June 2, 2026
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A press release from Rich Whitney, Green party candidate for governor of Illinois. Sent to IPR via email:
Carbondale, IL— Green Party gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney reacted to
the outcome of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich’s trial today by
calling for reform of the Illinois political system.…
The Mosque at Ground Zero: So Now Obama Cares About the Constitution?
Why Now? Violating the Constitution Never Bothered Him Before?
Obama is Aligned Against Police Union, Mafia, the Village People…AND Harry Reid!…
The National Constitution Party sends this along. Underscores are in the original.
The Fall 2010 National and Executive Committee meetings of the Constitution Party will be held Friday, November 12th and Saturday, November 13th at the Sheraton Fort Worth Hotel, 1701 Commerce Street, Fort Worth, TX 76102.…
From the Public Policy Polling blog:
In a race pitting two of the weakest Senate candidates in the country Alexi Giannoulias continues to hold a small lead over Mark Kirk, 37-35, with Green Party candidate LeAlan Jones pulling 9%.
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A listing of candidates filed, with amount of pages filed, can be found at the NY State Board of Elections web-site: here.
E-mail from Redlich campaign 3:04pm:
Warren Redlich filed 34,000 signatures at 10 am this morning as the Libertarian candidate for Governor.
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from a Davis for Governor press release
August 17, 2010
Ex-Madam files for Governor of Empire State
Kristin Davis, the ex-Madam who supplied call-girls for Eliot Spitzer when he was both Attorney General and Governor, filed 22,000 voter signatures to secure a place on the ballot as an independent candidate for Governor with the New York State Board of Elections as the candidate of the Anti-Prohibition Party.
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In New York state, a third party without automatic ballot status is actually an independent political body.
The deadline to file independent nominating petitions for statewide office for the 2010 elections in New York was today.…
How well is John Monds, Libertarian candidate for Governor of Georgia, polling? While I think it is an unjustified leap to assume he is polling at 15% -20% as this article speculates, the author makes a good point.…
A former member of the Des Moines school board, Jonathan Narcisse declined to run in the Democratic primary against incumbent Governor Chet Culver in March. It appears he has changed his mind, and is now running as the “Iowa Party” candidate for the position.…