Since the end of former US Representative Bob Barr’s 2008 presidential run on the Libertarian Party ballot line, his campaign committee has listed various outstanding debts on its reports to the Federal Election Commission (see schedule D of the campaign’s Q1 2010 report for details).…
Posts published in May 2010
First Green Elected to UK Parliament
By Trent Hill on May 6, 2010 11:51 PM
Brighton Pavillion was considered the UK Greens’ best shot at picking up an MP this election, and the results are rolling in as I type. Carolina Lucas, leader of the Greens, has won Brighton Pavillion–becoming the first Green elected to the United Kingdom’s Parliament.…
Knapp: The Libertarian Party cannot afford Root as Chair
By wredlich on May 6, 2010 11:40 PM
The following article about the Libertarian National Committee Chair’s race was posted Apr. 30 by Tom Knapp on his blog. Knapp is a former member of the LNC, and has endorsed said he will be voting for George Phillies for Chair.…
New poll puts Green Party US Senate and gubernatorial candidates at about 5% in Illinois
By Ross Levin on May 6, 2010 9:19 PM
A new poll from We Ask America puts Green Party US Senate candidate in Illinois LeAlan Jones’ support at 5.32 percent, while gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney (who received over 10 percent of the vote in 2006) at 4.81 percent. …
Mayor of Richmond, CA, largest city in US with a Green mayor, up for re-election in November
By Ross Levin on May 6, 2010 5:34 PM
Gayle McLaughlin – the mayor of Richmond, CA, which is the largest city in America with a Green mayor – will be up for re-election this November for the first time. …
17 guns seized from home of Progressive gubernatorial candidate in Oregon
By Ross Levin on May 6, 2010 4:02 PM
From FOX 12 in Oregon:
The candidate’s son, Brian Wilson, was arrested April 8 on a charge of felon in possession of a firearm shortly before a search warrant was served at his father’s property on Badertscher Road near North Plains…
Wilson works for his father’s business, which is headquartered at the Badertscher Road address.
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LNC Chair candidate Myers answers Sundwall questions
By wredlich on May 6, 2010 10:40 AM
John Jay Myers answers former LPNY Chair Eric Sundwall’s questions for candidates for Libertarian National Committee Chair.
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Jill Stein: Investigate the big fish first
By Dave Schwab on May 6, 2010 10:35 AM
Jill Stein, the Massachusetts Green-Rainbow Party candidate for governor, released the following statement on May 5:
BOSTON (May 5, 2010) – Today Green-Rainbow gubernatorial candidate Jill Stein rejected the suggestion of Republican Charlie Baker who was quoted yesterday as saying that state assistance in housing and legal defense could be withdrawn from state residents on the basis of “lifestyle” investigations into whether they were sufficiently poor to need help.…
Former Rep. Goode Comments On Joining CP and November Election
By Trent Hill on May 6, 2010 6:45 AM