July 30, 2026
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The Democratic mayor of Pittsburgh is facing two major independent challengers in tomorrow’s election, Franco Harris and Kevin Acklin.
Our own Darcy G. Richardson commented at Ballot Access News:
An “Immaculate Election,” as Jim Riley so delightfully put it, is not beyond the realm of possibility.
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The New Jersey Democratic Party is now admitting that it has payed for robocalls in favor of independent candidate Chris Daggett. The political chattering class has been saying that Daggett voters are most likely to have Republican Chris Christie as their second choice.…
Thanks to Ballot Access News for the tip.
(excerpt from) The NY Times
Three’s Company
Ross Douthat / November 1, 2009
[Re: candidates Chris Daggett in NJ and Doug Hoffman in NY]
…But both men deserve the public’s gratitude.
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Once again, New York City’s public campaign financing system is to thank for an unusually high budget Green Party campaign. This time, Green city council candidate David Pechefsky planned to dig into his $35,000 war chest in the final days before the election, while the Democratic candidate he is running against only had about $26,000 on hand on October 28th. …
The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle recently featured two independent candidates in Monroe County, New York, and gave an even-handed assessment of their campaigns and their chance at success. …
Mary DeCamp, a Green Party candidate for city council in Tuscon, Arizona, had a letter published in the Arizona Daily Wildcat, the University of Arizona’s newspaper. …