October 14, 2026
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In a new Research 2000 poll, independent libertarian Joseph L. Kennedy, who is running for US Senate in Massachusetts against a Democrat and Republican, (and of no relation to the famous Kennedy family) is at five percent:
Libertarian Joseph Lewis Kennedy, an information technology specialist who is no relation to the Kennedy clan, gets 5 points, and 5 percent are undecided.
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Posted by Tom Knapp at Kn@ppster:
Q: What’s the difference between Scott Brown and Dede Scozzafava?
A: Just having an “R” next to his name is enough for the Tea Party “leaders” who told us Scozzafava was the AntiChrist (here, for example, is a typical St.…
Op-Ed by Massachusetts US Senate Special Election Independent Libertarian candidate Joe Kennedy in the Boston Globe:
A CANDIDATE’S worthiness for office must be measured against the person being replaced.…
Promising “new energy on the Libertarian National Committee,” party activist Scott Williamson has announced his candidacy for LNC Regional Representative from Region 4, which currently includes the states of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.…
from a campaign press release:
Whitney provides a Green Party response to State of the State Address
Carbondale, IL -Green Party candidate for Governor Rich Whitney issued the following statement today in response to Governor Quinn’s State of the State Address:
I must confess that I wrote most of this statement before listening to Governor Quinn’s State of the State address today.
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Joe Mathews reports:
Former U.S. Sen. Mike Gravel (D-Alaska), the leading proponent of a national initiative process, wrote recently to supporters about his new enterprise: a TV show called “I Like Mike” in which Gravel is president.…
With the recent announcements that Brighton businessman Donn Janes of Tennessee, a successful software developer, and conservative activist Bradley Rees of Virginia have dropped out of their respective Republican primaries and will run as independent “Tea Party” candidates for seats targeted for takeover this autumn by the national GOP, the list of independent congressional candidates in this year’s mid-term elections continues to grow.…
From the LP blog:
The Advocates for Self-Government recently made this very generous offer:
FREE OPH KITS FOR LIBERTARIAN STUDENT GROUPS: We’re giving our acclaimed OPH (Operation Politically Homeless) outreach kits to libertarian student groups FREE — if they simply promise to use them a minimum of three times a year and send us photos documenting their OPH activity.
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Both the Wall Street Journal and the San Francisco Bay Guardian have pieces today concerning the declining stature of San Francisco’s Green Party since early last decade. …