Source: Green Party Watch

Green-Rainbow member Gail Garrett won a seat on the Mount Washington Select Board yesterday, 52-44. Mount Washington is one of the smallest towns in the state with 147 residents. See this story from the Berkshire Eagle.

Source: Independent Political Report

The New American magazine, published by The John Birch Society, has a profile of former Governor Gary Johnson on its website @ www.thenewamerican.com. Jack Kenny writes that

“The man known as “Governor Veto” will take his case for smaller, less intrusive, constitutional government to the voters as the U.S. Libertarian Party nominee for Read more »

Source: Independent Political Report

Antiwar is the Health of the Anti-State Movement

This was a nomination speech for R. Lee Wrights at the Libertarian National Convention this past weekend.

Less Antman is a long-time activist for the Libertarian party and for the cause of peace. He lives in San Diego County, California, and is a CPA. Read more »

Source: Independent Political Report

Angus King is, by all accounts, doing well in his Independent run to claim the open U.S. Senate seat in Maine formerly held by Republican Olympia Snow. Polling shows him way ahead and most people expect him to win the seat, barring a major campaign blunder in the coming months. Now the New York Times is taking notice of King too and predicting that he could play a major role in the future of the U.S. Senate. Read more »

Source: Independent Political Report

An alternative candidate debate was held for presidential candidates of various liberal or socialist third parties on April 21st, 2012. The debate was hosted by the Maggie Phair Institute in Los Angeles, California. A video blogger, Jeff4Justice, was able to interview many of the candidates, including: Jill Stein, Roseanne Barr, and Rocky Anderson. Read more »

Source: Independent Political Report

In These Times has published a rather lengthy profile of the Progressive Party of Vermont which is overwhelmingly positive. The profile covers the party’s origins, multiple election and legislative victories, and the party’s strength in particular areas.

One state where left-leaning voters do have greater choice today – and their own political voice – is Vermont. Thanks to several decades of persistent organizing, the Read more »

Source: Independent Political Report

Bob Barr penned an article for The Daily Caller recently which lauds the Libertarian Party for selecting former two-term Governor Gary Johnson as its nominee.

At its national convention in Las Vegas over the weekend, the Libertarian Party chose its standard bearers for the upcoming presidential election. The selection of former Republican New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson as its presidential nominee, and former Read more »

Source: Libertarian Party (LP.org)

Seven videos made the finals of our first Libertarian Solutions Contest. These videos present ways of shrinking Big Government – thus expanding liberty – that make life better for Americans. Or they answer the question: Why Vote Libertarian?

These contestants were on display at our nominating convention last weekend in Las Vegas. However due to the fact that elections ran overtime, we didn’t have time to show Read more »

Source: Independent Political Report

It is now accepted as highly unlikely that he would run third party–but should he do so, Ron Paul could score 13% in a three way race, or so says Rasmussen Reports.

Texas Congressman Ron Paul appears more interested in influencing the direction of the Republican Party than in running as an independent presidential candidate. But perhaps Democrats should be careful what they wish for: Even if Mitt Romney’s Read more »