Ballot Access News: Preliminary election returns show these national totals for each party, in the November 2010 election, for the office at the top of the ballot. “Office at the top of the ballot” means Governor. If a state had no gubernatorial election, it means U.S. Senate. For the four states that had neither a [...]

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Liberty Point: Libertarian candidates consider election defeats a learning experience, prepare for the next election. Although the results of the 2010 election were a disappointment for North Carolina’s Libertarian candidates because they were not elected, several consider it a very good learning experience and preparation for future campaigns. Dr. Mike Beitler, Libertarian candidate for U.S. [...]

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Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch The eleven Green Party candidates on the ballot this year for US Senate netted a combined half million votes. The 510,000 votes is the highest combined total for Green Party Senate candidates since 2000, when Medea Benjamin won 326,000 votes for US Senate in California and Vance Hansen picked [...]

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Jesse Walker at Reason Hit and Run: Russ Feingold wasn’t just endorsed by Bob Barr. He was the Bob Barr of the left, and I mean that mostly as a compliment. When Barr was in Congress he could be bad on “social” freedoms, especially the drug war, but he nonetheless took stances on privacy and [...]

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Dave Schwab at Green Party Watch: The Colorado Independent has an interesting story about Colorado Green Party US Senate candidate Bob Kinsey: In the nailbiter Colorado U.S. Senate race watched by the nation this week, Green Party candidate Bob Kinsey came in third place, after Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet and Republican Ken Buck. Kinsey pulled [...]

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The Party for Socialism and Liberation analysis of the 2010 election results.

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Brian Irving at Liberty Point: Mike Beitler may not have received as many votes as the polls indicated he would, but he said he’s pleased with the election results because of the campaign staff and organization he’s built. “I am ready to turn this all over to Mike Munger,” Beitler said, referring to the party’s [...]

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Darcy Richardson at Uncovered Politics: The Socialist Party’s Dan La Botz has surpassed the 25,000-vote mark in Ohio’s U.S. Senate race. With all but fourteen of Ohio’s 9,910 precincts reporting, the former history and Latin American studies professor and ex-journalist is unofficially garnering 25,311 votes. Read more…

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David Nolan at Libertarian Party blog: As Wes Benedict pointed out in a recent message, we had two U.S. Senate campaigns this year that were unusually successful, in terms of vote percentages. Rebecca Sink-Burris received 5.3% of the vote in Indiana, while yours truly got 4.7% in Arizona. This is the first time in ten [...]

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Posted by staff at Libertarian Party blog. The post there will be continually updated. I will try to post those updates here as well, but in the comment section below. -p Thanks again to everyone who either ran for office as a Libertarian, or voted Libertarian. We’ll be compiling results and working to try to [...]

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Press release from the Florida Tea Party sent to contact.ipr@gmail.com: Tea Party looks to 2012 election STATEMENT BY THE TEA PARTY (TEA) As Chairman Fred O’Neal stated publicly several weeks ago that it would be a “victory just to have our Tea Party candidates on the ballot on November 2nd.” That being said, the Tea [...]

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Email from Wayne Root to contact.ipr@gmail.com: By Wayne Allyn Root of www.ROOTforAmerica.com Harry Reid won because: A) Casino bosses DESPERATELY need him in his position of power (U.S. Senate Majority Leader)…so much so that even many Republican casino CEO’s in Las Vegas conspired to get him a victory….and appeared in TV ads for him…and bussed [...]

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Ballot Access News: Lisa Murkowski seems well-positioned to win re-election as a write-in candidate. The Alaska Elections Division reports [..] as of 9 a.m. Alaska time on November 3, [..] write-in 41.00%; Miller 34.20%; McAdams 23.74%; [Libertarian] Haase .54%; the two independent candidates .52%. See also Uncovered Politics. If Murkowski prevails, as now seems likely, [...]

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Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com: Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate Alexander Snitker will hold a victory party on Tuesday, November 2nd beginning at 7 PM at Stone Chase Grill, 12227 W Linebaugh Ave, Tampa, FL. Supporters will join Snitker and his campaign staff to watch the election returns. The candidate will be available for interview throughout the event.

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Dave Schwab at Green Party Watch: In a year that has seen the biggest upsurge of activism against marijuana prohibition in American history, Green Party candidates across the country are leading the fight for marijuana legalization while Democrats and Republicans defend the failed, destructive “war on drugs” prohibition regime. The eyes of Americans who oppose [...]

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ANAHEIM, Calif – Duane Roberts, Green Party candidate for U.S. Senate, urges nationwide adoption of a “single-payer ‘Medicare-for-all’ health care system”, arguing it will save $4 trillion over the next decade and ensure that everybody receives health care. Roberts says “Obamacare” is a “$500 billion taxpayer bailout of the private health insurance industry”: “As one [...]

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Press release from the Chuck Donovan campaign: ATLANTA, GA – November 1, 2010 – Chuck Donovan, Georgia’s Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate, received a second acknowledgement from the Tea Party today. The Daily Tea Party published their endorsement of his candidacy with the statement, “Chuck Donovan is the only candidate worthy of the Tea Party [...]

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 1, 2010 Election Night Watch Party The Gray for Governor Team will host an Election Night Watch Party in Topeka from 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm. The party will take place at the locally owned business The Break Room located at 911 S Kansas Avenue. There will be snacks provided and [...]

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ATLANTA, GA – November 1, 2010 – Chuck Donovan, Georgia’s Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate, is not surprised to hear, Democrat Roy Barnes, publicly state his support for Republican Johnny Isakson again. During Sunday night’s Atlanta Press Club Debate on GPB, Barnes said, “I like Johnny Isakson. I think he’s a fine Senator.” The Senate [...]

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ATLANTA, GA – October 28, 2010 – Chuck Donovan, Georgia’s Libertarian candidate for U.S Senate, announces the publishing of two new TV and radio ads. The ads were produced by Athens, GA based Green Room International Productions, LLC (GRIP), a Terrapin Blue company. They may be sampled at Chuck Donovan’s YouTube Channel, “Donovan4Senate”. Donovan is [...]

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