Third Party Watch

It sounds like the Green Party’s Maine gubernatorial candidate Pat LaMarche may have the most cash on hand, at the moment anyway. At least that’s according to this story on the recent campaign finance report filings which states that she’s received $200,000 in clean elections financing and has yet to tap into it yet.

Democratic [...]

I know this guy is a bit of a kook, to put it mildly, but I was still wondering what people who read this site think of the idea of moving the U.S. to a parliamentary system of government?

The nation’s current system all but guarantees appointed bureaucrats will run most of government, lobbyists will have [...]

A short story about the LPNY convention that nominated Bill Weld for governor, from the Times Herald-Record…

Don Silberger didn’t really want to be governor. He’s 76 and fond of flip-flops and suspenders, not the power suits of Albany. Plus, he likes his job as a math professor at SUNY New Paltz.

But he didn’t want his [...]

A new anti-war “concept ad” from the Phillies for President campaign…

http://www.phillies2008.org/videoads.htm

Every once in a while I like to cover an international story, particularly when it’s a party with a US counterpart… like the Greens. In fact, yesterday was a very good day for the Green Party in the United Kingdom as they made some substantial gains in yesterday’s national round of local elections.

From the [...]

Independent gubernatorial candidate Carole Keeton Strayhorn is making a push to “fast track” certification of her petition signatures. One of the main issues seems to be the credibility gained by being able to assure that she will appear on the ballot to her donors, volunteers, and media outlets.

From the Star-Telegram…

Lawyers for Comptroller Carole Keeton [...]

Ballot Access News reports…

—> The South Carolina Labor Party has decided to save the signatures they’ve collected and use them to qualify for ballot status in 2008 instead of 2006.

—> Illinois State Senator James Meeks has been floating the idea of forming a new party and running for governor, however he hasn’t announced a final [...]

The chairman of the Oregon Constitution Party has just distributed this statement…

The Constitution Party of Oregon, as a state-level, political entity, has voluntarily been in affiliation with the nationally organized Constitution Party since the year 2000 AD. We have shared common ground on matters of platform, candidates, and projects. Restoring liberty to the [...]

Kind of an interesting little publicity stunt coming from the Loretta Nall for Alabama Governor campaign…

The official press release:

Thanks to political columnist Bob Ingram, Loretta Nall is best known lately for two things—both of them on her chest. “In 55 years of political writing,” Ingram noted in a recent column about a photo of Nall, [...]

From Ballot Access News…

On April 29, Rasmussen Polls released a Pennsylvania gubernatorial poll, showing incumbent Democratic Governor Ed Rendell at 40%, Lynn Swann (Republican nominee, former football star) at 36%, independent Russ Diamond at 16%.

State Senator Ben Westlund, an independent candidate for governor of Oregon, has now raised more than a half-million dollars for his campaign.

From the email to supporters…

The Westlund campaign for governor is continuing to show momentum as contributions top half a million dollars! We have had 80 individuals donate via the internet, totaling $9,920. Over 870 [...]

It appears that Minuteman founder and former Congressional candidate Jim Gilchrist is giving some consideration to a Presidential bid, likely as the nominee of the Constitution Party. From WorldNetDaily…

Jim Gilchrist, founder of the Minuteman Project, is considering a run for president in 2008 representing the Constitution Party.

Gilchrist has just returned from Florida where he [...]