April 3, 2026
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From a letter to the editor of Oregon Live via TPID:
I became convinced several years ago that the only hope for our current system to accomplish anything is to form a viable third party out of the middle and let the current parties have the radicals from the fringes.…
Emailed to [email protected]:
Connecticut U.S. Senate candidate John Mertens has endorsed Independent Party gubernatorial candidate Tom Marsh. “Tom Marsh has been honest about the huge challenges facing Connecticut in regards to the budget shortfall, and the sacrifices that will be necessary,” said Mertens.…
By Chuck Baldwin at ChuckBaldwinLive.com:
Let me ask readers a question. What’s more important: freedom and its undergirding principles, or the entity meant to protect it?…
From The Business Word. H/T Cody Quirk:
…David Flaherty, president and CEO of Magellan Data and Mapping Strategies, a Louisville, CO, pollster that works for Republicans around the country.
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Mike Gravel came in fourth in delegate votes for the Libertarian Party presidential nomination in 2008, behind Bob Barr, Mary Ruwart and Wayne Root. Before that, he ran in Democratic Party primaries for President that same year, and served as a Democratic US Senator from Alaska from 1969 to 1981.…
Posted on the campaign website of Warren Redlich, Libertarian for Governor of New York:
You have told terrible lies about my husband. You have hurt me and my family.
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Staff at LP blog:
Lon Cecil is running for U.S. Representative in North Carolina District 12. The Rhino Times, a weekly newspaper in Greensboro, recommends a vote for Cecil in its October 28 issue.…
Staff at LP blog:
Julie Fox is running for Illinois State Controller. She has been endorsed by Tom Roeser, Chairman of the Editorial Board of the Chicago Daily Observer.…