Symbolizing the growing gap between conservative activists embodied in the tea party movement and mainstream Republicans nationally, comes word of a fledgling write-in effort being mounted on behalf of Sam Rohrer…
With the California primary coming up on Tuesday, the staggering multi-million dollar air war between Republican gubernatorial hopefuls Meg Whitman and Steve Poizner continues. I previously wrote about a slate of Poizner ads that pounded Whitman…
Sean Swain is probably the most extreme left-wing candidate for public office you’ve never heard of. And no, he’s not a Democrat. In fact, he might have more in common with opponents of big government, insofar as he advocates the destruction of all government, that is. Swain is running for governor of Ohio from his prison cell in Toledo as an anarchist write-in candidate under the banner of the Zapatista Party…
Sharron Angle, a former state legislator who was lagging far behind in the polls only six weeks ago, has suddenly surged into the lead against her two major rivals in Tuesday’s crowded Republican U.S. Senate primary…
Ralph Nader, running on the Green Party ticket, announced ten years ago this week that Native American activist Winona LaDuke would again be his vice-presidential running mate. During the 1996 campaign, LaDuke, who is best known for her activism on American Indians’ economic and environmental […]
That old adage may never be truer than in the case of the once-invincible Charlie Rangel, the colorful New York legislator who suddenly finds himself in a situation similar to the legendary congressman he ousted forty years ago. Not surprisingly, the embattled Harlem lawmaker who stepped down as chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee earlier this year…
Lawton “Bud” Chiles, the son of the late governor and senator, announced Thursday he is running for governor of Florida with no party affiliation. Chiles said as an independent, he’ll take no money from political parties, political action committees or “big corporations.”
While much of the attention in next Tuesday’s California primary has been focused on the Republican governor’s race — an absurdly expensive contest in which billionaire Meg Whitman, the former eBay CEO, has opened a seemingly insurmountable double-digit lead against state insurance commissioner and ex-Silicon […]
Voters will head to the polls today in Alabama to vote on party nominees for Governor, U.S. Senate, Congress and a host of other offices. In the crowded GOP primary for Governor, with five main candidates struggling to win votes, it’s expected that a July run-off will be needed…
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