June 2, 2026
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Stan Adelstein
Update: Earlier this article identified Stan Adelstein as a state representative; in fact, he’s a former state representative and current state senator. Stan Adelstein is an 84 year old Republican member of the South Dakota State Senate who represents the state’s 32nd district.…
Dan Phillips, also known as Red Phillips, is an IPR contributor. He originally published the following article regarding the entry of independent candidate Evan McMullin into the presidential race on August 10th, 2016 at EconomicPopulist.org…
Originally posted at The Beacon.
The chances of Gary Johnson winning any state is really going to hinge on whether he gets into the debates.…
Thomas L. Knapp is a writer, IPR contributor and libertarian activist who most recently sought the Reform Party’s vice-presidential nomination. The following was originally published on The Garrison Center’s website on August 10th, 2016:
I didn’t pay much attention in 1972 when vice-presidential candidate Thomas Eagleton was removed from the Democratic ticket and replaced by Sargent Shriver after it came to light that Eagleton had a record of psychiatric hospitalizations.…
News release from JohnsonWeld.com, August 10th, 2016:
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA — Today the Johnson/Weld presidential campaign announced the launch of Youth for Johnson/Weld. Youth for Johnson/Weld (YJW) is the official youth effort of the Gary Johnson presidential campaign to recruit, organize, and mobilize young people to elect Governor Gary Johnson and Governor Bill Weld as the next president and vice president of the United States.
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Independent Political Report/ ATPR Exclusive: Quick Interview with Reform Party Secretary Nicholas Hensley
Below is brand-new, exclusive interview with Nicholas Hensley, the Reform Party’s national secretary:
Tell me about who you are, and what you do for the Reform Party?…
The following is from the Reform Party website:
The Reform Party has chosen Roque “Rocky” de la Fuente as its presidential contender. Between Rocky’s campaign and party efforts, Roque de la Fuente and the Reform Party have successful put together approximately twenty five ballot lines, but hope to establish ballot access in up to forty-two states.…
Originally published at American Third Party Report:
Exclusive, follow-up interview for American Third Party Report with Nicholas Hensley (earlier today, the Reform Party announced Roque De La Fuente as its presidential nominee):
In early July Reform Party Secretary Nicholas Hensley sat down for an interview with American Third Party Report.…
By GreenDemSoc, published earlier today at American Third Party Report (the author provides some quotes from Cornel West’s speech to the Green Party’s convention:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh6Qp4ChJxk
“Anytime I can be around freedom fighters who are willing to sacrifice, serve, cut against the grain, and change the world, that’s where I want to be.”…