April 8, 2026
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Laureen Oliver helped to found the New York Independence Party, and was recently honored at one of the party’s events last week.
Laureen Oliver, who helped found the state’s Independence Party and was its first chair, was honored by the party last week and unanimously named its first chairman emeritus.
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Keyes made an appearance at a fundraiser recently where he warned that because of Obama’s policies the “U.S. will cease to exist”. In 2008 Keyes briefly ran a campaign for President, first seeking the Republican nomination, then attempting to get the Constitution Party nomination, and then finally running a the candidate of his own, new, party, America’s Independent Party.…
Michael Bloomberg, now possibly without a party line, is trying desperately to secure three party lines, the Republican, Working Families, and Independence Party lines, for his next run for Mayor of New York City.…
From the Bayou Buzz (h/t to Daily Kos):
Congressman Joseph “Anh”Cao, a Republican, who defeated William “Bill” Jefferson [and Malik Rahim – Ross] is facing a recall petition because of his vote on the Barack Obama stimulus package.…
Walter Hickel was elected in 1990 to the office of the Governor in Alaska as a member of the Alaskan Independence Party. In the last two decades, he’s one of only four non-major party candidates to be elected to the office of Governor in the United States.…
One of the two “Independents” in the US Senate is Bernie Sanders of Vermont, a sell-proclaimed socialist who once had very close ties to the Vermont Progressive Party.…
The only Green Party state legislator in the country, Rep. Green Carroll of Arkansas, has introduced a bill into his legislature to expand religious freedom to athiests.…
The Indiana Libertarian Party had an amazing showing in 2008, especially by Dr. Eric Schansberg and Andrew Horning, for District 9 House and Governor respectively. 2009 is looking to be just as profitable for the Indiana LP, as City-County Councilman Ed Coleman announced yesterday in a press conference that he had left the GOP in order to join the LP.…
GreenPartyWatch has the latest on the non-partisan primaries that were held yesterday in Wisconsin, in which the Green Party had a number of candidates.
Wisconsin’s non-partisan Spring primaries led to three Greens advancing to the April 7 general election and two being defeated.
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