Posted by Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch
Local candidate for state education post pushes new ideas, better pay for teachers
Price is a professor at National-Louis University where he teaches a variety of education and contemporary policy classes for future teachers and those going back to school for graduate classes.
“For me, it’s public service,” he said. [...]

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Posted by Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch

Madison’s so called “progressive” Mayor Dave Cieslewicz has had his issues with popular Common Councilor Brenda Konkel, and this year he sought to recruit a candidate to run against her. Brenda Konkel is involved with both the Green Party and the local party Progressive Dane. Konkel, who has [...]

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Posted by Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch

Todd Price, a long-time Green Party activist has decided to run for Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction in this Spring’s election. The state wide race is non-partisan.
Price is an impressive and qualified candidate. Todd Alan Price is Associate Professor of Educational Foundations and Inquiry in the National College [...]

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Quoted in The Wausau Daily Herald. Thanks to Rolf Lindgren, via contact.ipr@gmail.com for the link:
“Altruism is an illusion when it comes to the government,” said Jim Maas of Rothschild, chairman of the Libertarian Party of Wisconsin. “Americans are a generous people who donate to many worthy causes. … When misfortune or disaster strikes, Americans [...]

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From the Associated Press. Thanks to IPR reader “ATM” for contacting us with the news.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin lawmaker was arrested on charges of drunken driving and marijuana possession after smashing his car into a highway sign and a snowbank, according to a report released Monday.
State Rep. Jeffrey Wood apologized Monday for [...]

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Posted by Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch
Madison Common Councilor Brenda Konkel is running for re-election this April. Konkel was first elected to the Madison Common Council in 2001, and was re-elected three times since. Brenda is a well-known and respected Madison community leader and political force, who champions tenant rights, affordable housing and inclusionary [...]

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Wisconsin’s Baraboo News-Republic reports, “Former Libertarian Party U.S. Congress candidate Kevin J. Barrett asserted his innocence Wednesday in the face of allegations he swatted one of his children as he confronted the next step in his legal cases in Sauk County Circuit Court.” Barrett attorney Greg Sacra “said after receiving an offer from the [...]

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Posted at Talk To Tony
If the voters bring me back, I would be honored to serve another term on the Oshkosh Common Council. If there are enough candidates, a primary will be held on February 17, 2009. The general election will be held on April 7th (which also happens to by my older brother Frank’s [...]

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Posted at Ballot Access News

On November 4, Wisconsin voters of the 67th Assembly district re-elected Jeff Wood to his fourth term. His first three terms were as a Republican, but this year, he ran as an independent. Wood had a ballot-listed Republican opponent, Don Moga, and the November vote was close. The unofficial results are: [...]

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Posted at Ballot Access News

At least five minor party legislative candidates were elected on November 4. The Progressive Party of Vermont re-elected David Zuckerman, Sandy Haas, Susan Davis, and Sarah Edwards.
In Arkansas, Green Party nominee Richard Carroll was elected. He was the only candidate listed on the ballot, but two Democratic write-in candidates ran against [...]

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From the Barrett for Congress campaign:
Barrett to celebrate victory, unveil “votes per dollar” plan at election night extravaganza!

Kevin Barrett, the controversial “peace and truth” candidate for Congress in Wisconsin’s District 3, will be celebrating his inevitable victory on election night at the Dardenelles Restaurant, 1851 Monroe St., Madison, 9 pm and on:
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=dardenelles%20madison&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl
(608) 256-8804

“The polls [...]

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From the Journal Sentinal:
By Scott Williams of the Journal Sentinel

Posted: Oct. 6, 2008
While on top of a house doing roof repairs many years ago, Robert Raymond spotted a child down below walking door to door.
The young boy told Raymond that he was raising money for a church that helped neighborhood children cope with gang [...]

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Libertarian candidate for Congress Kevin Barrett - who is running in Wisconsin - has put out both radio ads and robocalls in the final days leading up to the Election.
Today, Saturday, November 1st, Barrett’s campaign called 9,500 households in Wisconsin’s 3rd district. The homes were greeted with a one-minute automated call. The houses [...]

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Kevin Barrett, the controversial Libertarian for Congress in Wisconsin, is doing very well in the polls, as are the issues he is basing his campaign around. In a new poll conducted by Voice Broadcasting, Barrett is at 13.1%. That is higher than any other Libertarian candidate for Congress (running in a three-way race) [...]

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Controversial Wisconsin Libertarian candidate Kevin Barrett handed Ron Kind, the Congressman he is running against, a “pink slip” for voting for the Wall Street bailout. He also suggested that Kind and other members of Congress should be tried for war crimes.

3rd District Congressional Candidate Kevin Barrett blasted incumbent Ron Kind today for voting for [...]

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