Third parties face a natural hurdle when attempting to burst upon the electoral scene: legitimacy. Every political party wants voters to feel like they present a credible alternative to the other options available on election day, lest the stigma of “spoiled vote” is attached to the party’s brand. It is no surprise then that party-switching [...]

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Remember Doug Hoffman? The sore-loser Conservative Party candidate, last seen on a crusade against moderate Republican Dede Scozzafava, is again a third party candidate for New York’s 23rd congressional district. Hoffman ran again for the seat in the Republican primary against Matt Doheny. However, it appears that Doheny won a close primary after Hoffman ran [...]

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The Green Party candidate for governor of Illinois has the following posted on his website: Rich Whitney will participate in numerous events in Northern Illinois this week. This Thursday, September 23, Mr. Whitney will begin his day by addressing the Civic Federation. This event will also include fellow challengers Bill Brady and Pat Quinn. Whitney [...]

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Here is the poll he mentions - Hickenlopper 47%, Tancredo 29%, Maes 21%. Dear Conservative, A new poll shows my campaign surging ahead! We’ now solidly in second place and leading among independents! Every day, new supporters are rallying to my consistent conservative message of slashing government spending, cutting taxes and balancing the budget. I am [...]

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The Massachusetts Green-Rainbow Party’s Jill Stein for Governor campaign is racing to raise $125,000 by Friday 9/24 in order to qualify for 1-1 public matching funds. Jill Stein supporters have created a viral facebook event called “Clean Money Tidal Wave for Jill Stein” and are asking Greens and progressives across the country to donate and [...]

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Sent to me by the Tancredo campaign: Dear Friend, Yesterday I outlined a bold plan to cut spending and balance the state budget. If you’re tired of spineless politicians making a mess of the public purse, you’ll love my plan. Day 1: Direct my cabinet heads to develop a plan to cut spending across the [...]

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Shawn Moody, a self-funding Independent candidate for Governor of Maine, has an interesting strategy to expand his campaign’s visibility among the public. Local station WABI reports: One of the three Independent candidates for Maine Governor announced Wednesday that he’s opening up 20 new field offices all over the state. Shawn Moody says he’ll open the [...]

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From Ballot Access News: On September 21, the town of Flowery Branch, Georgia, held a special election to fill a vacancy on the city council.  The election is non-partisan.  Libertarian Party member Amanda Swafford defeated her only opponent by a two-to-one margin.  See this story.  Flowery Branch is in Hall County, in northern Georgia near [...]

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According to the Houston Chronicle (Texas’ largest newspaper), she just might be. An excerpt: The real potential for Glass is that her message of stark government downsizing will steal votes from Perry. In the 1990 governor’s race, where many voters were disgusted with the Republican candidates, Libertarian Jeff Daiell won almost 4 percent of the [...]

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Daniel McCarthy of The American Conservative has the explanation. Interesting piece in Salon about how New York’s Conservative Party wound up nominating middle-of-the-road Republican Rick Lazio as its gubernatorial candidate, while the GOP nominated the more right-wing Carl Paladino. The ConstitutionConservative Party thought Lazio would win the Republican nomination and preemptively nominated him for the [...]

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Wayne Allyn Root has released what he calls the Reagan Libertarian Contract with America (cross-posted to his blog at LP.org). [...]

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Pennsylvania Green Party candidate for US House in PA’s 14th District Ed Bortz has been very active recently. On September 13th, Bortz spoke out against hydrofracking at a Pittsburgh City Council meeting, which earned him a mention in at least one news outlet. Bortz has received the endorsement of the Gertrude Stein Political Club of [...]

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IPR has frequently reposted Libertarian Party blog posts, but this Libertarian Party blog post by LNC Chair Mark Hinkle is the first time I know of that LP blog has reposted word for word a post originally posted at IPR. The post is an article written for IPR by Steve Kubby, ‘Protecting the Environment v. [...]

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Dear Friend of Liberty, We have a great slate of over 800 Libertarian candidates for the upcoming November elections. Many of them are looking for more coverage on our website, in our emails, and in LP News. They want publicity, donations and help. That’s a good thing. Unfortunately, there’s just too much information about our [...]

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Wes Benedict at Libertarian Party blog: Similar to the Glenn Beck rally, libertarians from D.C., Virginia, Maryland, and New Jersey distributed Libertarian Party stickers and door hangers. Attachment Size Libertarians_9-12_DC.JPG 4.23 MB

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LP blog: Dear Friend of Liberty, We already ran out of our first 200,000 door hangers, but we’ve received 500,000 more that we’re ready to ship to you ASAP! Additionally, we have more of the $10 T-shirts and 10-cent bumper stickers that proved to be so popular earlier this year. Please rush back your order [...]

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Posted by Staff at Libertarian Party blog on September 17: Today is the 223rd anniversary of the adoption of the U.S. Constitution by the Constitutional Convention in 1787. Unlike the Republican and Democratic Parties, the Libertarian Party understands the importance of the Constitution and the principles on which it is based. (Just type "Constitution" in [...]

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Staff at Libertarian Party blog: On September 15, LP Executive Director Wes Benedict was interviewed by the Stop Taxing Us blog about his recent warning to tea partiers. You can find the interview here.

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Posted by Mark Hinkle at Libertarian Party blog: Johnny Isakson Receiving Campaign Support from Socialized Medicine Champion, Mitt Romney ATLANTA, GA – September 17, 2010 – It is interesting for the Donovan campaign to note that former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney will be coming to Georgia to support Johnny Isakson’s bid to be reelected as [...]

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Staff at Libertarian Party blog: Michael Beitler, Libertarian for U.S. Senate in North Carolina, polled 6% in this SurveyUSA poll. Beitler has maintained support at 6% in several polls since June. Beitler received support from 11% of liberals, 5% of moderates, and 5% of conservatives. He was supported by 16% of independents, 5% of Democrats, [...]

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