Posted at the VoteNader.org blog
On Wednesday, August 27, right during the heart of the Democratic National Convention, we will be holding a Super Rally for 5,000-7,000 people at the University of Denver Magness Arena. (Check out our new Nader/Gonzalez video promoting our rallies here.)
And we’ll be hosting a second super rally in Minneapolis on September [...]

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Posted at Ballot Access News

At least ten presidential nominating conventions will be held in August and September:
1. The Peace and Freedom Party meets in Sacramento, California, on August 2-3.
2. The Natural Law Party of Michigan meets on August 9.
3. The Independent Party of Delaware meets on August 16.
4. The Independent/Ecology Party formed this year by [...]

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Jesse Ventura will not be an independent/Independence Party candidate for U.S. Senate in Minnesota.
He says the only way he’ll run is if God intervenes between now and the 5:00 P.M. filing deadline tomorrow.

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Libertarian Bob Barr and Constitution Party candidate Chuck Baldwin have both sought the mantle of “next Ron Paul” — i.e. the person who would carry on the R3VOLution through November. Thus far, both have failed to generate even a sizable fraction of the Texas congressman’s political or financial support. Barr, an ex-CIA man, is insufficiently [...]

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Says Lew:
The Minessota Senate race this year was a Weekly Standard dream: Republican neocon incumbent Norm Coleman vs. Democratic neocon challenger Al Franken. The war party couldn’t lose. But now ex-governor and ex-wrester Jesse Ventura may run as an independent. We’ll find out Monday night on the Larry King Show. Coleman is the colorless warmonger [...]

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The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports this morning that Jesse Ventura “met with advisers on Friday to map out what a quick leap into Minnesota’s U.S. Senate race might look like, although advisers say he still has not made a final decision. That will be revealed on national television Monday night.” Former senator Dean [...]

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Even though the Independence Party of Minnesota has endorsed Stephen Williams for U.S. Senate, that doesn’t mean that former governor Jesse Ventura is out of the race. He recently told the Associated Press that he would announce his plans on Tuesday, July 15.
Earlier, it was expected that the Minnesota Independence Party would nominate either Ventura [...]

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The AP reports New York’s independent mayor Michael Bloomberg “is coming to Minnesota to help the fortunes of the state’s Independence Party. Party Chairman Craig Swaggert says Bloomberg is the featured guest for a fundraising breakfast and is scheduled to give a policy speech afterward. Both July 25 events are planned for Minneapolis. [...]

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In an editorial this morning, the Minneapolis Star Tribune writes, “The Independence Party has only one big success to credit — the election 10 years ago of Gov. Jesse Ventura. To justify its continued existence, it is going to have to find a meaningful role in some winning campaigns — and if you can’t [...]

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The Independence Party of Minnesota endorsed farmer Stephen Williams for U.S. Senate and will back Democrat Elwyn Tinklenberg in the Sixth District U.S. House race.

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