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Jason Carter’s Candidacy Energizes Georgia Democrats

Jason Carter’s Candidacy Energizes Georgia Democrats

Coupled with Michelle Nunn’s candidacy for the U.S. Senate, Jason Carter’s recent decision to challenge Gov. Nathan Deal in next year’s race for governor gives Georgia Democrats plenty of reason to be optimistic about improving their fortunes in a state that hasn’t been too friendly to the […]

by · November 9, 2013 · 1 comment ·
Christie, McAuliffe and NYC’s Bill de Blasio Score Huge Victories; Libertarian Rob Sarvis Garners 146,000 Votes in Hotly-Contested Virginia Race

Christie, McAuliffe and NYC’s Bill de Blasio Score Huge Victories; Libertarian Rob Sarvis Garners 146,000 Votes in Hotly-Contested Virginia Race

Capturing more than 60 percent of the vote, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie earned a second term yesterday by trouncing long-shot Democratic challenger Barbara Buono while Democrat Terry McAuliffe won a closer-than-expected race against Tea Party darling Ken Cuccinelli to win the Virginia governorship.  With […]

by · November 6, 2013 · 4 comments ·
‘Ertel the Turtle’ Provides Inspiration for Buono’s Seemingly Impossible Mission

‘Ertel the Turtle’ Provides Inspiration for Buono’s Seemingly Impossible Mission

Trailing by more than thirty points throughout most of the campaign, New Jersey’s Barbara Buono could turn out to be the “Ertel the Turtle” of contemporary American politics, a little-known challenger who nearly caught the proverbial political hare of the day. Viewed as little more […]

by · November 4, 2013 · 0 comments ·
Time Capsule: ‘Pitchfork Pat’ Bolts GOP, Declares Reform Party Candidacy

Time Capsule: ‘Pitchfork Pat’ Bolts GOP, Declares Reform Party Candidacy

Patrick J. Buchanan, the pugnacious conservative commentator whose insurgent candidacies briefly threatened the GOP’s frontrunners in 1992 and 1996, dropped out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination and announced that he was seeking the Reform Party’s nomination on the last Monday of October […]

by · October 28, 2013 · 3 comments ·
Purple PAC Launches Significant Media Buy for Surging Sarvis

Purple PAC Launches Significant Media Buy for Surging Sarvis

The Purple PAC, a “Super PAC” launched earlier this year, announced this morning that it is making a significant ad buy promoting Libertarian Party candidate Robert Sarvis for governor of Virginia.  The ad will run from Thursday, October 24th, through the end of the election in media outlets across the […]

by · October 24, 2013 · 2 comments ·
Feisty Green Party Candidate Waging Spirited Campaign in Harlem

Feisty Green Party Candidate Waging Spirited Campaign in Harlem

On September 24, Christina González, a Green Party candidate for the open District 7 New York City Council seat in upper Manhattan, was arrested in a Harlem subway station on her way to protest the hiring of former CIA Director and U.S. General David Petraeus by the […]

by · October 21, 2013 · 3 comments ·
The Green Party's Eliot Barron

An All-GOP Runoff; Democrats, Minor-Party Candidates Fare Poorly in Louisiana Special Election

State Sen. Neil Riser and political newcomer Vance M. McAllister, a wealthy entrepreneur from Monroe, emerged from a field of fourteen candidates in yesterday’s special election in Louisiana’s 5th congressional district and will compete in a Nov. 16 runoff to determine which of the two […]

by · October 20, 2013 · 0 comments ·
Candidate’s Wife Makes Heartfelt Appeal for Husband’s Inclusion in Virginia Debate

Candidate’s Wife Makes Heartfelt Appeal for Husband’s Inclusion in Virginia Debate

Dr. Astrid Sarvis, the woman who would be Virginia’s next First Lady, has released a heartfelt video regarding her husband’s arbitrary exclusion from the third and final debate between Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Ken Cuccinelli II.  In her emotional appeal, the soft-spoken and refreshingly […]

by · October 18, 2013 · 3 comments ·
Credico Campaign Releases Series of Humorous, Hard-Hitting Ads

Credico Campaign Releases Series of Humorous, Hard-Hitting Ads

On the verge of the biggest mayoral blowout since 1981 when the late Ed Koch was re-elected by a staggering 750,000 votes, the bored citizens of New York City can now escape the coma-inducing contest between prohibitive favorite Bill de Blasio and his hapless Republican […]

by · October 11, 2013 · 5 comments ·
‘Comeback Charlie’ Leads Rick Scott by 12 Points in Florida

‘Comeback Charlie’ Leads Rick Scott by 12 Points in Florida

Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, a man with more political lives than an adventurous cat, leads Republican incumbent Rick Scott by a dozen percentage points in the latest Public Policy Polling (PPP) survey released yesterday. The white-haired Crist leads the embattled and steadfastly unpopular Scott […]

by · October 2, 2013 · 0 comments ·