Independent Political Report

Cynthia McKinney: Hinting at a run for Congress

By Kimberly Wilder on April 8, 2009 10:28 AM

Cynthia McKinney was the 2008 Green Party candidate for President of the United States. Cynthia McKinney has also supported other third party movements such as the Reconstruction Party.…

Conservative Party willing to shut down to help Lonegan win GOP primary; national party chairman slams NJ group

By on April 7, 2009 8:36 PM

By Wally Edge in Politickernj.com. Emailed to [email protected] by at least two sources. Reposted to IPR by Paulie.

The New Jersey Conservative Party State Chairman is urging voters who have registered as members of his party to change their party affiliation to Republican so they can vote for Steve Lonegan for Governor.…

Knapp 2012 tentative campaign calendar

By on April 7, 2009 8:31 PM

Posted at Kn@ppster and emailed to [email protected]. Reposted to IPR by Paulie.

The campaign calendar is starting to come together a bit. Here are some places I expect to be — and hope to meet you — over the course of the next year or so.…

Election open thread

By Ross Levin on April 7, 2009 7:02 PM

If you have any news about the elections tonight or the results, this is the place to post them. Hopefully I will be able to liveblog some of it tonight. …

Socialist Party USA’s VP Candidate Defends Socialism

By Morgan Brykein on April 7, 2009 4:01 PM

Stewart Alexander, the Socialist Party USA Vice Presidential nominee in 2008, appeared on the Fox News show “Bulls and Bears” to try and defend socialism. He claimed that “capitalism is a complete failure,” and was met with resistence from the panel, which countered with facts and statistics.…

Libertarian Party of California Opposes All Ballot Propositions, Except One

By Morgan Brykein on April 7, 2009 1:39 PM

The Libertarian Party of California announced today that it opposes five of the six of the Propositions on the ballot for the May 19th special election.…

Michael Hampton: Why Glen Jacobs is Inevitable

By Susan Hogarth on April 7, 2009 12:40 PM

Over at Homeland Stupidity, Michael Hampton writes about Glen Jacobs’ (aka ‘Kane’) recent speech at the NH Liberty Forum last month. He includes a video of the talk.…

Election day for the Green Party!

By Kimberly Wilder on April 7, 2009 6:49 AM

Today, Tuesday, April 7th, 2009, is election day for some Green Party candidates around the country.

In Illinois, there will be 20 Green Party candidates on the ballot.…

Green Party (GP-US) National Committe vote update

By Kimberly Wilder on April 7, 2009 6:45 AM

This story is based on a report at Green Party Watch.

The Green Party of the United State National Committee, which includes representatives from the affiliated states and caucuses, recently finished a round of voting which passed some important resolutions.…