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Staff at LP blog, October 8:
from the Mark Grannis (MD) and Travis Irvine (OH) congressional campaigns:
In an effort to give voters a real alternative to the big-spending politics of the Democratic and Republican parties, two Libertarian candidates for the U.S.
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Posted by Staff at Libertarian Party blog on October 8:
The NRA Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) claims on its website that "The NRA-PVF ranks political candidates – irrespective of party affiliation – based on voting records, public statements and their responses to an NRA-PVF questionnaire."…
Posted by Rachel Hawkridge at LP blog on October 9:
The Libertarian Association of Massachusetts (LAMA) held its’ convention on Sunday, Oct 3. They graciously invited me to speak.…
Staff at LP blog:
In this SurveyUSA poll, Libertarian Wes Wagner, running for Oregon governor, is at 3%. That is higher than the gap between the Republican and Democrat, so Wagner may turn out to be the deciding factor in this race.…
Seven candidates for Governor of New York, including the leading candidates, debated last night. For previous IPR articles see NY Governor Debate: Minor Party Candidates Steal The Show and In NY: Six Way Governor Debate Announced (Paladino’s participation was not confirmed at that time).…
All seven ballot-qualified candidates for New York Governor appeared Monday evening at the Hofstra Gubernatorial Debate in Hempstead, Long Island, New York. The third party candidates in the race are: Charles Barron (Freedom Party); Kristin Davis (Anti-Prohibition Party); Howie Hawkins (Green Party); Jimmy McMillan (Rent is too Damn High Party); and Warren Redlich (Libertarian Party)
Below are two good write-ups about the debate:
Press Connects/Greater Binghamton published a story on October 18, 2010 titled, “Debate: Minor-party candidates steal show from Cuomo, Paladino”
A quote from the article, “The debate also provided plenty of entertainment, with several of the minor-party candidates aiming barbs at the Republican and Democratic candidates who, in turn, largely ignored them…”
The second piece was highlighted at Ballot Access News:
The New Republic published the story “NY Gubernatorial Debate: More Fringe Candidates, Please!”…
By MATT GOURAS
The Associated Press
Monday, October 18, 2010; 5:02 PM
HELENA, Mont. — A Montana judge says the state’s century-old ban on corporate political spending is unconstitutional.…