Despite a strong final debate performance, independent Jana Kemp is pulling only about 6% of the vote statewide in early returns. Kemp is a former one-term state legislator who has traveled the state, speaking to various groups in support of her campaign for governor. She […]

Libertarian-turned-Republican Ed Thompson is trailing incumbent State Senator Kathleen Vinehout by about 200 votes with 92% of precints reporting. With 144 of 156 precincts fully reported, Thompson has 27,672 votes to Vinehout’s 27,894 votes. For those who don’t remember, Thompson is the brother of former Wisconsin governor […]

After taking a big early lead in Maine’s gubernatorial race, Eliot Cutler has fallen behind Republican Paul LePage by about 1,500 votes with 67% of the state reporting. It seems that LePage’s strongest showings were in the rural interior counties of the state, which take […]

Libertarian candidate Pamela Brown is polling at 6% in California’s Lt. Governor race, with the Democrat leading the Republican by less than a point. Here are the early results, with 18% of the votes counted… Gavin Newsom – DEM – 1,074,035 (45.3%) Abel Maldonado – REP […]

Green Party gubernatorial candidate Howie Hawkins looks like a lock to secure the 50,000 votes needed to make the Greens a qualified party in New York State. With 60% of the votes counted, Hawkins has just under 40,000 votes. Libertarian candidate Warren Redlich is also […]

Libertarian canndidate John Babiarz hoped to poll 4% in the race for governor in order to ensure that his party secured ballot access for 2012. The party ran some limited television ads in support of his campaign, but at the end of the day he […]

Tennessee state representative, and Speaker of the House, Kent Williams is headed towards winning re-election by a wide margin. Williams was elected to the House in 2006 and re-elected in 2008 as a Republican, but in February 2009 the executive committee of the state Republican […]

It looks like we could have two independent candidates winning governor’s races tonight.  Eliot Cutler is clinging to a lead in Maine and now Lincoln Chaffee, a Republican-turned-independent, is now holding a 2% lead in the race for governor of Rhode Island. Chaffee, a former U.S. […]

Heather Scott, Libertarian candidate for Tennessee State House of Representatives, has fallen well short in her bid. Scott was considered one of the more promising candidates for a legislative seat that the Libertarians had this cycle.  She was an elected County Commissioner and ran an […]

Libertarian-turned-Republican Ed Thompson is locked in a tight battle for Wisonsin State Senate, trailing incumbent Kathleen Vinehout by only 16 votes! With 18 of 156 precincts fully reported, Thompson has 2,128 votes to Vinehout’s 2,144 votes. For those who don’t remember, Thompson is the brother of […]