Tom Ervin, an independent candidate for governor of South Carolina, announced that he is dropping out of the race and throwing his support behind Democratic nominee Vincent Sheheen. In making his surprise announcement earlier this afternoon, the wealthy Greenville attorney and radio station owner, accompanied […]
Zepyhr Teachout, the law professor who mounted a long-shot primary challenge to Democratic governor Andrew Cuomo, won’t endorse in the general election. Teachout’s 34% showing against Cuomo underlined the governor’s continued problems with his liberal base. “I’m not going to endorse,” Teachout said on NY1. […]
State representative Brett Hulsey is launching an Independent write-in campaign for Wisconsin governor with less than 2 weeks to go before the election. The Madison-area representative filed his candidacy with the state’s Government Accountability Board at the end of last week. He is not seeking […]
Independent Greg Orman still holds a five-point lead over incumbent Republican Pat Roberts in Kansas’ unexpectedly competitive U.S. Senate race. The latest Rasmussen poll of Likely Kansas Voters shows Orman with 49% support to Roberts’ 44%. Other recent polls have also shown Orman leading, though […]
The Bangor Daily News, Maine’s most-read newspaper, has again endorsed Independent Eliot Cutler for governor. The paper first backed Cutler during his 2010 bid. The editorial urged voters not to fall into the trap of the wasted vote syndrome, stressing that it is not a […]
Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin has endorsed Bill Walker’s “unity ticket” over her own former lieutenant governor. The incumbent Republican Governor, Sean Parnell, first took office in 2009 when Palin resigned before her term had expired. He then won a full term on his own […]
Dr. Steve Shogan, an independent candidate for U.S. Senate in Colorado, is polling at 8% in the latest Quinnipiac survey. Shogan is a neurosurgeon and attorney. He served on the Colorado Boxing Commission from 2001 to 2013. He has been actively campaigning for the Senate, […]
Michigan Congressman Kerry Bentivolio was defeated by attorney David Trott in a Republican primary landslide back in August, but he’s not hanging it up just yet. The one-term Bentivolio, who was elected in 2012 after Congressman Thad McCotter failed to submit enough valid signatures to […]
I remember when I first became interested in the Libertarian Party, back in the early 1990s. The LP had just elected four members to the New Hampshire state house. Representatives Andy Borsa, Don Gorman, Finlay Rothaus and Cal Warburton formed an officially recognized Libertarian Caucus, […]
Dr. Doug Butzier, the Libertarian Party’s nominee for U.S. Senate in Iowa, died earlier today while piloting a small plane. The Dubuque Sheriff’s Office has said that the plane crashed while approaching the Dubuque Regional Airport. Weather may have been a factor in the accident […]
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