June 2, 2026
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As posted at: onthewilderside.com:
On election day, November 3, 2009, a whimsical post appeared at the Reverend Billy for Mayor of NYC website. Reverend Billy’s campaign claimed that, since he had just won $100 million dollars in the lottery, Reverend Billy now had a fair chance to beat Mayor Bloomberg for Mayor.…
Martha Abbott, the chair of the Vermont Progressive Party, addresses considerations in running a candidate for governor in a recent blog post. Read the full thing here.…
posted at LP.org
(from an LP Maryland press release)
Owings Mills, MD: On November 21, 2009 the Central Committee of the Libertarian Party of Maryland selected Susan Gaztañaga as their candidate for Governor and Doug McNeil as their candidate for Lieutenant Governor.…
In New York, The Empire Page has been conducting a series of interviews with leaders of New York’s political parties for about the last year. In the last six months, they have spoken with Tom Golisano, who is well known for his support of the Independence Party of NYS, as well as Shaun Marie, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party of NYS. …
Reverend Billy is an activist and performance artist who was the Green Party’s candidate for Mayor of New York City for 2009.
The Adbusters Media Foundation is celebrating Buy Nothing Day in many cities around the world.…
Ross Mirkarimi is one of the most successful, powerful Green Party politicians in the nation. He has been elected to the San Francisco board of supervisors twice, succeeding Green Matt Gonzalez in 2005, and was recently appointed to a powerful land use commission by the California State Senate. …
This is an excerpt from a mailing sent to Green Party donors:
This Black Friday, Plan to Buy Green
Thinking about going out today to buy that discounted big-screen TV, DVD player, or brand-new sandwich maker?
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From Ballot Access News:
The Rhode Island State Board of Elections wants to levy a fine of $10,000 against Ken Block, because Block donated $20,000 to the Moderate Party of Rhode Island.
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