June 8, 2026
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Kevin Zeese, who ran for US Senate from Maryland in 2006, has written a piece at Op Ed News asking this very question.
The headline calls Zeese a fusion candidate because he tried to run for Senate as the nominee of the Green, Libertarian and Populist parties, only to see the state legislature outlaw fusion, leaving him to run as a Green Party nominee only.…
Rick Lass, a Green in New Mexico, has announced that he is in the running for a seat on that state’s Public Regulation Commission. According to an article by the Associated Press, Lass will have to gather about 1400 signatures in the next two weeks to secure a spot on the ballot.…
Libertarian Nathan Larson will be running for Congress in Virginia’s 1st district. He has been endorsed by his district party and certified for the November election, where he will face incumbent Republican Rob Wittman and Democratic challenger Keith Hummel.…
Oregon’s Portland Tribune surveys the third-party field in the state’s open-seat Fifth U.S. House district race:
“The Libertarian Party nominated Steve Milligan, operations manager for an herbal manufacturer.…
The mainstream media rarely give third-party and independent candidates a fair shake — hence the need for sites like IPR and Third Party Watch. But the new media — the online media — is supposed to give candidates and parties the coverage they deserve.…
When Republicans and Democrats need professionally prepared video, they have any number of companies they can turn to. In more local races these candidates may have to turn to volunteers to create this sort of video.…
According to Ballot Access News, Libertarian Party National Chairman Bill Redpath has submitted petitions with 16,000 signatures to run for U.S. Senate in Virgina. Ten thousand valid signatures are required to appear on the Virginia ballot.…
Richard Winger reports that four Greens have been removed from the November ballot by the State of Illinois. Ballot Access News They are Iain Abernathy in the 8th district, David Kalbfleisch in the 10th district, Robert Hill in the 14th district, and Troy Dennis in the 17th district.…
The following is posted at McKinney’s campaign website.
Statement by Cynthia McKinney,
Power to the People Candidate for U.S. President, on the nomination of Barack Obama as the Democratic Party’s Presidential Candidate in 2008
(statement issued June 9, 2008)
On Saturday, June 7, 2008, Hillary Clinton announced that her 2008 presidential bid is over, making Barack Obama the first-ever Black presidential nominee of a major party in the history of the United States.…