June 12, 2026
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The following press release was sent to IPR from Free and Equal
Free & Equal Elections Coalition
230 E. Ohio St., Ste. 212
Chicago, IL 60611Attn: Politics Editors, Campaign 2008 Editors, National Editor
Third Party Presidential Debate to Take Place on Thursday, October 23rd
Contact: Christina Tobin, 312-320-4101
The Independent/Third Party Presidential Debate to have been held in New York at Columbia University on Sunday Oct.
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UPDATE @ 1706 Central Time
We received another call from Christopher Thrasher, quoted in the story below. There will not be a debate at Columbia University, and he is no longer with Free and Equal.…
Ballot Access News reports
The proposed Baldwin-McKinney-Nader debate that had been planned for Sunday evening, October 19, is very unlikely to happen. It seems that none of the candidates who were originally invited (including Bob Barr, and on a theoretical basis, the major party nominees) had really committed and really wanted to participate.
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From the Modern Whig Party:
MODERN WHIG CHAIRMAN TO BE ON WNYC 93.9 FM
Mike Lebowitz, chairman of the Modern Whig Party, is scheduled to be a guest on “The Takeaway,” a drivetime radio news show hosted by John Hockenberry and Adaora Udoji.
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Trevor Lyman’s http://thirdpartyticket.com has released this new video. ThirdPartyTicket now has over 30,00 visitors and almost 7,500 pledges out of 10,000 needed to stage a more inclusive Presidential debate in New York City.…
The New York Times reports that “after months of speculation about his political future, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg plans to announce on Thursday morning that he will seek a third term as mayor, according to three people who have been told of his plans.”…
Independent candidate Ralph Nader has endorsed Trevor Lyman’s proposed alternative debate, joining Constitution Party candidate Chuck Baldwin:
Trevor Lyman is the man who organized the Ron Paul money bombs.
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Bob Barr blog reports that video of the Reason magazine counter-debate with Libertarian Party presidential nominee Bob Barr is now available:
In other Barr news, the blog has video of the candidate on the Fox program Your World with Neil Cavuto:
Barr has five campaign stops in the Charleston, SC area today, and has been given credit by the American Spectator, Politico Gamedayand the New York Times for helping to stop the Wall Street bailout.…
21 September 2008 Here: 329 members. Facebook: 461. Today we received the final vote to make the national committee unanimous. We now have a state affiliate in Kansas.…