October 22, 2026
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Press release at LP.org:
WASHINGTON – With prospects of a Republican takeover of Congress, Libertarian Party (LP) Chair Mark Hinkle posed this question: "In order to balance the budget, where will the GOP pull the plug first: on Granny, or on foreign wars?"…
The Farheen Hakeem for Governor campaign has put out this ad. Hakeem is the Green Party candidate for Governor of Minnesota. Dan Dittmann, also pictured in the ad, is her running mate for Lieutenant Governor.…
Below is an opinion piece by Ian Wilder, my co-blogger at onthewilderside.com -KW
OK, the corporate media keep playing up the face-off between Republican governor candidate Carl Paladino and Democratic governor candidate Andrew Cuomo like it is some kind of WWE event.…
The full decision is posted as a pdf at Ballot Access News: here.
(excerpt from) Newsday
Court ruling a mutual setback for Conservatives, Working Families
by Dan Janison
Two ideological foes — the Conservative Party and Working Families Party — found common ground recently by jointly suing to change one of the aspects of the new voting system.
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H/T “Anonymous Rabble-Rouser” in IPR comments on a previous post:
Michael Prysner of the Party for Socialism and Liberation and Wayne Root of the Libertarian Party debate socialism vs.…
The article comments on both the Green Party’s and the Tea Party’s strategies, although the Tea Party is not an actual political party. It strangely leaves out the Libertarian Party, even though they ARE a party on the ballot in Illinois this year. …
From Montgomery Media (disclosure: I’m a volunteer on Giordano’s campaign):
Hugh Giordano, the independent Green Party candidate in the 194th District is making waves in this election and continues to shock and amaze.
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Matt Reichel is running for Congress in Chicago. He sent the following out to supporters:
It was a breakthrough day for the Illinois Green Party yesterday: all starting with revelations that Gubernatorial candidate, Rich Whitney, was showing up on electronic early voting machines as “Rich Whitey” throughout the city.…
Lynne Williams was running for governor of Maine this year, but dropped out due to new laws that made the race harder on Green candidates. She is now running for state senate. …