CA SOS Releases Certified List of Candidates; CA LP Sees Opportunity for Write-ins

By Jill Pyeatt on April 8, 2014 9:10 PM

The Secretary of State of California has released the Certified List of Candidates for the June 3 2014 primary election. There are only six Libertarians listed:

Attorney General – Jonathan Jaech
CD 7 – Art Tuma
CD 25 – David Koster Bruce
CD 33 – Mark Matthew Herd
CD 51 – Michael Benoit
AD 8 – Janice Bonser

Here is the document:

Certified List of Candidates for June 3, 2014 Statewide Primary Election

Ted Brown, a long-time activist and former state chairman for the CA LP, has noticed that there are 21 spots in the state with only one person running.…

The Socialist: Interview with Mimi Soltysik

By Jed Ziggler on April 8, 2014 3:01 PM

JEN MCCLELLAN: Mimi Soltysik, you’re running openly as a socialist for State Assembly for the 62nd District of Los Angeles. Why you?

MIMI SOLTYSIK: When we decided locally to do something like this, the “me” part was secondary to the idea.…

Opposition News: Constitution Party Calls Out Fellow Conservatives

By Jed Ziggler on April 8, 2014 2:45 PM

The first sentence from the Constitution Party’s latest announcement illustrates why we at Opposition News have been so impressed with the party lately. “I know many Constitution Party supporters are listening to conservative commentators and are involved in a number of patriotic groups.…

Arkansas Gubernatorial Poll Includes Nominees of Four Parties

By Jed Ziggler on April 8, 2014 2:33 PM

From Ballot Access News:

“This Hendrix College Poll for the Arkansas gubernatorial race included all four parties that are on the Arkansas ballot. The results show that either the Libertarian Party or the Green Party might poll the needed 3% to retain ballot status, depending on which candidates the major parties nominate.…

Tom O’Donnell: L.P.D. – Libertarian Police Department

By Krzysztof Lesiak on April 8, 2014 1:26 PM

MARCH 31, 2014

L.P.D.: LIBERTARIAN POLICE DEPARTMENT

POSTED BY TOM O’DONNELL

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I was shooting heroin and reading “The Fountainhead” in the front seat of my privately owned police cruiser when a call came in.

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North Carolina newspaper reports on Libertarian Party Senate debate

By Krzysztof Lesiak on April 8, 2014 12:28 PM

Carolina Journal News Reports

D’Annunzio: I Would Not Be Spoiler in Senate Race

Libertarian Party Senate hopefuls debate roles of third parties and government

By Dan Way

Apr.

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Daniel Kleeman: Third Parties Getting the Shaft

By Jed Ziggler on April 7, 2014 3:41 PM

The election laws in the state of Illinois are not a topic that is discussed often outside of college courses or political organizations, but their effect on political discourse in Illinois is far-reaching.…