Press release from Free and Equal:
America’s Independence Day Tea Parties
Free & Equal.org/ ReTeaParty.com
***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE***
Chicago’s 4th of July Non-Partisan Tea Party Is On!
Chicago, Il - On Saturday July 4th, hundreds of “Tea Parties” will be held across the nation, drawing attention to the American people’s growing dissatisfaction with the actions of our Federal [...]

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Billionaire businessman and former New York Governor candidate Tom Golisano has recently moved to Florida. There are rumors that he is contemplating a run for Florida’s US Senate seat.

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Marc Emery, the “Prince of Pot” who sold millions of marijuana seeds and helped form the British Columbia Marijuana Party, is being prosecuted in Seattle, Washington for selling seeds to Americans.  He recently gave up a fight against extradition, and is attempting to make a deal with his prosecutors in order to lighten his sentence.  [...]

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Many of our long-time readers will remember the name of former writer, friend of IPR, frequent commenter, and source of wisdom: Peter Orvetti. He has published a book of his memoirs entitled “Reconciliation: A half-life“. Although this book is not strictly concerned with third parties or independent candidates, there are a number of episodes which [...]

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According to PolitickerNJ, ten “independents” - meaning an independent or a minor party candidate under New Jersey state law - have filed to run in the race for New Jersey governor.  The deadline to file was yesterday, as were the primaries for the Democratic and Republican Parties.  The independent and minor party candidates are:
former state [...]

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In a recent national online meeting, the Modern Whig Party announced its first candidate for Congress.  He is Paul McKain, and he is running Florida.  The Whigs describe him:

About Paul C. McKain
McKain worked his way through college to earn his Bachelor of Science degree from Florida International University where he majored in Education and minored [...]

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Billionaire Tom Golisano is a founding member of the Independence Party of New York, and ran for Governor of New York three times. Golisano says that he is moving to Florida after having been taxed out of New York. Golisano wrote an OpEd piece that appears in the NY Post.

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In a lengthy article by Edward Fitzpatrick, the Moderate Party of Rhode Island is considered, along with their ballot access court case and future candidates, among other things.  The party, led by Ken Block, is fighting to lessen the number of signatures needed to get on the ballot, which currently stands at 5 percent of [...]

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Sent to supporters of the Modern Whig Party:

Join us May 19 for a national conference. This is your chance to actively get the ball rolling with the fastest-growing mainstream political movement in the nation. With all the recent coverage and successful regional meetings, it is time to get everybody together.

Founded by Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, [...]

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The Modern Whig Party has recently been covered by the News and Observer in North Carolina and online at the Instapundit, a right wing blog.  At the News and Observer, it was in a Sunday Op-Ed piece by Rob Christensen:
I thought, what next — horse-drawn carriages, hoop skirts, war with Mexico?
But my curiosity was piqued, [...]

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The Independence Party of Minnesota has elected “longtime party activist” and candidate for their Senate nomination in 2008 Jack Uldrich their new chairman.  He lost the Senate nomination to Dean Barkley, who got about 15 percent in the six-way race that is still being decided.  He also worked in governor Jesse Ventura’s office, among other [...]

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In Arizona, voting registration from the November 2008 election until April 1, 2009 reveals: Libertarians with the greatest increase at plus 11.6 percent, Green Party with a 5 percent increase, Democrats at plus 2.3 percent. Republicans remain the largest party in Arizona, though they had the smallest percentage gain of just 1.7 percent. The Constitution Party is beginning its own petition drive to try to become a ballot qualified party in Arizona for 2010.

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Posted by Jim Davidson at http://www.bostontea.us/node/663. Reposted to IPR by Paulie.

I attended the Tax Day Tea Party in Overland Park, Kansas on Wednesday. It was much fun.
According to the local Fox Snooze affiliate, there were a thousand people there. I did see a helicopter overhead, probably from Channel 9, so someone might even have [...]

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Emailed by Fred Ralston to contact.ipr@gmail.com. Posted to IPR by Paulie.

The Modern Whig Party: A Party for the Rest of Us
To the members of the Modern Whig Party,
During the run of the historic Whigs, luminaries such as Abraham Lincoln organized “mass meetings” to build the party from the ground up and gain mainstream support. [...]

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Over at http://www.bostontea.us/, Jim Davidson writes
It is with a heavy heart that I report that one of our vice presidential candidates in 2008, Marilyn Chambers, has passed away.
Her story here.
Today we have 1,339 members on this site. We have 1,297 members of our largest Facebook group. Please ask your friends and family to [...]

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