colorado
  Daniel J. Imperato – Florida
  John H. Monds – Georgia
  “Pro-Life” – Idaho
  Anti-Prohibition Party candidate Kristin Davis – NY
  Lincoln Chafee – Rhode Island
  Kathy Glass – Texas

• 14 Steven wilson // Sep 29, 2010 at 10:26 pm

  I like Lex Green of Illinois, Tom Horner of Minnesota, Susan Gaztanaga of Maryland, and Kathie Glass of Texas.

  In thinking of other candidates I met or have done research on, I support Julie Fox for comptroller, John Jay Myers for congress, Arvin Vohra for House of delegates, Nicholas Ivan Landendorf for congress, and Rick Vandeven for congress.

• 15 Cody Quirk // Sep 29, 2010 at 11:56 pm

  Funny, more people take me seriously then they do you, Mr. Lake.

  Maybe you should use better grammar to make your arguments sound better and not be the laughing stock of IPR and neither be dependent on any ‘romanian spell checkers’.

  You should also stop mailing weired shit to people too.

• 16 Good luck and lessons from history ----- on the current corrupt system .... Lake // Sep 30, 2010 at 1:06 am

  Cody Quirk // Sep 29, 2010:

  “Maybe you should use better grammar …… may be you should also stop mailing weired shit ………..”

  [Lake: I can not make this stuff up .........]

• 17 Cody Quirk // Sep 30, 2010 at 1:55 am

  Yet you do make it up, Lake.

• 18 Zeleni // Sep 30, 2010 at 1:57 am

  Rich Whitney, Jill Stein, and Laura Wells.

  Although Milnes should be excited about Lex Green being a progressive alliance strategist, having the last name Green and being a Libertarian. He is probably also excited by the Green gubernatorial candidate for South Dakota, Rodney Libertarian.

• 19 Gary Odom // Sep 30, 2010 at 9:08 am

  For those who listed Laura Wells and Dale Ogden in California (Dale is a nice enough fellow who actually attended Chelene Nightingale’s primary victory party over what’s his name and she even allowed him to speak), don’t bet on either one of them getting more votes in November than Chelene Nighingale unless you want to throw your money away. Frankly, I hope they all do well, as Whitman and Brown are very poor choices.

• 20 Peter Gemma // Sep 30, 2010 at 12:22 pm

  first place:
  Tom Tancredo, CO and
  Chelene Nightingale, CA (tie)
  then (in order):
  Lincoln Chafee, RI
  Eliot Cutler, ME
  Tim Cahill, MA
  Tom Horner, MN
  Farid Khavari, FL

  I don’t know enough about other candidates to make it a list of 10

• 21 C James Madison // Sep 30, 2010 at 3:40 pm

  I know this does not answer the question posed, but I would like to ask this distinguished group of interested individuals if there has been any movement towards developing a new polling entity or working with a well-established one to consistently offer those answering the poll question a 3rd and 4th choice of candidates? I realize that pollsters get paid to ask questions but for 3rd party candidates to become major factors, we need pollsters listing them among the choices. If those in third party movements need to “become” the pollsters in order to publicize other candidates are running, then so be it…

• 22 Daniel Surman // Sep 30, 2010 at 6:33 pm

  Unfortunately it is looking more and more likely that this article will be delayed until morning. Luckily, unlike last night I should have plenty of time to wrap this up and then get moving on the senatorial rankings.

• 23 Jeremy Young // Sep 30, 2010 at 7:23 pm

  Ross, I agree almost exactly with your list, except that somehow you left off Charlie Crist! I’d slot him in at #2, right behind Chafee.

• 24 Green Party Conservative // Sep 30, 2010 at 7:38 pm

  Daniel Imperato, former Green Party Presidential candidate is on the ballot for Governor in Florida.

  Mr. Imperato advocates for High Speed Rail, Green Jobs, expanding solar, wind, geothermal, and hydro.

  You must give Daniel Imperato the Independent Green Party candidate for Governor in Florida credit. Dan is a much improved candidate, as are most people, when they are as determined, and hard headed to keep trying to make a postive difference on the ballot.

  Imperato continues to be a fiscal conservative calling for a balanced federal budget, paying off the federal debt.

  To stop the waste of tax dollars Imperato – although in a Governor race – points out the wars must stop, and those saved tax dollars must go to balance the budget, pay off the debt, and build Rail, Green Jobs, Florida’s infrastructure.

• 25 Ross Levin // Sep 30, 2010 at 8:44 pm

  Jeremy, isn’t Crist running for Senate?

• 26 Jeremy Young // Sep 30, 2010 at 9:02 pm

  Oh, it says Gubernatorial candidacies! My bad.

  Interesting, though, that most of the top 10 Independent candidacies in the country ARE for Governor. Other than Crist, there aren’t many federal candidates who belong on this list. Other possibilities, such as Scott Ashjian, Jesse Johnson, and LeAlan Jones, would slot in at the bottom of this list, if at all. And the only important Independent in a House race, as he was in 2006, is James Traficant.

• 27 '..... just look at the activists ' [Lake] // Sep 30, 2010 at 9:04 pm

  Ross Levin // Sep 29, 2010 at 6:14 pm

  Wow, Cody, that just seems unnecessarily harsh.

  [Lake: and much much more importantly, grossly untrue ------- so can Quirk Boy, Nightingale, Jim King, Lussenheide, Braiseale (sp), Grundmann, Gary Odom (ROUNDLY hated behind the scenes by some) be depended upon for the true, prima facia, on the face of it. I asked my self the same question of CP and the ole, fuddy duddy, corrupt to the core California AIP, over a decade ago!]

• 28 '..... just look at the activists ' [Lake] // Sep 30, 2010 at 9:15 pm

  #16 Cody Quirk // September 29, 2010:
  “Maybe you should use better grammar …… may be you should also stop mailing weired shit ………..” [Lake: sic]
  [Lake: I can not make this stuff up .........]

  #17 Cody Quirk // September 30, 2010 at 1:55 am
  Yet you do make it up, Lake.
  [No, no, no, verbatim, it is Space Cadet Captain Coty Banks Quirk and the other CP thugs that do make it up. You CONSTANTLY correct folks for spelling your name correctly. You CONSTANTLY criticize others' diction and spelling using your own unique, original mistakes. Your place in life seems to be unintended comedy ..........]

• 29 Cody Quirk // Sep 30, 2010 at 9:53 pm

  Your place in life seems to be unintended comedy ……….]

  You yourself are unintended comedy

• 30 Kimberly Wilder // Oct 1, 2010 at 5:41 am

  Overall, this was a great thread. Great to see some important discussion.
  To Darryl @13: What is BTP?
  To CJ Madison @21: I would be interested in that, too. Third party people need to think about infrastructure. You are right, we need people or companies who can do third party polls. Also, as has been mentioned before, lots of third party lawyers. I think it is a very small pool right now. And, on the local levels, I think most choices for electoral legal representation are law firms wrapped up with the Dems or Reps.

• 31 Thomas L. Knapp // Oct 1, 2010 at 5:49 am

  Kimberly,

  “BTP” is the Boston Tea Party (bostontea.us).

• 32 Steven wilson // Oct 1, 2010 at 3:56 pm

  Sample must be random to be deemed valid. A mailing list from your state chairs might help in contacting third party members and get their feedback on candidates in the state and nationally.

  Standard polling in third party samples would be a mistake in my opinion. The standard deviation would make them invalid due to specialized samples.

  Defining third party voters might also be an issue. Duration of third party moniker, activity beyond the vote, money as voice, etc., would make it difficult.

  If third parties held their own sampling and combined them with a voters guide, it might solve two questions at the same time.

  Who are you going to vote for?

  Why are you going to vote for them?

• 33 '..... just look at the activists ' [Lake] // Oct 1, 2010 at 4:33 pm

  Cody Quirk // Sep 30, 2010:

  Lake: Your place in life seems to be unintended comedy ……….]

  Quirk: You yourself are unintended comedy

  Lake: Your place in life seems to be ‘weired’

  You yourself are unintended comedy

• 34 paulie // Oct 2, 2010 at 7:00 am

  I would like to ask this distinguished group of interested individuals if there has been any movement towards developing a new polling entity or working with a well-established one to consistently offer those answering the poll question a 3rd and 4th choice of candidates?

  I can make it happen if anyone wants to line up startup capital.

  Not much internet access right now, 415-690-6352 if you wish to discuss further.

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