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My presidential vote total predictions

I am heading out of town for a while, so I figured I’d go ahead and give my guess about the vote totals for alternative party presidential candidates to leave you with something to talk about.…

Libertarian Jones running for Montana governor

Montana’s Missoulian reports on Libertarian Stan Jones‘s third run for governor of that state. Jones has also run twice for U.S. Senate, and “usually draws 7,500 to 10,500 votes in general elections, good for 2 percent to 3 percent of the total, after raising little or no money.”…

Minnesota Public Radio profiles alternative U.S. Senate hopefuls

Minnesota Public Radio broadcast profiles of Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate Charles Aldrich and Constitution Party candidate James Niemackl:

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America First Party endorses both Barr and Baldwin

The America First Party’s National Committee has “voted to encourage voters to vote for either Bob Barr, of the Libertarian Party, or Chuck Baldwin, of the Constitution Party,” the party announced.…