A political action committee created by a former New Hampshire U.S. Senate candidate to support third party candidates is turning its attention to 2028 with plans to oppose Vice President J.D.…
Independent Political Report
The Libertarian candidate in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District has received more than four times the number of votes currently separating Republican incumbent Lauren Boebert from her Democratic challenger in one of the state’s closest races.…
A Green Party candidate who sought Hawaii’s House District 14 appears to have won his race, defeating his Republican and Democratic opponents to become the party’s sole successful legislative candidate of the 2026 election cycle.…
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.…
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.…