Sent by Joey Dauben to [email protected]:
I am one signature away from filing the official paperwork for the candidacy of Barry Cooper (of Never Get Busted fame) for the office of Texas Attorney General.
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Posts tagged as “Texas”
Ballot Access News state legislative roundup
By paulie on January 11, 2009 5:29 PM
Original posts at Ballot Access News by Richard Winger.
Texas Bill Would Create Even Earlier Petition Deadlines
Texas Representative Robert Alonzo (D-Dallas) has introduced HB 246.
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Green Party’s Bill Holloway passes away
By paulie on January 11, 2009 4:56 PM
Posted at Green Party Watch by Ronald Hardy:
Texas Green Bill Holloway passed away this week. He was the co-chair of the Travis County Green Party, and involved with both the Texas Green Party and GPUS.…
Libertarian Party of Texas press release on new Executive Director
By paulie on January 7, 2009 12:37 PM
Posted at LPTexas.org and emailed to [email protected] by Arthur DiBianca:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Libertarians Announce New Executive Director
Butler takes over for Benedict
AUSTIN – January 5, 2009 – The Libertarian Party of Texas (LPT) has announced that Robert Butler is replacing Wes Benedict as its executive director.…
Wes Benedict resigns as executive director of Libertarian Party of Texas; Robert Butler hired to replace him
By paulie on January 2, 2009 8:41 AM
H/T Joey Dauben via [email protected]
From an email sent by Wes Benedict to Texas Libertarians on December 31:
“Texas Friend of Liberty:
This email goes out to about 5,000 people.…
John Spivey assesses Libertarian Party progress and prospects
By paulie on December 28, 2008 11:16 AM
By John Spivey at the Whited Sepulchre:
As Chair of a County Libertarian Party, I’ve seen tremendous gains in our local libertarian scene. We’ve gone from 6 members meeting every two years to affirm a handful of pre-nominated and non-contested candidates to a group whose grassroots ranks are numbering in the triple digits, alliances with philosophically aligned ‘major’ political party campaigns and supporting candidates who, doggone it, looks like they have a very legitimate chance to win an election to a high office in the county’s largest city (population 700,000-ish)!
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Libertarian Wes Benedict may have helped oust Republican Travis County, Texas commissioner Gerald Daugherty
By paulie on December 23, 2008 12:27 AM
From an article in the Austin American-Statesman by Marty Toohey:
Partly out of frustration over the lack of progress on roads, Daugherty voted in October 2007 for a controversial toll-road plan that included building express lanes on five roads, among them U.S
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John Deeth: Iowa’s alternative parties analyze election outcome
By paulie on December 2, 2008 11:58 AM
Article posted by John Deeth
Only two percent of Iowa voters supported third party presidential candidates this year, but Iowa’s third party activists are more analytical than disappointed when they examine their levels of support.
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Ballot access reform efforts underway in Texas and Pennsylvania
By paulie on November 16, 2008 5:51 AM
Ballot Access News reports on efforts underway in Texas and Pennsylvania not to make ballot access more reasonable.
In Pennsylvania, State House member Eddie Pashinski (D-Wilkes-Barre) has agreed to introduce the Pennsylvania ballot access reform bill in next year’s legislative session.…