Jessica Fender in the Denver Post: Would-be governor Tom Tancredo and his surrogates have run a full-court press on GOP rival Dan Maes in recent weeks, snaking supporters out from under the struggling candidate and upping pressure for Maes to exit the three-way race. With the former Republican congressman within single digits of Democrat John [...]

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From the Desoto Times via TPID: Gail Giaramita, a Constitution Party candidate in the 1st U.S. Congressional District race, said America needs to “turn back to God” and adhere to the tenets of the U.S. Constitution. In her DeSoto Times-Tribune editorial board interview, she opened her remarks with a prayer. Giaramita previously ran for Mississippi [...]

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The Green Party of the United States will host an online Livestream on Election Night, discussing Green campaigns and reporting election results as they are announced. The public is invited to participate and join in a live chat during the Livestream.

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Ballot Access News: The Ohio News Organization sponsored candidate debates this year for the gubernatorial and U.S. Senate races. Only the Democratic and Republican nominees were invited to these debates. Last month, Dan La Botz, Socialist Party nominee for U.S. Senate, complained to the Federal Election Commission that the Ohio News Organization did not list [...]

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Proponents of third party and independent politics are certainly familiar with the most common arguments against third party and independent political activism forwarded by partisans of the two-party state.  Last week at Poli-Tea, I published an article that considered five of these arguments, and provided links to previous posts aimed at their refutation.  From Poli-Tea: [...]

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News from a race including one of the nation’s most aggressive Green campaigns, including polls from both major campaigns, the Green Ben Manski’s policy proposals, and more.  From the Isthmus: The race is to replace Spencer Black, an environmental crusader who has served for 26 years and decided not to seek reelection. The district includes [...]

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JoSelle Vanderhooft in Q St Lake (excerpts): McCullough, a Utah County attorney whose clients have included members of the adult entertainment industry, is a member of one of the country’s fastest growing political parties — and one of the state’s most colorful; its candidates have, at various times, included professional hypnotists, outspoken fans of marijuana [...]

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Posted by H.S. Torical at http://www.theamericanparty.org/index.php/about-us: The American Party has been formulated under several incarnations. All have been fiercely loyal to America and its citizens. The movement originated in New York in 1843 as the American Republican Party. It spread to other states as the Native American Party and became a national party in 1845. [...]

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H/T Starchild: Kathryn Moore–Libertarian Candidate–7th District Assembly-7/31/10 from Marc Garman on Vimeo.

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Email from Barry Hess: Dear Friends, Family and Supporters; A MAJOR shift has occurred in the thinking of Arizonans in the final weeks of the campaign. 35% of the voters remain undecided and their hesitation seems to stem from their obvious displeasure with BOTH the Republicans and the Democrats. I predict that it will only [...]

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From the Marshall Parthenon via TPID: A third-party candidate is seeking to be elected to the U.S. Senate to fill the seat left vacant by Robert C. Byrd. Jeff Becker, the Constitution Party’s candidate for the election of West Virginia’s new U.S. Senator, said he wants to help government make a return to Constitutional values. [...]

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The Myth of the Two-Party System by Casey Given at Students for Liberty, UC Berkeley, quoted at Poli-Tea: Perhaps I’m just blind, but I fail to distinguish any semblance of dissimilarity between Republicans and Democrats in modern politics. On the federal level, both parties have supported foreign interventionism in Iraq and Afghanistan, massive bailouts via [...]

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Press release via yahoo groups lists: Organizers of San Francisco’s YouthVote, a mock election in which SF high school students get to weigh in on the candidates and measures to be voted on by the general voting age public in the upcoming November election, released the results of the student vote today, and Starchild, a [...]

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J.R. Myers, formerly (?) with the Alaska Independence Party, sends me this notification: I have filed paperwork with the Alaska Division of Elections to create an Alaska Constitution Party. I have also submitted an application to the U.S. D.O.J. as required. Mr. Myers describes himself as the “Acting Chairman of the Alaska Constitution Party.” I [...]

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Sent to contact.ipr@gmail.com and posted at TPID: The North Central Ohio Tea Party announced yesterday that they are endorsing four Libertarian candidates for their respective offices: Charlie Earl for Secretary of State, Matthew Cantrell for state Treasurer, Jeffrey Blevins for 16th Congressional District, and Robert Brent Vollmer for Court of Appeals, 5th District. These are [...]

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Ballot Access News: On October 27, Rhode Island [held] a gubernatorial debate, in which all 7 ballot-listed candidates [participated]. See this story. Thanks to Gene Berkman for the link. The candidates are the nominees of the Democratic, Republican, and Moderate Parties, and all four independent candidates. The candidates include independent Lincoln Chafee and Moderate Party [...]

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Ballot Access News: On October 27, Louisiana held a televised U.S. Senate debate in which six candidates participated. See this story. The debate sponsors invited each political party nominee, and also invited anyone who had either held elected office recently, or who had raised or spent $50,000. That enable two of the independent candidates to [...]

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Ballot Access News: The Mexican American Political Association is a 50-year old California political organization. It is non-partisan but it endorses candidates in California elections. This year it has endorsed the Peace & Freedom Party nominees for four of the eight statewide partisan races. It has endorsed Marylou Cabral for Secretary of State, Karen Martinez [...]

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Ballot Access News: Field Poll Shows California Gubernatorial “Other” Candidates at 5% On October 28, the Field Poll released a gubernatorial poll for California. The poll did not mention all 6 candidates on the ballot. It merely asked respondents if they favor the Democratic nominee, the Republican nominee, or a minor party nominee. 5% of [...]

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Video of a “Rootin’ Tootin’ Wall Street Rodeo to Wrangle Runaway Stock Transfer Tax Revenue From Corporate Rustlers”, in the form of a press conference for Green Party of New York State candidates at the Bowling Green Bull, the famous bull statue in the financial district of New York City.

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