The IPR writers haven’t been able to keep up with all the news in the third-party/Independent world over the past month or so. In an effort to catch up on some of the activity and news of Libertarian candidates, this article will list many of the pieces I have found on Facebook and other sources.…
Posts tagged as “Michigan”
Michigan Republican Lorence Wenke Quits Over Gay Rights to Run as Libertarian
By Jill Pyeatt on May 1, 2014 11:49 PM
Posted to the Gay Star News
Written by Andrew Potts
April 30, 2014
Lorence Wenke, who spent six years in the Michigan state House of Representatives as a Republican, has announced that he has switched political affiliations to the Libertarian Party and that he intends to run against his former party to try to win a state senate seat.…
Kyle Foster Introduces the Disability Party to Facebook
By Jill Pyeatt on June 30, 2013 11:59 PM
Kyle Foster posted this on the Left-Libertarian Alliance page on Facebook, on June 30, 2013.
If the two major US parties including third parties actually cared about disabled people they would have a disability caucus.
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Libertarian polls 7% in Michigan U.S. Senate race, clearing hurdle to debate participation
By Jordan Willow Evans on October 9, 2012 9:13 PM
Press release from the Boman campaign:
Detroit, MI – If the election for US Senate were held today, Libertarian nominee, Scotty Boman, would get 7% of Michigan’s vote according to a state-wide scientific poll.…
American 3rd Position Chairman Running for Congress in Michigan as Natural Law Party Candidate
By RedPhillips on October 2, 2012 11:52 PM
I received this tip on Facebook:
William Daniel Johnson, A3P Chairman, is running for congress as a Natural Law Party candidate. Michigan is the only state where the Natural Law party is still active.…
Scotty Boman for Senate leads LP Slate in Michigan
By Gene Berkman on September 18, 2012 8:36 PM
The Michigan Republican Party has put real effort into keeping Gary Johnson off the ballot in that state, even as they have downsized their effort to defeat President Obama in Michigan.…
Reason Covers The “Gary E. Johnson” Ballot Substitution in Michigan
By Trent Hill on August 20, 2012 6:07 AM
We have reported previously here at IPR that the Libertarian Party of Michigan and the Gary Johnson for President campaign have considered using a substitution strategy in order to circumvent a sore election law that is being erroneously enforced by the Secretary of State in Michigan.…
Michigan Natural Law Party chooses Rocky Anderson for President
By William Saturn on August 7, 2012 5:51 PM
As Richard Winger reports at Ballot Access News, the Michigan Natural Law Party, one of the remnants of the now defunct national Natural Law Party, has nominated Justice Party nominee, former Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson for president, giving him ballot access in the swing state of Michigan.…
Gary Johnson sues Michigan for spot on ballot
By Austin Battenberg on July 2, 2012 11:24 AM
Libertarian Presidential nominee Gary Johnson is suing Michigan’s Secretary of State for not allowing him to be placed on the ballot in November. The state argues that the sore loser laws don’t allow primary candidates to appear in the general election ballot as a candidate from a different party, even though Johnson filed to withdraw from the GOP primary three minutes after the 4pm December 9th deadline.…