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Posts published in July 2009
Mark Hinkle running for Libertarian National Committee Chair
By IPR Contributor on July 23, 2009 9:40 AM
I did not receive the original announcement as far as I know, but did receive the following from Mr. Hinkle in response to an email inquiry.…
Libertarian officeholder switches to GOP in Missouri
By PJO on July 22, 2009 5:05 PM
Mike Ferguson, a member of the Grandview, Missouri, Board of Aldermen and the Libertarian candidate for lieutenant governor of that state in 2004, announced on his website that he has switched to the Republican Party.…
NYC: Folk singer Joan Baez to play at Rev. Billy for Mayor event
By Kimberly Wilder on July 22, 2009 10:53 AM
Performance artist and activist Reverend Billy Talen is running for Mayor of New York City on the Green Party line. His campaign is in the middle of the petition drive.…
Ex-CP House candidate Germond to run again as Republican
By PJO on July 22, 2009 2:57 AM
Jaynee Germond, who finished second to Rep. Peter DeFazio in Oregon’s Fourth District congressional race in 2008 as a Constitution Party candidate, plans to seek the seat again in 2010 as a Republican.…
Greens add 19, Libertarians 1,024 new registered voters in Arizona
By PJO on July 22, 2009 2:49 AM
Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett announced the state now has 3,103,747 registered voters, up 15,751 since April. While both the Democratic and Republican parties suffered net losses, of 1,090 and 2,063 respectively, two alternative parties made gains.…
Gene Amondson Dies
By Kimberly Wilder on July 21, 2009 6:09 PM
story from Ballot Access News
Gene Amondson Dies
July 21st, 2009
On July 20, Gene Amondson died at the age of 65. He had been the Prohibition Party candidate for president in 2008, and had also been one of two competing Prohibition Party presidential candidates in 2004.
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Minneapolis: Intrigue with major party/third party elected officials
By Kimberly Wilder on July 21, 2009 5:45 PM
The city of Minneapolis will have elections for Mayor in November 2009. One of the candidates will be RT Ryback, the incumbent Mayor, who is a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and an officer in the National Conference of Democratic Mayors.…
Utah Constitution Party vice chairman runs for Sandy mayor
By PJO on July 21, 2009 4:50 PM
KCPW Radio of Salt Lake City reported that Utah Constitution Party Vice Chairman David Perry, a past candidate for Congress, “will now take on Sandy Mayor Tom Dolan this election cycle.…