June 13, 2026
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Two stories out of Salem Ohio appear to indicate that a local independent movement is gaining steam. From Salem News:
SALEM – Republican Mayor Jerry Wolford switched to being an Independent candidate for mayor for the second time in his long political career.
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Kevin Knedler in comments on the previous post:
26 LP state chairs have voted to have a “special LSLA” meeting in Columbus OHio on August 19, Friday.
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Read the full thing at Socialist Webzine:
Supporters of the Dan La Botz, Socialist for Senate campaign of 2010 met in Columbus, Ohio over the weekend to found a new organization and launch a campaign to fight for jobs and public services in Ohio— they also pledged to resist the policies of Republic Governor-elect John Kasich.
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From ToledoBlade.com:
From noon to 3 p.m. Saturday at the church at 2272 Collingwood Blvd., residents can step up to a microphone and air their views about the plant into a video camera.
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by Gary Odom
National Field Director
at constitutionparty.com
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Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch:
Illinois Green Party candidate for Governor Rich Whitney led all Green Party gubernatorial candidates in 2010 in total votes and percentage of the total vote, with 99,625 votes, 2.70% of the vote.…
Video from Ohio Libertarian Travis Irvine for Congress thanking supporters. H/T Kevin Knedler.
Irvine’s campaign was notable for his use of videos. There’s a collection of them on his youtube channel.…
Emailed to [email protected]:
LIBERTARIANS CONTINUE TO GAIN GROUND IN OHIO
Republicans won the 2010 mid-term elections based primarily on a huge resurgence of public interest in Libertarian platforms of smaller government involvement and common sense fiscal conservatism.…
Darcy Richardson at Uncovered Politics:
The Socialist Party’s Dan La Botz has surpassed the 25,000-vote mark in Ohio’s U.S. Senate race. With all but fourteen of Ohio’s 9,910 precincts reporting, the former history and Latin American studies professor and ex-journalist is unofficially garnering 25,311 votes.…