The IPR writers haven’t been able to keep up with all the news in the third-party/Independent world over the past month or so. In an effort to catch up on some of the activity and news of Libertarian candidates, this article will list many of the pieces I have found on Facebook and other sources.…
Posts published in October 2014
From the Libertarian Party website:
New York Libertarians are optimistic that governor candidate Michael McDermott will win the 50,000 votes needed this November to secure ballot access for the New York LP for the next four years.…
From the Libertarian Party website:
Nevada Libertarians helped prevent taxpayers being forced to fund $115 million towards a new private soccer stadium in Las Vegas at a meeting of the City Council last Wednesday.…
From Ballot Access News:
On October 8, Survey USA released a poll for the U.S. Senate race in South Dakota. The results: Republican Mike Rounds 35%; independent Larry Pressler 32%; Democrat Rick Weiland 28%; independent Gordon Howie 3%; undecided 2%.…
Press Release from the Jenkins campaign:
Jim Jenkins, non-partisan candidate for U.S. Senate, said today that the tea party does not reflect the majority of Nebraskans’ views and the state is not nearly as partisan as the rest of the nation.…
On October 3rd, Dalton, GA mayor David Pennington endorsed Andrew Hunt, the Libertarian Party candidate for Georgia governor. Hunt has been polling at 9%. Austin Cassidy reports at Uncovered Politics:
This endorsement is significant both because Pennington is a Republican mayor of a fair sized city, and because Pennington was Governor Nathan Deal’s primary challenger for re-nomination earlier this year.
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PSL statement posted to Liberation News:
The protests in Hong Kong have subsided Monday as negotiations continue between the opposition movement and the local government. There are unconfirmed reports of the basic framework of an agreement, details of which have not yet been released.…
Kristin Davis, the former madam and candidate for governor and New York City comptroller, was sentenced Wednesday to two years in jail after she pleaded guilty to illegally distributing prescription pills, the U.S.…