The Kansas Reform Party is one of the few remaining active Reform Party state affiliates. The party has consistently run candidates, even after the collapse of the national Reform Party.…
Posts published in June 2010
American Independent Party Factions Hold Rival State Conventions
By Trent Hill on June 28, 2010 1:19 AM
The American Independent Party of California is split between two factions of activists. One faction supported Alan Keyes for President in 2008 and wants the AIP of California to be affiliated with the America’s Independent Party, a nationally organized third party organized around Keyes’ run for President.…
Constitution Party of Wyoming Misses Ballot by 388 Valid Signatures
By Trent Hill on June 27, 2010 11:59 PM
The Constitution Party of Wyoming narrowly missed the ballot according to Ballot Access News, by a mere 388 valid signatures.
The Constitution Party petition for ballot access in Wyoming was due June 1, and it needed 4,988 valid signatures.
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Lynne Williams receives endorsement of ‘D.C. based Women’s Campaign Forum’ in run for State Senate
By Ross Levin on June 25, 2010 11:16 PM
The following is posted at the Women’s Campaign Forum website:
Lynne Williams is running for State Senate in Maine’s 28th District. Williams has spent many years as an attorney and organizer, working with disenfranchised communities to give them a voice in the halls of power.
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Independent Gets On NC Ballot Thanks to SEIU, Then Declines to Run
By Trent Hill on June 25, 2010 6:42 PM
Richard Winger reports that the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) collected over 35,000 signatures to put Wendell Fant on the North Carolina ballot as an Independent
The independent candidate petition to place Wendell Fant on the November 2010 ballot in North Carolina’s U.S.
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Illinois Green Party candidates for governor, US Senate, Congress, state legislature and more to march in gay pride parade
By Ross Levin on June 25, 2010 6:01 PM
From WhitneyForGov.org:
Chicago, IL—Green Party gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney will be part of a large contingent of Illinois Green Party members who will march in the Gay Pride Parade in Chicago.…
The Huffington Post interviews Green candidate for US Senate LeAlan Jones
By Ross Levin on June 25, 2010 5:33 PM
As part of a series of interviews with interesting Chicagoans, the Huffington Post recently interviewed the Green Party candidate for US Senate in Illinois, LeAlan Jones. …
[NC] Libertarian in first U.S. Senate campaign debate
By Bruce Cohen on June 25, 2010 1:58 PM
Libertarian in first U.S. Senate campaign debate
by Brian Irving
Raleigh Libertarian Examiner
In what may be a first for North Carolina politics, the first debate of the 2010 U.S.…
Judge Blocks Green Party from Texas Ballot, Greens will Appeal Decision
By d.eris on June 25, 2010 10:38 AM
The Democratic Party has succeeded in removing the Green Party from the Texas ballot, for now. From My San Antonio:
Gov. Rick Perry’s close friend and former chief of staff tried to help Green Party candidates get on the general election ballot this fall as part of a larger effort by outside groups that state District Judge John Dietz declared “an unauthorized, illegal contribution” Thursday.
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