Third parties and independent candidates since 2008


Oregon LP: Response to Lawsuit from Wagner Group to the Reeves Group

March 14th, 2012 · 10 Comments

For those who have been following the drama of the Libertarian Party in Oregon, this article will present a response to an article from January 18th, 2012, called “LP Oregon: Reeves Group sues Wagner Group”.  There have been many articles posted here on IPR re: the events since March of 2011; my suggestion to anyone [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party

Angus King Declares as Independent for U.S. Senate in Maine, Democrats May Not Run Anyone

March 14th, 2012 · 5 Comments

Angus King is a former two-term Independent Governor of Maine from 1995 until 2003. He has, since then, served as a distinguished lecturer at Bowdoin College and Bates College. He is also been working at a law firm in Portland, Maine. King also endorsed Eliot Cutler in Maine’s 2010 Gubernatorial election campaign–Cutler was running as [...]

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Tags: Independents

Rocky Anderson Declares for Americans Elect Nomination

March 14th, 2012 · 18 Comments

Rocky Anderson declared a few months ago that he was going to run for President and form a new party, The Justice Party, in order to attain ballot access. Now, after a few months, he has decided to officially declare for the Americans Elect nomination. This does not necessarily preclude him from continuing his efforts [...]

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Tags: Non-left/right parties · Socialist/left parties

Judge Roy Moore Wins Republican Nomination for Chief Justice of Alabama

March 14th, 2012 · 8 Comments

Judge Roy Moore, as he is still known, hasn’t been a judge since 2003 when he was removed from his position by the Alabama Court of the Judiciary. He is nevertheless known throughout the United States as the “10 Commandments Judge”. Moore ran for the Republican nomination for Governor of Alabama in 2006 and lost [...]

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Tags: Constitution Party

Jon Huntsman and Evan Bayh Rumored to Run for Americans Elect Nomination

March 14th, 2012 · 10 Comments

Richard Winger of Ballot Access News is currently reporting on a rumor, which he received from an Americans Elect insider, that Jon Huntsman and Evan Bayh will form a presidential ticket to run with the American Elect ticket. IPR has confirmed this rumor with a source from inside the former Jon Huntsman campaign. According to [...]

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Tags: Non-left/right parties