November 10, 2026
Your Premier Source on Third Parties and Independent Candidates Since 2008
Posted at Bob Barr blog
The Texas Supreme Court has ruled against us:
The Texas Supreme Court, without comment, just denied Libertarian presidential candidate’s Bob Barr attempt to keep the names John McCain and Barack Obama off the state’s November ballot.
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The Wall Street Journal has a lengthy story on the impact of Independence Party nominee Dean Barkley in the Minnesota U.S. Senate race. The Journal notes Barkley has polled as high as 14% against incumbent Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken, who “have been waging one of the country’s most aggressive and expensive Senate races.…
A Suffolk University poll of 600 likely Nevada voters conducted September 17 (+/- 4%) shows independent Ralph Nader drawing two percent in the presidential race, and Libertarian Bob Barr one percent.…
California’s Ventura County Star reports Libertarian vice presidential nominee Wayne Allyn Root drew a “smaller turnout†than he expected at a Sunday rally in Ventura, “with only about 30 people showing up. 
Alaska’s Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports that the Alaskan Independence Party has “made little headway in gaining a seat†for U.S. Senate nominee Bob Bird at an upcoming Greater Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce candidate forum.…
A Washington Times editorial this morning asks, “Who are the independent and Libertarian voters going to vote for in November?†The piece focuses mainly on Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s potential to appeal to Libertarians.…
A Public Policy Polling survey of 1,060 likely North Carolina voters conducted September 17-19 (+/- 3%) shows Libertarian Michael Munger at six percent in the gubernatorial race.…
Montana’s Billings Gazette profiles Libertarian U.S. House nominee Mike Fellows, who “has run for the state’s at-large U.S. House seat in four of the past five elections.…
For Immediate Release:
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
The financial meltdown requires far-reaching Green solutions, say
Green Party leaders
• Green presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney speaks out on the
crisis, offers a ten-point plan:
http://votetruth08.com/index.php/learn/mckinney-messages…