From New York Green Party gubernatorial candidate Howie Hawkins: Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for Governor, called today upon his Democratic opponent, Andrew Cuomo, to reject the Independence Party line following several new scandals involving payments by billionaire NYC Mayor Bloomberg and a loan to the wife of the state party chairperson by a [...]

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Rob Hahn is one of the candidates running in the Independence Party of Minnesota’s primary for Governor. His running mate is Thomas Harens, who has a lot of third party connections. Hahn pitched his proposal for riverboat gambling in Minnesota yesterday. Hahn is one of five Independence Party candidates, including former public relations executive Tom [...]

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The Republican Party of Minnesota has filed a complaint against the Independence Party of Minnesota’s endorsed gubernatorial candidate, Tom Horner. This is not the first complaint they have made against Horner, a complaint to the state’s campaign finance board last week was rejected. the Republican Party of Minnesota is trying again: It filed a complaint [...]

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Richard Winger at Ballot Access News reports that the Independence Party of New York’s leadership may be compelled to testify about a $1,000,000 donation given to the party in 2009. The Independence Party is involved in a criminal probe of New York City Mayor Bloomberg’s political contributions. Democratic Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, the state’s top [...]

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Read the full piece here. The most successful minor parties survive by simply endorsing one of the major party candidates for governor, in the hopes that 50,000 New Yorkers will vote for that candidate, but on a protest line. If the candidate has made, or is believed to have the potential to make, decisions in [...]

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The latest registration data is in from both New York and Nevada. For both states I used the “Total” number of registered voters, rather than the “Active” or “Inactive” voters. I’d be very happt if someone converted the numbers into percentages, but I’m going to list raw numbers. New York: The first number is the [...]

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A few days ago IPR reported on Rob Hahn, an Independence Party gubernatorial candidate, choosing his running mate, Thomas Harens. We reported that Harens was a former DFL legislator in Minnesota, but new party-affiliations have emerged too. Harens served one term in the Legislature in 1982, when he was 25, and ran for president in [...]

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Tom Horner, the Independence Party of Minnesota endorsed candidate, still has to face a primary against several other Independence Party gubernatorial candidates in a primary. He announced his running mate on the last day of filing. Independence Party candidate for governor Tom Horner marked the final day of Minnesota’s candidate filing period by announcing he [...]

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Rob Hahn, one of the three candidates for Governor seeking the nomination of the Independence Party of Minnesota, has announced who his running mate will be. Independence Party candidate for governor Rob Hahn has selected his running mate. He’s Thomas Harens, a former state representative.Hahn says Sunday that he picked Harens because of his experience [...]

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The NY Post reports on a probe into funds given from Mayor Bloomberg of New York City to the NY State Independence Party. A grand jury is investigating whether the funds were mishandled by John Haggerty, Jr, a top campaign adviser to the Mayor.

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Fred Thiele is one of two members of the New York Assembly (the Lower house) who is a member of the Independence Party of New York. Assemblyman Thiele has introduced a bill to repeal the State Salt Water Fishing License Law. Thiele stated, “While questions of fact remain concerning the type of fish which are [...]

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Tom Horner, one of the candidates for the nomination of the Independence Party of Minnesota in the Governor’s race, already has the endorsement of his party and has begun touring the state. On this tour he is pitching a message of conciliation and compromise. Tom Horner visited Fergus Falls Wednesday afternoon to let residents know [...]

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In polling conducted this week by SurveyUSA on the Minnesota gubernatorial election, public relations executive Tom Horner, the nominee of the Independence Party, scored either 9 or 10%. Horner plans to begin running ads, on radio and online. A press release says the ad buy (including Internet advertising, which will include ads on MinnPost) will [...]

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Posted on the Independence Party of Minnesota website Srp Website is up. Check it out! by Laura Kundsen Mayor Roy Srp’s Senate District 26 special election website is up and running. The election is just four weeks away on January 26th. WIth your support, this is the start of a ground breaking year for the [...]

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On December 16, a U.S. District Court Judge issued an opinion in MacKay v Crews. He ruled that the 2008 national convention of the Reform Party in Texas was a valid convention. Therefore, the national officers elected at that convention are the rightful holders of the party’s trademarks and logos. Those officers are: chair David Collison, vice-chair Rodney Martin, secretary Janelle Skinner-Weill, and treasurer Beverly Kennedy.

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“The [New York City Campaign Finance] Board finds that political contributions made by Bloomberg, and all candidates, with their personal funds to political committees that support candidates in New York City and throughout New York State are campaign expenditures in furtherance of their campaigns.”

“The Board has never previously clarified for candidates that they must report to the Board political contributions made with personal funds. Therefore, candidates – including Bloomberg – who have not reported these political contributions for the 2009 election cycle will not be found in violation of the Act or Board Rules…”

As noted by political blogger Elizabeth Benjamin, this decision reflects contributions and candidates related to NY’s Republican Party, Independence Party, and Working Families Party.

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The Tuesday, November 3, 2009 New York City Mayoral ballot will include eight candidates. This post lists all ballot-qualified candidates for NYC Mayor, Comptroller, and Public Advocate, with links.

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Nassau County Democratic Party leader Jay Jacobs will soon be moving to the position of Democratic Party Chair for all of the New York State. Jay Jacobs has hinted that he wants to end the policy of fusion (cross-endorsement) in New York. Richard Winger of Ballot Access News and Ian Wilder of onthewilderside both commented on the situation.

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After a Democratic committee person challenged the petitions of all of the county-wide Libertarian candidates in Suffolk County, and the Democrat and Republican controlled Board of Elections ruled all those candidates off the ballot, Libertarian candidate for District Attorney Chris Garvey notes, “We will have a Soviet-style ballot in Suffolk.”

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An article about the line-up in the Suffolk County elections, highlighting races with third party and independent candidates.

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