This article was originally published by the Kansas Reflector on April 24, 2026. It is republished here under a CC BY‑NC‑ND 4.0 license. Any views expressed are the author’s alone and do not necessarily reflect those of Independent Political Report or the Outsider Media Foundation.…
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Cindy Burbank won Nebraska’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate on Tuesday, running as a placeholder candidate with the intent to withdraw and support independent Dan Osborn in the general election.…
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice David Wecht has changed his voter registration from Democratic to no affiliation, attributing the shift to what he regards as rising antisemitism within the Democratic Party.…
This article was originally published by the Michigan Advance on May 8, 2026. It is republished here under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. Any views expressed are the author’s alone and do not necessarily reflect those of Independent Political Report or the Outsider Media Foundation.…
The newly formed Ohio United Party announced this week that it is launching a statewide petition drive to qualify for minor party status and secure ballot access for the 2026 elections.…
Independent congressional candidate Dave Bushaw said this week that his campaign has collected enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District.…
A new Spotlight PA report finds that Pennsylvania’s independent and third party voter rolls are growing, even as the state’s political system continues to make it difficult for candidates outside the two major parties to translate that growth into electoral success.…
A recent opinion piece in The Hill argues that independent and third party organizations may be laying the groundwork for future gains, even if the 2026 midterms are likely to reinforce the existing major-party duopoly.…
Independent U.S. Senate candidate Seth Bodnar said Montana needs a senator independent of both major parties while calling for lower healthcare costs and more humane immigration enforcement in a new interview with Montana Public Radio.…