By way of Green Party Watch: MAINE GREENS CONGRATULATE CANDIDATES FOR RUNNING STRONG CAMPAIGNS, STRENGTHEN THE CALL FOR ELECTORAL REFORM Maine Green Independent Party Candidates who ran for the office of state house and state senate ran strong campaigns, often finishing a close second in the race Tuesday night. Fred Horch, of Brunswick, ran a [...]

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The 2010 Green candidate for governor, who then dropped out to run for State Senate, sent the following email to the supporters of her Senate race (Williams received about 12 percent of the vote, which was actually less than the margin between the Democrat and the Republican): While I am disappointed in the results of [...]

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Compiled by Brent McMillan and posted at Green Party Watch by Ronald Hardy: Wins (including ballot access) on Nov. 2, 2010 – Unofficial Results ARKANSAS Joy Ballard won her race for Saline County Collector, AR. She finished first of seven candidates for one seat with 19,131 votes, 69.28%. Partisan. CALIFORNIA Bruce Delgado won his re-election [...]

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Poli-Tea: For now, an overview of some significant results from the 2010 elections: • Rhode Island has elected its first Independent governor, Lincoln Chafee!  • In Maine’s gubernatorial race, Independent candidate Eliot Cutler’s last minute surge was not enough to overcome the gap between himself and the Republican front-runner.  Cutler lost by under two percentage [...]

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Dave Schwab at Green Party Watch: Despite having a number of promising campaigns for state legislature in various states, Greens fell short of victory in every race – a few by painfully close margins. However, one former Green running for state legislature as an independent in Maine did win. In Maine, Fred Horch of Brunswick [...]

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From the Portland Press Herald, Eliot Cutler’s Statement on Concession via TPID: At noon today I will announce at a press conference here in Portland that I have spoken with Mayor Paul LePage and congratulated him on his victory. The results that are available to us this morning are unofficial and informal, but I believe [...]

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From the Results Liveblog posted last night: Moderate Party candidate [for Governor] Ken Block pulled off a surprisingly strong showing of 6.5%. This gives his party ballot access. Also in Rhode Island, independent Lincoln Chafee’s lead held up and he is the Governor-elect. No other independents won for Governor, although Eliot Cutler came close in [...]

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In an unexpected final surge of support in the only poll that really matters, independent for Maine governor Eliot Cutler looks to be headed toward a possible win.  With the Bangor Daily News reporting from 137 out of 596 precincts, Cutler has 38 percent.  His closest opponent, a Republican, has about 32.5 percent, and that’s [...]

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Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch: Fred Horch is the quintessential Green Party candidate for State Legislature (Dist. 66) in Maine. He is 40 years old, a father of three children, and owner of F.W. Horch Sustainable Goods & Supplies in downtown Brunswick, Maine. He has a strong record of community involvement and a solid [...]

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In Maine’s gubernatorial race, it appears that Independent candidate Eliot Cutler has all the momentum.  Republican front-runner Paul LePage has maintained a weak lead with roughly 33% support in the polls, while support has begun to erode for Democrat Libby Mitchell.  But support for Cutler has doubled over the last month, leaving him poised to [...]

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From the Forecaster: PORTLAND — House District 119 will elect a new state representative on Nov. 2. Rep. Herbert Adams, D-Portland, cannot run because of term limits. Democrat Jill A. Barkley, of High Street, is facing independent Benjamin Chipman, of Mayo Street,  for the seat that represents Parkside, Bayside and East Bayside… Chipman, 35, has [...]

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TPID: From the Portland Press Herald: A dramatic shift appears to have occurred among voters in Maine’s gubernatorial race and in one congressional contest, according to a new independent poll released Thursday.  Independent Eliot Cutler moved up substantially to a statistical second-place tie with Democrat Libby Mitchell, who lost support compared with earlier polls. Cutler’s [...]

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From the Journal Tribune via TPID: Maine’s two major political parties have been doing a marvelous job advocating for one of the state’s gubernatorial candidates. But neither Democrats nor Republicans are making a convincing case for their own party’s nominee. The aspirant they’ve unwittingly been boosting is an independent. . . . A governor whose [...]

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Lynne Williams was running for governor of Maine this year, but dropped out due to new laws that made the race harder on Green candidates.  She is now running for state senate.  The following was a message sent to supporters: It has recently come to my attention, through phone calls from friends and supporters, that [...]

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From Rasmussen: The latest Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey of Likely Voters shows LePage picking up 35% of the vote, while Mitchell draws support from 32%. Democrat-turned-independent Eliot Cutler now earns 21% of the vote. Six percent (6%) prefer some other candidate, and another six percent (6%) are undecided. (For survey question wording, click here… [...]

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In a new poll from Greenburg Quinlan Rosner, all of the ballot-listed candidates for governor of Maine are included, which means that voters got the opportunity to choose independents Eliot Cutler, Shawn Moody, and Kevin Scott.  Cutler, a Carter Administration official and former Democrat, is at 10 percent.  Moody, a laregly self-funded millionaire, is surprisingly [...]

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Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com by Herbert Hoffman. Hoffman was independent candidate for US Senate in Maine in 2008. Nine years have elapsed since the multiple tragedies struck the United States on September 11, 2001. The rallying cry of “9/11″ has sparked the curtailing of civil liberties in the United States, provided the justification for invasions and [...]

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H/T to Ballot Access News.  From the Portland Press Herald: AUGUSTA — The five candidates for governor shared their thoughts on the state of Maine agriculture Tuesday, offering proposals that included reduced regulation and lower taxes… Independent Eliot Cutler said the high cost of electricity, energy and health care create a “wall of costs” in [...]

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Ballot Access News: Libby Mitchell, Democratic nominee for Governor of Maine, says she will not participate in any gubernatorial debates that don’t invite all five ballot-listed candidates to participate. There are three independents on the November ballot, along with the Democratic and Republican nominees. See this story. Thanks to Thomas MacMillan for the link.

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TPID: From the Morning Sentinel, on Independent gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler: Cutler says he would establish an Office of Regulatory Review and Repeal within the governor’s office if elected. The office would “repeal or change regulations that are standing in the way of job growth,” according to an announcement from his campaign. “We’re going to [...]

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