May 2010 Archives

Former Green Legislator Loses Democratic Primary in Arkansas

By Trent Hill on May 19, 2010 4:47 AM

Richard Carroll, the former Green Party legislator in Arkansas, yesterday lost a Democratic primary race for State Senate. Ballot Access News reports:

Arkansas held its primaries on May 18.

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Text of Elena Kagan’s Thesis on Socialist Party in New York City

By Trent Hill on May 19, 2010 4:40 AM

When IPR found out that Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan had written her thesis on the Socialist Party of New York City, we hoped to obtain a copy of the document for readers to take a look at.…

Independence Party Candidate Tom Horner Tours Minnesota

By Trent Hill on May 19, 2010 12:54 AM

Tom Horner, one of the candidates for the nomination of the Independence Party of Minnesota in the Governor’s race, already has the endorsement of his party and has begun touring the state.…

Profile of Lancaster’s Third Party and No-Party Registration Growth

By Trent Hill on May 19, 2010 12:37 AM

Lancaster Online is a website covering news in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. This article goes into the details of the amazing growth of non-major party registrations over the last 6 months.…

Fasano and Ashjian Polling Numbers Vary Depending Upon GOP Nominee

By Trent Hill on May 19, 2010 12:31 AM

Tim Fasano is the Independent American Party candidate for US Senate in Nevada, running for Sen. Harry Reid’s seat. Scott Ashijan, running in the same race, is the nominee of the nascent Tea Party and the source of a great deal of controversy because of that.…

Chelene Nightingale Receives the Endorsement of Former Congressman Tom Tancredo

By Trent Hill on May 19, 2010 12:00 AM

Chelene Nightingale, a candidate for Governor of California under the banner of the American Independent Party, spent the weekend campaigning at the California Eagle Forum, which was held in San Diego with over 350 attendees.…

Rand Paul, son of Ron Paul, wins KY Republican Senate primary

By Ross Levin on May 18, 2010 8:14 PM

With over 84 percent of voting precincts reporting, Rand Paul has won the Republican primary in Kentucky for US Senate. His father, Ron Paul, is a US Representative and was the Libertarian Party’s 1988 presidential nominee (Rand worked for this campaign, and is therefore at least aware of, if not sympathetic to, the legal hardships which third parties face). …

Wayne and Dakota Root To Appear on FOX News in Another Busy Media Week for Root

By on May 18, 2010 1:49 PM

Emailed by Wayne Root to [email protected]:

Wayne Allyn Root, the 2008 Libertarian Vice Presidential Nominee, best-selling Libertarian author, and now full-time national media personality, will appear on FOX News on Sunday with his daughter Dakota Root to discuss their remarkable education success story called “Homeschool to Harvard.”…

Jason Pye, Doug Mataconis react to Wayne Root pulling out of Rev. Manning’s Obama Birther ‘trial’

By Jordan Willow Evans on May 18, 2010 12:02 PM

DISCLAIMER: IPR Does not take any positions on LNC races. The opinions offered for discussion are those of the original authors.

Jason Pye writes:

Yesterday, I noted that Wayne Allyn Root had seemed to jump off the deep end by participating in a mock trail against Barack Obama based on some ludicrous claims by Pastor James Manning.

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Posts published in May 2010