The Modern Whig Party says it now has 3,000 members and is growing. An IPR reader reports that the Modern Whigs will be featured in an upcoming issue of the Military Times newspaper.…
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Barkley: Ventura will run for Senate ‘if he feels like it’
By PJO on June 13, 2008 2:15 AM
Following up on his earlier Minnesota Post report, Doug Grow says ex-Sen. Dean Barkley won “that big Wednesday golf match” against ex-Gov. Jesse Ventura. “If you’ll recall,” Grow writes, “the winner of the match supposedly would NOT run for Senate as an Independent candidate against Republican Norm Coleman and DFLer Al Franken.…
Kansas Reform Party hopes to nominate Chuck Baldwin
By Trent Hill on June 12, 2008 8:50 PM
Richard Winger reports that the Kansas Reform Party is likely to offer the Baldwin campaign their ballot line, but it seems unclear wether they will be allowed to.…
America First Party supports Matthis Chiroux
By Fred Church Ortiz on June 12, 2008 6:24 PM
Press release from the America First Party on Sergeant Matthis Chiroux’s decision to refuse deployment to Iraq:
Soldier’s Objection to Iraq Deployment Shows Honor and Grit
Boulder, CO – Boulder, CO – Soldiers who object to the Iraq war on constitutional grounds, and yet are ordered to deploy there, are quickly confronted with the reality that being true to their conscience could lead to their arrest, imprisonment, and dishonorable discharge.…
In the year 2000…
By PJO on June 12, 2008 2:14 PM
Here’s a blast from the past: interviews I did with Libertarian Harry Browne and Natural Law Party candidate John Hagelin from September and October 2000, respectively.…
Ventura, Barkley to meet today on golf course
By PJO on June 11, 2008 7:27 AM
Doug Grow of the Minnesota Post writes that Minnesota ex-Gov. Jesse Ventura and ex-interim senator Dean Barkley are scheduled to play a round of golf today, and “Barkley wants this to be a high-stakes game.”…
Bob Barr, Ralph Nader dominate online coverage of alternative candidates
By Administrative Team on June 11, 2008 12:47 AM
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.…
John Frohnmayer withdraws from Senate race
By Trent Hill on June 10, 2008 5:29 PM
John Frohnmayer, who was running as the nominee of the Independent Party of Oregon for the upcoming U.S. Senate election in Oregon, withdrew from the race today.…
Barack Obama to make history as third-party candidate?
By Administrative Team on June 8, 2008 9:29 AM
The state of South Carolina utilizes “fusion” for all offices. This allows the same candidate to be listed as the nominee for multiple parties, with the resulting votes totaled into one sum.…