November 5, 2026
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The New York Times reports:
Jimmy McMillan, the whiskered political showman who became a viral Internet star when he ran for governor of New York in 2010 as a candidate of the Rent Is Too Damn High Party, has announced his retirement from the political arena, citing a lack of public support for his agenda.
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from Andy Craig for Congress:
Neither Democratic bans on guns nor Republican bans on border-crossings would have (or did) prevent what happened in San Bernardino.…
U.S. Congressional candidate Andy Craig of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has released his first campaign ad in the 2016 race which will pit him against incumbent Democrat Gwen Moore.…
2016 candidate for the Libertarian Presidential nomination Darryl W. Perry at fpp.cc:
I recall being told as a child that the Bill of Rights was added to the US Constitution to ensure that people retained certain rights.…
From Jake Shannon on youtube via Old Dominion Libertarian:
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From the youtube description:
Willy Marshall became, in 2001, the first openly gay man to be elected mayor of a Utah town and he did so on the http://LPUtah.org
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From a posting on the Libertarian Party of Livingston County and the Libertarian Party of Genesee County Facebook pages:
Yesterday [December 13, 2015] State Chairwoman Kimberly McCurry unilaterally removed LPLC Media Director Justin Burns from his position as editor of the LPM’s Facebook page.
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Wisconsin Libertarians are preparing for the election year, with a series of candidates already launching their 2016 campaigns for State Legislature and Congress.
Jordan Hansen is working with a group of like-minded local supporters to mount a grassroots bid for the 54th Assembly district in Oshkosh.…
“Our ballot access laws are a mess; they are absurd” and March 2016 is the deadline for current R and D primary candidates considering a Third Party run, according Richard Winger, the editor of Ballot Access News, one of the experts quoted in an article by Stephen Ohlemacher of the Associated Press published earlier today.…
Email blast from the Petersen Campaign:
Hello friends, subscribers, and volunteers for the Petersen campaign! Thanks for being a part of our efforts to take over the government, and leave everyone alone. …