November 7, 2026
Your Premier Source on Third Parties and Independent Candidates Since 2008
IPR was launched exactly 9 years ago, on May 20th, 2008. By sheer coincidence – I was not here when the site started, but I was here not very long after that – I had a birthday today as well; a number also associated with a popular caliber of pistol, the sum of the two digits of which adds up to 9.…
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There have been a number of complaints recently about comments on IPR.
The biggest issue that bothers me is the claim that people are posting under the names of others, making it look like one person is saying something else.…
The resignation of (R) Third District Congressman Jason Chaffez, current Chair of the House Oversight Committee, has resulted in a Special Election being called for Tuesday November 7th, 2017 in Utah. …
On May 15, the New York Assembly passed AB 3052 by 127-16. Among other things, it moves the deadline for independent candidate petition deadlines from August to May.
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You are invited to a special conference call on
featuring
LNC Region 3 Representative
Brett Bittner
5 PM Pacific
6 PM Mountain
7 PM Central
8 PM Eastern
Brett Bittner served as the Executive Director of the
Advocates for Self-Government and of the Libertarian Party of Georgia.…
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In today’s podcast, Knapp tackles subjects which have recently also been discussed at IPR such as Arvin Vohra’s recent comments about the military, white nationalists/racists in the LP, and the ever popular topic of comment moderation (in this case, as it relates to antisemitic and racist commenters at AntiWar.com…
According to articles at the Meridian Star and WTOK, Mariner Durant, who had been running as a Libertarian for Mayor of Meridian, MS, dropped out of the race due to “security reasons.”…