August 12, 2022
Covering Third Parties and Independent Candidates Since 2008
Following his recent break with the Biden administration over the Build Back Better “social infrastructure” package, some are wondering where West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin goes next.
He’s popular in his heavily Republican home state, but deeply unpopular with the national base of his own party.… Read more ...
Max Linn, a colorful figure who sought elected office from a variety of different parties over the years, has died of an apparent heart attack in Maine.
Linn is likely best known to IPR readers from his 2006 campaign for governor of Florida on the Reform Party ballot line.… Read more ...
With former president Donald Trump backing a GOP primary challenge to the incumbent, new polling today shows Massachusetts governor Charlie Baker’s most viable path to a third term appears to be running as an independent.
According to the survey from Northwind Strategies, Baker is viewed favorably by only 23 percent of Republican general election voters and unfavorably by 68 percent.… Read more ...
The following is an open letter from former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang, who has been rumored to be on the verge of launching a new political party:
I changed my voting registration from ‘Democrat’ to ‘Independent’ today. It was a strangely emotional experience.… Read more ...
