Gary Johnson, the Libertarian Party nominee for President in 2012, is a former two term governor of New Mexico, but no one really expected him to beat President Obama.…
Posts published in November 2012
Former Green Ben Chipman Re-Elected to Maine Legislature as Independent
By Trent Hill on November 7, 2012 4:22 PM
Ben Chipman is a community organizer in Portland, Maine, and a former Green Party state legislator. In 2010 he switched his registration to Independent and ran for re-election as such in 2012.…
Former Harlem Globetrotter Elected to AR Legislature As Green Party Member
By Trent Hill on November 7, 2012 4:17 PM
In Arkansas, former Democratic state legislator Fred Smith has won election to the State House as a nominee of the Green Party. Smith is also a former Harlem Globetrotter.…
Third-Party Candidates Speak Out on Election Night
By Jill Pyeatt on November 7, 2012 12:03 PM
http://youtu.be/0jQdksa01q8…
Angus King Wins in Maine, Two Independents in the U.S. Senate Now
By Trent Hill on November 7, 2012 12:51 AM
Angus King has been polling ahead in the U.S. Senate race in Maine for months now. Tonight, he made the decision final when he was swept to victory in the race by a majority.…
Gary Johnson Breaks Raw Vote Total Record for Libertarian Party
By Trent Hill on November 7, 2012 12:46 AM
Google Elections says that Gary Johnson has over 950,000 votes nationwide so far. While votes are still rolling in, this represents a larger raw vote total than any previous Libertarian Party presidential candidate, ever.…
Justice Sonia Sotomayor is a Registered Independent
By Trent Hill on November 6, 2012 8:42 PM
Justice Sonio Sotomayor, who is the newest member of the Supreme Court, was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. However, as Richard Winger has reported, Justice Sonia Sotomayor has been registered as a voter in D.C.…
Guam Returns Are In — Johnson Scores 1.12%
By Trent Hill on November 6, 2012 7:07 PM
Guam votes ahead of the rest of the United States since it is on the early side of the International Dateline. The results have been counted and reported and Johnson scored 1.12%.…
Kenny: “Johnson, Stein Warn of Growing Police State”
By Gene Berkman on November 6, 2012 5:36 PM
Jack Kenny covered the final Free & Equal debate for The New American, conservative magazine of The John Birch Society.
“Presidential candidates Gary Johnson of the Libertarian Party and Jill Stein of the Green Party agreed during Monday night’s alternative candidates debate that liberty in America is endangered by a growing police state.…