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Posts published in November 2008
LP.org breaks down Bob Barr’s results by state
By paulie on November 7, 2008 1:18 PM
LP.org has a table showing how well the Barr ticket did in each of the 45 states where he was on the ballot.
They break down as follows:
Indiana 1.1%
Texas, Utah, Georgia 0.7%
(Of the top four states, Utah was the only one to have an alternative candidate besides Barr on the ballot for president; of the remaining states, North Carolina, in the next group of four at 0.6%, was the only one that didn’t).…
Oklahoma and Tennessee legislatures may now be more open to ballot access reform
By paulie on November 7, 2008 12:04 PM
Ballot Access News reports
As a result of the recent election, the Oklahoma and Tennessee legislatures, for the first time ever, are under Republican control in both houses.
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Jesse Johnson gets best alternative party percentage of the vote for WV Governor since 1912
By paulie on November 7, 2008 12:00 PM
Posted at Ballot Access News
Preliminary election returns show that Jesse Johnson, Mountain Party nominee for West Virginia Governor, polled 4.5% of the vote. That is the highest percentage for a minor party candidate for Governor of West Virginia since 1912, when the Socialist Party polled 5.6%.
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Green Rebekah Kennedy sets record in US Senate race
By paulie on November 7, 2008 3:24 AM
Posted by Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch.
Unless I am mistaken, this is also the best result ever for any nationally organized party other than Democrats or Republicans which is still in existence.…
Libertarian ticket closes in on 500,000 votes
By PJO on November 7, 2008 2:43 AM
With 99 percent of the vote counted, the Libertarian ticket is closing in on 500,000 votes in Tuesday’s election. Tickets topping 100,000 votes:
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Recent Libertarian Congressional candidate to be on Coast to Coast AM with George Noory tonight
By paulie on November 6, 2008 11:58 PM
Dr. Joseph Buchman, who completed his campaign for the United States Congress in Utah’s First District on Tuesday (with 2.2 percent of the vote), will be a guest in the first hour of nationally broadcast Coast to Coast AM with George Noory.…
Georgia Libertarian Allen Buckley plays kingmaker in US Senate runoff
By paulie on November 6, 2008 11:53 PM
Posted at Delaware Libertarian
Since Allen Buckley’s 3.4% take in the Georgia Senatorial race kept either Saxby Chambliss or Jim Martin from scoring 50%, there will be a December run-off.
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Independents elected to legislature in South Dakota, Maine, and Vermont
By paulie on November 6, 2008 11:46 PM
Posted at Ballot Access News
Blog posts in the last two days have covered cases in which independent candidates were elected on November 4 to state legislatures in Wisconsin, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.
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