A strategy embraced by several Democratic state organizations this cycle of backing independent candidates in key races in lieu of fielding their own nominees fell short Election Day, with several of those candidates performing strongly but ultimately losing to their Republican opponents.…
Independent Political Report
Massachusetts voters rejected a ballot initiative that would have replaced the state’s current party primaries with a single, all-party primary system, in which the top two candidates would have advanced to the general election.…
New Hampshire will not gain any newly recognized political parties after two statewide candidates, one running as a Libertarian and the other under the Constitution designation, fell short of the minimum vote threshold required for recognition.…
The Libertarian Party is set to once more become a recognized political party in Massachusetts after Al Ozonoff, a candidate of the Unified Libertarians of Massachusetts, easily exceeded the number of votes needed for recognition in his race for state auditor.…
The Arizona Pirate Party is shifting its ballot access efforts away from a statewide campaign to instead pursue access in Pima County, citing the need for significantly fewer signatures to qualify as a recognized political party.…
The Forward Party is reflecting on the 2026 election cycle, with party Chief Executive Officer Lindsey Williams Drath showing her appreciation for the more than 170 candidates backed by the party and calling its efforts this year an important mile marker for the organization.…
The Libertarian Party of Alabama is supporting Fenn Church, a Calera landowner whose property is at the center of an ongoing legal battle over Alabama Power’s use of eminent domain to construct a transmission line.…
The Green Party of Michigan has been unable to make contact with its candidate for the 7th Congressional District since party leaders originally nominated him for the position earlier this year, according to a local report the day before the midterm elections.…
The American Solidarity Party is expressing its hope that Pope Leo XIV considered the party’s Illinois candidates when casting his ballot in the midterm elections, where he became the first sitting pope to vote in an American election.…