As recently reported by IPR, Jesse Ventura is expected to announce his candidacy for the U.S. Senate “in the not-too-distant future.” However, it is not entirely clear if Ventura would do so as a candidate for the Independence Party — or as an unaffiliated, independent candidate.…
Posts published in “Independents”
Supporter pens letter to ‘President Keyes’
By PJO on June 6, 2008 10:30 AM
On Alan Keyes’s Renew America website, regular contributor Tom Kovach publishes a lengthy fictional letter to President Keyes dated January 21, 2009. The lengthy message says blacks, Jewish voters, pro-life Libertarians, and military veterans were key to Keyes’s election as president.…
Politico: A centrist third party would have most success
By Administrative Team on June 5, 2008 5:02 PM
The Politico’s W. James Antle III has written an article surveying the diverse options voters will have for president in November — “more … than just John McCain and Barack Obama.”…
Ralph Nader campaigns in Maine
By Administrative Team on June 5, 2008 4:28 PM
Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader will hold a news conference at First Parish Church, followed by a rally in Portland, Maine, tonight at 7:30. His speech will focus on energy policy and the War in Iraq.…
Reason’s wrap-up of LP ‘fringe’ candidates
By Administrative Team on June 4, 2008 3:24 PM
Reason‘s Dave Weigel published a quick reference guide to “the people you’ll never hear about again” in the LP. Christine Smith, Alden Link, Daniel Imperato, Jim Burns (“the sane fringe candidate”), and Robert Milnes are profiled.…
Milnes asks OK tribes for help; will seek Green, Boston Tea Party nominations
By Administrative Team on June 4, 2008 3:05 PM
In a letter to Oklahoma Indian tribes, former Libertarian presidential candidate — now running as an independent — Robert Milnes says he needs 43,000 valid signatures between now and July 15 to appear on the Oklahoma ballot.…
Nader will not be on Texas ballot
By Administrative Team on June 3, 2008 11:29 PM
Ralph Nader will not be on the ballot in Texas, and, in fact, he says he did not really make an effort to get on in the Lone Star State.…
Elect the biggest fool in South Dakota
By Austin Cassidy on June 3, 2008 11:28 PM
Most candidates for U.S. Senate try to present themselves as qualified, experienced, and principled leaders. Not so much for Joseph L. Pengitore, an independent candidate for Senate in South Dakota.…
Nader campaign ‘in full force’ in West Virginia
By Administrative Team on June 3, 2008 11:20 PM
Nader supporters in West Virginia have collected over 7,500 of the 15,118 signatures needed for their candidate to appear on the state ballot. Regional coordinator Albert Marino says the campaign plans to be finished much earlier than the August 1 deadline.…