Sunshine State News: Gary Johnson and other presidential hopefuls will participate in a Libertarian Party debate Saturday afternoon in Orlando. Johnson, the former New Mexico governor, who dropped his bid for the Republican nomination last month, will be joined on the debate stage by party activist Lee Wrights, Kiowa Nation member and Afghan war veteran [...]

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“America may hate politicians, they may hate Congress, they may even give Obama among the lowest ratings in modern history at this point in a Presidency. But the media has now sunk to even lower depths than the politicians.” – Wayne Allyn Root

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According to Talking Points Memo:

[“I intend to stay in this as a Republican,” Johnson said via text message Tuesday.

Politico reports that “several Libertarian Party leaders have approached [Johnson] about bolting the GOP and taking that party’s 50-state ballot nomination.” That would make sense, considering Johnson’s position as the guy who’s slightly more libertarian in ideology than Ron Paul.]

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‘He’s pushing Gary to run on the LP ticket, and is 99% sure Gary will seek our nomination.’ – Guy McLendon

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By Jeremy Young From comments on a prior IPR post. The debate can be viewed at http://rjharris2012.com/: Instead of finishing what I was supposed to be doing tonight, I went ahead and watched this entire debate. Here are my thoughts on what I saw and heard. Interested readers should know that I’m a supporter of [...]

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Gold Mass Group: State LP Convention October 9, 2011 10:00 AM Tweed’s Restaurant 229 Grove Street, Worcester [...] Carl Person (confirmed attending) Brian Irving (surrogate for R. Lee Wrights, confirmed attending) R. J. Harris (may attend) Roger V. Gary (may attend). The Moderator George D. J. Phillies Former Candidate, President of the United States

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Ballot Access News: On October 4, the seven candidates for President of Ireland held a televised debate. This story about that debate was written just as the debate was beginning. If the United States held inclusive general election presidential debates, and invited every candidate who was on the ballot in enough states to theoretically be [...]

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by Stu Johnson, Kentucky Public Radio (excerpts): An incumbent with a well-known political lineage, an outspoken Lexington government official and a Libertarian with computer skills are vying to be Kentucky’s next treasurer. The three made their positions known Monday night on Kentucky Educational Television. [...] Libertarian Ken Moellman has been politically active for years, but [...]

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Below, starting at about 6:30, is a video of Green activist and 2010 candidate for State Assembly in Madison Ben Manski debating a Republican State Assemblyman about the budget and union issues in Wisconsin. It aired on CNBC today. H/T to Green Party Watch, who said, CNBC has a talking head segment featuring Green Ben [...]

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In an Intelligence^2 debate, Arianna Huffington and David Brooks argued in favor of the resolution, “the two party system is making America ungovernable,” while Zev Chafets and P.J. O’Rourke argued against it.  The entire debate, along with accompanying information, can be viewed here. Interestingly – aside from how interesting the debate itself and the fact [...]

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Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com and posted at On The Wilder Side: Matt Reichel The Center Square Journal is reporting that 47th ward aldermanic candidate, Tom O’Donnell, has elected not to attend next Tuesday’s debate at the Dank Haus in Lincoln Square. As to why O’Donnell may have decided to not come, fellow candidate Matt Reichel responded: [...]

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Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com and posted by Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch: Reichel claims debate victory; Admonishes Mainstream Press for Failing the Public This Wednesday, the four contenders for the now-vacant 47th ward aldermanic seat met in a packed gymnasium at Coonley Elementary School, and discussed a number of issues ranging from TIF’s to environmental [...]

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Ballot Access News: Kentucky holds its gubernatorial election on November 8, 2011. So far, it appears there are no minor party candidates running in this race. However, one independent candidate, Gatewood Galbraith, is running and is already collecting signatures. Galbraith has been invited to a Kentucky Press Association forum for the gubernatorial candidates, to be [...]

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Ballot Access News: Last week, Rebecca Williamson, Socialist Workers Party nominee for U.S. House in Iowa’s 3rd district, polled 2.61% of the vote. The 3rd district includes Des Moines. That is the highest percentage that any party with “Socialist” in its name has received for U.S. House in Iowa since 1918. Williamson had a Democratic [...]

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Libertarian Party HQ Monday Message: Dear Friend of Liberty, First of all I want to thank our over 800 candidates again for taking the time to run for office. Now that we’ve all had a little time to catch our breaths after election day, we’re working to compile and analyze the results of our efforts. [...]

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Via Green Party Watch: From the Massachusetts Green-Rainbow Party: Event Date: Sunday, November 14, 2010 – 9:00am – 6:00pm No matter what your current party affiliation — and especially if you aren’t enrolled in any party — we’d like to invite you to our annual State Convention to hear us out, and to find out [...]

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Posted by John Jay Myers on facebook. Myers ran as a Libertarian against Pete Sessions (R) in TX-32. Official release: “Thank you to all donors and volunteers! John Jay Myers raised more than any other Libertarian candidate in the 32nd district with over $7200, and he received the highest percentage of any Libertarian candidate in [...]

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Dave Schwab at Green Party Watch: From Illinois Green Party gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney: November 4, 2010 – 12:34 am Don’t Lose Heart! Cause for Hope Amidst the Disappointment A “Final” Campaign Message (But Read On!) by Rich Whitney, 2010 Green Party Candidate for Governor To the hundreds of people who supported me in my [...]

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Ballot Access News: The Marin County, California District Attorney dropped charges against Laura Wells. See this story. Wells was the Green Party gubernatorial nominee. She was arrested for trespassing for attempting to use a valid ticket to sit in the audience at one of the Jerry Brown-Meg Whitman gubernatorial debates.

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Ballot Access News: Laura Wells, Green Party gubernatorial nominee, will appear in court in San Rafael, California, on election day. She was arrested for trespassing last month when she tried to sit in the audience for one of the Jerry Brown-Meg Whitman major party gubernatorial debates. She and her attorney, Matt Gonzalez, are holding a [...]

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