The Bangor Daily News reports this morning that Maine Green Independent Party chair Lynne Williams has announced plans to run for governor in 2010. In 2002, Green Jonathan Carter won nine percent of the vote for governor; in 2006, Green Pat LaMarche won 10 percent.…
Posts tagged as “Maine”
Former independent US Senatorial candidate says it’s not too late to impeach Bush and Cheney
By paulie on November 19, 2008 1:46 AM
OPEN LETTER TO TOM ALLEN:
IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO DO THE RIGHT THINGDear Tom,
You and I have spoken over the years about a number of different items for your consideration as a Congressman.
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Libertarians elected and re-elected to office
By paulie on November 7, 2008 9:22 PM
From http://www.lp.org/2008-general-election-results/all
Bob Mills Maine Biddeford City Council 301 votes 79.0% reelected
Bruce Reichert Florida Collier County Soil & Water Board Seat 1 ran unopposed
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Independents elected to legislature in South Dakota, Maine, and Vermont
By paulie on November 6, 2008 11:46 PM
Posted at Ballot Access News
Blog posts in the last two days have covered cases in which independent candidates were elected on November 4 to state legislatures in Wisconsin, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.
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Independent running for Maine Senate seat offers invitation, gives instructions on how to write-in his name
By Ross Levin on November 3, 2008 6:51 PM
Excerpts from an email from Herbert Hoffman, an independent running to represent Maine in the US Senate:
INVITATION! I am having an election night gathering at my home in Ogunquit beginning at 7:30 PM.
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A fight between an independent and a Democrat in the Maine race for US Senate
By Ross Levin on November 2, 2008 12:38 PM
A press release from Herbert Hoffman, independent running to represent Maine in the Senate:
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Green Party Watch expands on list of ‘campaigns to watch’
By paulie on October 24, 2008 1:22 PM
Expanding on the list of top campaigns to watch sent out by the Green Party US national office yesterday, Green Party Watch is compiling a larger list of their most active and interesting campaigns.…
Vermont Green Party loses ballot access case
By paulie on October 21, 2008 1:42 PM
Ballot Access News
reports
On October 20, a lower state court ruled that the Vermont Secretary of State was following the law when she disallowed the Green Party’s status as a qualified minor party, back in January 2008.
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Boston Tea Party organizational update
By paulie on October 6, 2008 1:00 PM
New news at the top 6 October 2008 414 members on this site. Wow!
4 October 2008 396 members here, 531 on Facebook. We currently endorse or have nominated 30 candidates on our voter’s guide, including the only branded Libertarian Party candidate we know of in Florida.
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