November 4, 2026
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Posted by Ralph Nader at Nader.org:
Bell, California, a working-class town of some 38,000 ten miles outside of Los Angeles, is a unique place. Its local government has proven to be citizen-proof, media proof, city-council proof and even leak-proof from inside its self-enriching top officialdom.…
Numerous candidates for statewide office, including Libertarians, a Green and Tea Party candidate, in Pennsylvania were forced to withdraw from their respective races in recent weeks following Democratic and Republican led challenges to their ballot access petitions. …
In July, Green Party candidate for State Representative in PA’s 194th district Hugh Giordano received the endorsement of Bill Morris, a Democrat who ran and lost in the May primary. …
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Carbondale, IL—Green Party gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney will hold two events this Monday, August 23rd, with representatives from the organization Move to Amend in Springfield.…
I have been looking for an account of last Saturday’s Convention of the Constitution Party faction of the California AIP, and lo and behold I found this at the Constitution Party website.…
From the Constitution Party website:
(Delaware, OH)—Robert M. Owens, candidate for the office of Attorney General of Ohio, has been awarded the endorsement of the Family First Political Action Committee (Family First PAC) for the general election in November 2010. …
Richard Winger reports at Ballot Access News:
The ballot-qualified Progressive Party of Oregon held a nominating convention on August 19, and nominated five congressional candidates, one nominee for state office, and two for partisan county office.
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From the Savannah Morning News:
In the latest InsiderAdvantage Georgia survey, [Republican Nathan] Deal had 45 percent and [Democrat Roy] Barnes had 41 percent. Libertarian John Monds had 5 percent; the other respondents were undecided.
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While IPR does not make it a habit to report on major party candidates, Ed Thompson may be a good exception to the rule. In 2002 he ran for Governor of Wisconsin as a Libertarian, winning 12% of the vote.…