Reporters and political pundits will often claim that a particular third party hurts one major party more than the other. This argument because most popular during Nader’s 2000 run for President, as well as in Ross Perot’s two candidacies for that office, in 1992 and 1996 respectively.…
Posts published in June 2010
Brian Moore Runs for Governor of Florida…As A Democrat
By Trent Hill on June 20, 2010 11:39 PM
Austin Cassidy reports from Uncovered Politics that former Socialist Party USA Presidential candidate Brian Moore is running for Governor in Florida. Moore is not, however, running as a Socialist Party candidate.…
Results expected in Colombian runoff by tonight
By Ross Levin on June 20, 2010 2:53 PM
From Colombia Reports:
Colombia’s National Registry says it is fully prepared for Sunday’s runoff presidential election between Partido de la U’s Juan Manuel Santos and the Green Party’s Antanas Mockus, and that the world will know the outcome by 5:30PM.
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Green ‘political unknown’ running in race for newly created Cuyahoga County executive position
By Ross Levin on June 20, 2010 12:09 PM
Read the full thing here. Sent to [email protected] by Vaughn Stull:
David Ellison, a Cleveland architect running for the Green Party, opposed the county charter that created the executive position.
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Port Chester Cumulative Voting Seems More Useful to Minor Parties and Independents than to Hispanics
By Ross Levin on June 20, 2010 12:05 PM
From Ballot Access News:
On June 15, Port Chester, New York, held a partisan election to elect six village trustees. The winners include the only Conservative Party nominee (he was not the nominee of any other party), and one of the two independent candidates.
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Press Release: Green US Senate candidate LeAlan Jones ‘to salute “faithful fathers”‘ at dinner
By Ross Levin on June 20, 2010 11:55 AM
Sent to [email protected]:
US SENATE CANDIDATE, FATHER LEALAN JONES
TO SALUTE “FAITHFUL FATHERS”
CHICAGO, IL (June 20, 2010) — US Senate candidate LeAlan Jones, a legal guardian for his teenage nephew, will celebrate Fathers’ Day at a special dinner for the Pine Forge Academy Foundation.…
Press Release: The Green Party of Pennsylvania calls for an end to drilling for natural gas and other fossil fuels
By Ross Levin on June 20, 2010 8:49 AM
Press release:
After a blowback spewed gas and toxic water in Clearfield, PA, plus serious incidents including deaths of oil and gas employees in West Virginia and Texas, nearly two months of oil flowing into the Gulf of Mexico and years of mountain top removal, the Green Party of Pennsylvania says “enough already.”…
SC Green Party candidate for governor says to media: ‘Quit trying to determine who wins the election’
By Ross Levin on June 19, 2010 10:50 AM
From a local FOX affiliate in South Carolina (video can be seen here):
COLUMBIA (WACH) — It’s not just Republicans and Democrats seeking the governor’s office.
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Florida Tea Party: Democratic Tool Or Legitimate Third Party?
By Trent Hill on June 19, 2010 1:38 AM
The Florida Tea Party, the actual political party, not the movement, has been the subject of much debate over the last week. The controversy regarding the legitimacy or duplicity of the party and its candidates has been covered by many newspapers and popular political websites.…