Highlights from the Early October Campaign Update from Ken Moellman, Libertarian for Kentucky Treasurer:
* The campaign has been all over the state, and the message is always well received.
* Last month, we told you about a poll conducted by PPP (Public Policy Polling), showing Ken at 16%! That’s absolutely huge, in a three-way race.… Read more ...
Kentucky GOP Chair threatens Republican primary candidates
Even as Texas Governor and Republican Governors Association Chair Rick Perry encouraged Republican unity in the Kentucky gubernatorial race, saying that “there are those out there who will say 2010 was a fluke” and that Kentucky Republicans need to “send a strong message across this country that 2010 was real,” the Chair of the Kentucky GOP began threatening Tea Party-backed Republican candidates.… Read more ...
Friday, Rachel Hawkridge announced her resignation from the Libertarian National Committee and the Libertarian Party. Ms. Hawkridge did not appear at the LNC’s April meeting in Washington, D.C. She last attended the organization’s November meeting in New Orleans.
Ms. Hawkridge had also been serving as Chair of the Libertarian State Leadership Alliance (LSLA).… Read more ...
By Mary Ruwart at Liberty for All. Republished with permission from Liberty for All publisher Lee Wrights.
by Mary J. Ruwart, LNC At-large
Dear Colleagues,
I am writing to you in my capacity as an At-Large Representative of the Libertarian National Committee (LNC), which is in receipt of your resolutions concerning Mr.… Read more ...
From Ballot Access News:
At the November 2, 2010 election, the Arkansas Treasurer’s race had only two candidates on the ballot, Democrat Martha Shoffner, and Green Party nominee Bobby Tullis. Tullis polled over 40% of the vote in thirteen counties. His highest percentages were in Baxter County (45.01%) and Howard County (46.57%).… Read more ...
Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com:
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. While the tidal wave of Republican enthusiasm has swept the GOP back into power, they weren’t the only party to make significant gains on Tuesday, states the Libertarian Party of Ohio’s Political Director Michael Johnston.… Read more ...
Illinois Treasurer Candidate Scott Summers made headlines on Wednesday in the Daily Herald, a newspaper centered on the suburbs of Chicago. He is the nominated candidate for the Green Party, which made Major Party status in 2006.
In it, Summers makes suggestions about trimming education costs.
… Read more ...A former McHenry County College trustee, now a Green Party candidate for Illinois treasurer, has proposed eliminating two of the state’s three public law schools to save cash.
James Oaksun for
LNC Treasurer
PO Box 961
Portland, ME 04104
603.397.3387
To All Friends of Liberty:
Take a look at this chart. Take a good look:
Does this look like a picture of a vibrant, healthy, growing organization?
When I first started writing this statement, I wrote that the Libertarian Party was having a midlife crisis.… Read more ...
I’ve previously listed the LP candidates here, here, here and here. Now, George Donnelly has turned this list into its own website with graphics and continuous updating. George explains:
… Read more ...An Effort to List all LP Candidates
We Libertarians need to know how many candidates we’re fielding for office.
