November 8, 2026
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The Libertarian National Committee is voting on a resolution calling for the abolition of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and directing the national organization’s 2028 Platform Committee to consider restoring a similar position when making its platform recommendations.…
A candidate endorsed by the Prohibition Party for a nonpartisan soil and water supervisor position in Minnesota narrowly lost his race earlier this week, but gave the party what it considers its strongest electoral showing in over three decades.…
The Libertarian Party of Arkansas had an exceptionally strong election night Tuesday, winning one of the state’s counties in the gubernatorial race and qualifying the party for future elections as a result of its overall statewide showing.…
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.…
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.…
