Third parties and independent candidates since 2008


Buddy Roemer Profiled in The Atlantic

December 20th, 2011 · 6 Comments

Buddy Roemer is a former Governor of Louisiana and a Republican who is seeking the nomination of the Americans Elect party. The Atlantic, a well known publication with a wide reach, has published this in-depth profile of Buddy Roemer and his nascent campaign. Roemer knows, so he has announced that he will likely compete for [...]

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Tags: Non-left/right parties

Two New Polls Have Ron Paul In Double Digits As Third Party Candidate, Trump and Huntsman Polled Too

December 20th, 2011 · 21 Comments

The Washington Post-ABC News general election poll just came out and there were two scenarios under which Ron Paul was polled as a third party candidate. The first, a general election match-up between Paul, Gingrich, and Obama has Paul at 21%. The second, including a general election match-up between Paul, Romney, and Obama, also has [...]

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Tags: Third parties, general

Carla Howell Appointed New LP Executive Director

December 20th, 2011 · 36 Comments

From an “LP Monday Message” sent to subscribers by the Libertarian Party: posted by Nigel Lyons on Dec 19, 2011 Dear Friend of Liberty, It has been a pleasure serving as your Executive Director for the past 2 1/2 years. I feel like we’ve accomplished a lot over this time, and I thank you all [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party