Site Launch: Third Party and Independent Daily
As you may or may not know, in addition to contributing here at IPR, I also maintain the blog Poli-Tea. Over the last year, a number of friends and readers there... Read more.
Anybody’s Game: Utah’s Independent Candidates for Congress 2010
Though it is considered a Republican Party stronghold, the state of Utah is noteworthy for its high percentage of registered independents, who constitute a majority... Read more.
GA: Independent Conservative to Begin Petition Drive for Congress
Access North GA reports that independent conservative Eugene Moon will begin his ballot access petition drive in Georgia’s 9th Congressional District. From... Read more.
Rasmussen Pretends Joe Kennedy Does Not Exist
A new Rasmussen survey of public opinion in Massachusetts ahead of the January 19th special election for US Senate fails to include any mention of independent libertarian... Read more.
Libertarian John Jay Myers to Challenge Pete Sessions in TX-32
The City Hall Blog of the Dallas Morning News relays word that Libertarian John Jay Myers will seek to unseat Pete Sessions to represent Texas’s 23rd Congressional... Read more.
Florida Whig Party Chairman: “People are ready for a change”
In a detailed article at Ocala.com, Bill Thompson profiles the Florida Whig Party and its chairman, Paul Truesdell, providing background on the party’s history... Read more.
Women’s Interests and Third Party Politics
An article at The New Agenda makes the case that the Democratic and Republican Parties consider women voters to be “expendable and exploitable,” and... Read more.
AZ Sec. of State Seeks to Remove Greens From Ballot
The Verde News reports on the efforts of Arizona’s Secretary of State to remove the Green Party from the state’s ballots in 2010, and provides details... Read more.
RI: Chafee to Announce Independent Candidacy Next Week
The Providence Journal reports that Lincoln Chafee will officially announce his candidacy for governor of Rhode Island as an Independent next week. The report... Read more.
ID: Independent Candidate for Governor Passes Petition Threshold
Jana Kemp is running for governor of Idaho as an independent in 2010. The former Republican state representative has announced that she has amassed the necessary... Read more.