“This is not your father’s Libertarian Party. I believe we will soon be electing Libertarian candidates to major office. My advice to Republicans and Democrats is to get ready for a serious third party challenge.” – Wayne Root

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The following letter to the editor, responding to Thomas Friedman’s recent call for a “radical centrist” third party, was printed in the New York Times. To the Editor: In his call for a third party, Thomas L. Friedman writes about a “radical center” between Democrats and Republicans. But instead of a gap I see an [...]

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The post below on this issue is already out of date. This website has the latest news. The Appellate Court has upheld the Circuit Court’s ruling. As of now, the IL Constitution Party remains off the ballot.

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This comes to us by way of a Constitution Party e-mail: I know many of you have been waiting to hear the results of last week’s hearing, and I apologize that I haven’t been able to get that to you before now. Our case was heard, and the Honorable Susan Fox Gillis delivered the Constitution Party [...]

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This is from Tom Tancredo’s latest e-mail. I’ll look for a link to the official story. The latest poll numbers are so good I wanted to let you know immediately.  The most recent Rasmussen poll now has us closing the gap on Hickenlooper to 8 points.  This is unbelievable news!

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Here’s the latest press release from Farid Khavari’s independent campaign for governor of Florida. His running mate (and occasional IPR correspondent!), Darcy Richardson, weighs in on money and politics in the Sunshine State: BLIND WOMAN’S BLUFF: RICHARDSON ASSAILS SINK ON FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE October 6 — In theory, “blind trusts” allow politicians to craft policy and [...]

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It’s rare for a third party candidate to get an ad on television, and even rarer for one to do so in a race that’s not for federal or even statewide office.  However, as election day approaches, the chances of a Green victory for Ben Manski are looking greater and greater.  From the Manski campaign: [...]

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Statistical guru Nate Silver weighs in on the brouhaha in the blogosphere since Thomas Friedman posted his op-ed on the idea of a third party candidacy in 2012 (for a second time). There have been 16 Presidential elections since World War II: in only one instance, 1992, was there a third-party candidate (H. Ross Perot) who [...]

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From the Chicago Tribune: A new poll shows Republican Dan Coats with a comfortable lead over Democratic Rep. Brad Ellsworth in the race for Indiana’s open U.S. Senate seat. The poll of 500 likely voters statewide released Tuesday by WISH-TV in Indianapolis shows former Sen. Coats favored by 51 percent of respondents while 33 percent [...]

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He has been running continously for office for over a year. Now, Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman in NY-24 is wrapping up his campaign. “Our nation is at a crossroads, and it is imperative that on Election Day we wrest control of Congress from Nancy Pelosi and the Democrat majority,” Hoffman said in a prepared [...]

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From CounterPunch: Emanuel’s access to the highest echelons of the Democratic Party corporate establishment and to attendant hordes of cold cash for the asking makes it a good bet that he will waltz through the Democratic Party primary campaign one which will amount to a coronation ceremony rather than a competition… These include environmentalists well [...]

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After helping federal magistrate Joe Miller win an upset Republican primary against incumbent Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski, the prominent Tea Party Express continues to pour money into advertising in the state. However, Murkowski, the victim of the PAC’s attacks in her nascent write-in campaign, is speaking out against the PAC’s latest ad. The spot claims [...]

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A press release from the Angel Torres campaign (H/T to Chris Robinson): Phoenix, AZ-Angel Torres, the Green Party candidate for State Representative in Legislative District 16, has received the endorsement of the Executive Board of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 104.  Mr. Torres has worked in the airline industry for 23 years, and has [...]

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From Ballot Access News: A Fox News Poll released several days ago for the Colorado gubernatorial election shows these results:  Hickenlooper, Democrat, 44%; Tancredo, Constitution, 34%; Maes, Republican, 15%; others and undecided 7%.  The share of the vote for the Republican nominee, Dan Maes, has been dropping with each new poll.  If he polls less [...]

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Chalk this one up as a victory for the Greens, along with their performance in Britain, Colombia, and Australia this year, and how they are expected to do in Germany (and with the Greens poised to possibly win several state legislative seats here in America, they could do better in this election than ever before, [...]

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The Green Party’s candidate for Congress in Florida’s 24th congressional district will join us on IPR Radio today at 8 PM EST.  His name is Nicholas Ruiz III, he is a write-in candidate, and his bio from his website is as follows: Dr. Ruiz was born in New York City in 1970 and lives in [...]

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In Iowa, there is only one Green candidate for state or federal office, and he is David Arthur Smithers, a disappointed Democrat and “socialist-libertarian” running for the State House.  From the Quad-City Times: Smithers isn’t preparing a victory speech, but it’s possible he could influence the outcome of the race in House 89, which includes [...]

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In the print edition of a Long Island, daily newspaper, two third party candidates for US Senator from New York receive mention with photo.

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From Green Party Watch: After the Chicago Tribune joint interview of 5 candidates for governor of Illinois, Tribune op-ed columnist Eric Zorn blogged: Of the five candidates for governor at the joint interview, Green Party nominee Rich Whitney was the best spoken, had the best command of the facts and, in my opinion, had the [...]

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From today’s New York Times Op-Ed page: There is a revolution brewing in the country, and it is not just on the right wing but in the radical center. I know of at least two serious groups, one on the East Coast and one on the West Coast, developing “third parties” to challenge our stagnating [...]

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