Green Party candidate Richard Carroll is running for state representative in District 39 in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Carroll is the only candidate on the ballot because the Democratic candidate has been previously removed, though Carroll still faces two Democratic write-in candidates.…
Independent Political Report
Nader, DailyKos support Barr lawsuit in Texas
By paulie on September 20, 2008 1:17 PM
Miller politics reports
Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader, who also failed to make it on the Texas ballot, has issued a statement on the Barr suit.
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Ralph Nader to hold rallies in West Virginia and Pittsburgh
By Ross Levin on September 20, 2008 12:02 PM
The information provided about these events from the Nader campaign:
Wednesday, September 24th, 2:00pm – Morgantown WV
Nader for President 2008 Rally with Ralph Nader
West Virginia University
Gluck Theater in the Mountain Lair Student Union (University Ave)
Suggested Contribution: $10/$5 student
More information: (504) 319-9312 or [email protected]
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Duke University columnist slams third party candidates
By PJO on September 20, 2008 7:57 AM
In his column for the Duke University Chronicle, Drew Everson takes a caustic look at some third party presidential and vice presidential candidates:
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Barr seeks clemency for Georgia death-row inmate
By PJO on September 20, 2008 7:46 AM
Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr is “seeking clemency for death-row inmate Troy Davis, who is scheduled to die Tuesday for the 1989 murder” of a Savannah, Georgia, police officer, the AP reports.…
Georgia U.S. House candidate runs as Bull Moose
By PJO on September 20, 2008 7:41 AM
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Loren Collins, a write-in candidate for Georgia’s Fourth District U.S. House seat, has declared he is the candidate of a revived Bull Moose Party.…
Barr, Nader register in Michigan poll, but not in South Carolina
By PJO on September 20, 2008 7:36 AM
The Detroit News reports Libertarian Bob Barr and independent Ralph Nader are each polling two percent in Michigan, according to the latest EPIC-MRA poll. In South Carolina, however, the Charleston Post and Courier reports, “It appears that neither Libertarian candidate Bob Barr, who is visiting Charleston on Sept.…
Minnesota U.S. Senate candidates to debate five times
By PJO on September 20, 2008 7:32 AM
The Minnesota U.S. Senate campaigns of Independence Party candidate Dean Barkley, Republican incumbent Norm Coleman, and Democrat Al Franken have agreed to hold five debates before Election Day.…
Mike Gravel and Ralph Nader endorse candidate for Congress in PA
By Ross Levin on September 20, 2008 12:18 AM
Independent candidate for US Congress John Murphy, running in Pennsylvania’s 16th District, has been endorsed by both former Senator Mike Gravel and independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader.Â…