Ross Levin profiles Ben Manski, Hugh Giordano and Jeremy Karpen at Politics in the Zeros. Excerpt: These are just the candidates that I know of from my work in the Green Party and what I can glean online. There are plenty of other strong Green candidates for state offices all over the country. Not to [...]

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Mary Turck in the Twin Cities Daily Planet (H/T Michael Cavlan): Farheen Hakeem and Dan Dittman are listed on the ballot as Green Party candidates for governor and lieutenant governor, though they are not listed on the Green Party of Minnesota web page and did not win endorsement in the Green Party’s May convention. The [...]

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From Clements for Senate (H/T GPUS): COLUMBIA, SC — U.S. Senate candidate Tom Clements of the S. C. Green Party condemned Jim DeMint’s acceptance of corporate donations from British Petroleum (BP), saying “DeMint’s taking money from BP shows he’s in bed with the dirty industry Congress is supposed to regulate. DeMint has sold out to [...]

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Sent to contact.ipr@gmail.com by Dennis Mikolay: FROM WWW.REFORMPARTYNJ.ORG Two new videos have been uploaded to the Reform Party of New Jersey’s YouTube account. The first video features Jacob Zychick, the chairman of the RPNJ, discussing why New Jersey residents need to view the Reform Party as a serious contender. The second video features national chairman [...]

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Emailed by Steve Hoodjer to contact.ipr@gmail.com: Mid-Major Candidates Debate on Iowa Public Television, Radio In the past two weeks, Iowa Public Broadcasting has held three candidate forums that have included independent and mid-major party candidates. On Wednesday, October 20, Iowa Public Television hosted a Third Party Governor’s debate that included three of the four non-major [...]

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Eric Black has an interesting article about a recent poll on the Minnesota gubernatorial race. The whole thing is worth a read, but here are some relevant excerpts. The poll, taken by St. Cloud State University (SCSU) and partially sponsored by MinnPost, suggests that if the election was conducted (as it will be) by the [...]

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The latest from The Ledger: “Hi, this is Newt Gingrich…Florida Democrats have created a fake Tea political party to split our conservative vote and keep (House Speaker) Nancy Pelosi in power. “The liberals’ fake Tea Party candidate for your district is Randy Wilkinson. “Don’t be fooled by Wilkinson’s Tea Party label. Wilkinson is connected to [...]

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When was the last time you heard of the President of the United States endorsing a third party candidate? Admittedly, it didn’t happen this cycle. Nevertheless, Lincoln Chafee got the next best thing. On October 25th Barack Obama did his usual thing as a President right before mid-terms: gave his blessing with rallies to a [...]

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David McReynolds was the Chair of War Resisters International and was the Socialist Party’s candidate for President in 1980 and 2000. McReynolds writes, “…in New York state it is possible for us to “win while losing”…On Tuesday, November 2nd, I hope you join me in voting for Howie Hawkins for Governor, and Gloria Mattera for Lt. Governor on the Green Party line.

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The denverpost.com asked Tom Tancredo if he supports an Arizona style immigration law for Colorado. This is his answer. Yes, I strongly support Arizona-style laws to deal with a problem created by the federal government’s lack of enforcement of our nation’s immigration laws. Colorado has an estimated 200,000 or more illegal immigrants who drain over [...]

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More polling news from the Tancredo campaign: Another poll has been released and the news just keeps getting better. This time the poll comes from the left-leaning Public Policy Institute Poll and it has us within 3% points of Hickenlooper: 47% to 44% with Maes dropping to an all-time low of 5%. This is within [...]

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A Detroit Free Press poll has independent conservative Glenn Wilson at 8% in a race with a virtual dead heat between the Republican and Democratic candidates: Detroit Free Press poll: Dan Benishek (R) – 42% Gary McDowell (D) – 40% Glenn Wilson (IND) – 8% Undecided – 10% The poll has a margin of sampling [...]

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Excerpts from an article by Randy Shaw in Beyond Chron: (T)he notorious Koch Industries – run by the type of corporate plutocrats who battled FDR – are described in the October 19 New York Times not as selfish profiteers but as “longtime underwriter of libertarian causes.” Hedge fund manager Paul Singer, another large right-wing donor, [...]

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Press release at LP.org: WASHINGTON – Amid controversy over U.S. immigration policy, Libertarian Party Chair Mark Hinkle says the proper way to end illegal immigration is to re-legalize immigration. Hinkle released the following statement today: "In debate after debate, Democratic and Republican politicians have decried the problem of illegal immigration, called for more border security [...]

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cpnys.org: Conservative Party State Chairman, Mike Long, today unveiled a statewide TV ad campaign designed to remind voters “It means more when you vote on the Conservative Party line for Carl Paladino.” “There is something going on in the country, and right here in New York, that the politicians just don’t understand. People who maybe [...]

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Press release sent to contact.ipr@gmail.com: SACRAMENTO, Calif. – While the Democratic and Republican Party candidates continue to debate only amongst themselves, the four other gubernatorial candidates in California are gearing up to participate in what is sure to be a vigorous, all-inclusive debate hosted at California State University, Sacramento, in the Forest Suite located on [...]

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Image via Wikipedia Kimberly Wilder at On The Wilder Side: Okay, I am not sure if you should vote for Rent Is Too Damn High candidate Jimmy McMillan. Though, you sure have to give him credit! He has gotten his message across. He has launched a message and a slogan that is at three million [...]

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From Green Change via Dave Schwab at Green Party Watch: Jeremy Karpen’s clean-money Green campaign for the IL State Assembly is poised to pull off an upset victory against his Chicago Machine opponent. Jeremy and his volunteers have already knocked on 7,000 doors and made 3,000 phone calls. Jeremy has earned enthusiastic endorsements from leading [...]

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From http://kristindavis2010.com/

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Dave Schwab at Green Party Watch: NBC Washington has an article about the DC Statehood Green Party entitled “DC’s ‘Second Party’?”: The D.C. Statehood Green Party styles itself the District’s “Second Party” — a barb directed not just at the city’s Republicans, but also at the notion that D.C. is a one-party town. This year, [...]

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