June 2, 2026
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From the Libertarian Party website:
Eileen Umbehr wrote the following letter to Kansas City Star reporter Eric Adler after he wrote an Oct. 5 headline story that neglected to mention her husband, Libertarian for governor Keen Umbehr, who has polled as high as 9% and has consistently beaten the spread between his Democratic and Republican rivals.…
From Richard Winger at Ballot Access News:
Ohio is one of only three states this year with a gubernatorial election, and in which the Democratic and Republican nominees won’t be debating each other.…
From Mark Wachtler at the Illinois Herald:
News outlets don’t typically endorse third party candidates. But then the Illinois Herald is no typical news outlet.…
According to the National Prohibitionist, the entirety of the George L. Pennock Trust has been restored to the Prohibition Party after half was withheld due to a 2007 settlement with longtime chairman and five-time presidential nominee Earl Dodge. …
Westbrook, Connecticut Planning Board member Joshua Katz sent the following letter to IPR about a potential bid for the Libertarian Party’s 2016 presidential nomination. Last year, Katz defeated both a Republican and Democrat in his election to the Planning Board. …
From Kelly Gneiting at the Independent American Party website:
First and foremost, I want to express my realization that there is a divergence of opinion on this topic within liberty-loving men and women of today.…
The website of Seattle’s Freedom Socialist Party lists its most recent presidential candidate Stephen Durham’s political positions, which include the party’s effort to “raise the minimum wage to $20 an hour.”…
Ben Swann’s site had an article this week discussing CNN’s ommission of Adrian Wyllie in Florida’s gubernatorial debate.
CNN Receives Fire For Ignoring Libertarian Wyllie
By Evan Mulch
October 16, 2014
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Press Release from the Cutler campaign:
Mark McKinnon, a nationally known Republican political strategist and leading political reformer who helped found the group No Labels will campaign, in Portland Friday for Independent candidate for Governor Eliot Cutler.…