Former New England Patriot and sports broadcaster Craig James is headed for near certain defeat in tonight’s Texas Republican primary for U.S. Senate. The conservative athlete-turned-real estate developer never caught fire in his bid to replace retiring Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison. Recent polls have shown […]
Sen. J. William Fulbright, who helped to rally opposition to the war in Vietnam from his powerful perch on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was overwhelmingly defeated in a bid for a sixth consecutive term in the U.S. Senate on this day in 1974. Fulbright, […]
U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, the conservative, guitar-playing Michigan congressman who briefly sought the Republican presidential nomination before withdrawing from the race last September, may suddenly find his congressional career in jeopardy. McCotter, who dropped out of the GOP presidential sweepstakes after a disastrous showing in […]
According to The Marietta Daily Journal, Brett Bittner has been (essentially) elected without opposition for a seat on the Board of Education in Marietta, Georgia. Bittner is the executive director of the Libertarian Party of Georgia. A special election for the office was triggered when […]
Barbara Howe, former Libertarian Party state chair and current gubernatorial candidate in North Carolina, registered the support of 7% of respondents in SurveyUSA’s latest poll of 606 registered voters. Howe was the party’s nominee for governor in 2000 and 2004, winning about 1.5% in each […]
A new poll out from Public Policy Polling shows former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson, the Libertarian nominee for President, with 9% of the vote in Arizona. This follows other PPP surveys that have shown Johnson polling similarly well — high single digits — in […]
President Obama had a rough night this evening with Democratic primaries held in Arkansas and Kentucky. Despite being the only candidate named on the ballot in Kentucky, the President has failed to secure a resounding victory. With almost all votes counted, more than 42% of […]
A new SuperPAC has been formed to support independent candidates around the country, including Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher’s for San Diego mayor and Chad Condit’s bid for Congress. The group, named icPurple, presents itself as the first SuperPAC dedicated to the promotion of centrist and moderate […]
Voters in Arkansas and Kentucky are heading to the polls today to vote in state elections and Presidential primaries. On the Republican side, Mitt Romney is expected to amass large wins over 2 opponents who have suspended their campaigns and a third, Congressman Ron Paul, […]
Maverick Mayor Peter F. Flaherty of Pittsburgh narrowly squeaked by Herbert S. Denenberg to win the Democratic nomination for the right to face popular Republican Sen. Richard Schweiker in the general election on this day in 1974. Campaigning as “Nobody’s Boy,” the 49-year-old Flaherty defeated […]
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