In what promises to be a closely-watched, high-stakes U.S. Senate race this fall, former Sen. Bob Kerrey of Nebraska easily won the Democratic nomination for his old job and will square off against Republican Deb Fischer — a surprise come-from-behind winner in the GOP primary […]
Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace, who had stunned the Democratic establishment by polling a whopping 42% of the vote in the crowded March 14 Florida primary and finishing a strong second in the Wisconsin and Pennsylvania primaries the following month, was shot and critically wounded […]
The deadline for a candidate to secure the support required in order to move forward in the Americans Elect nominating process has now passed, with no candidate coming even close to the required threshold. Former Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer made a frantic last minute push, […]
J. B. Stoner, an unapologetic racist whose extreme views were once denounced by segregationist Lester G. Maddox, was convicted for conspiring in the 1958 bombing of the predominantly-black Bethel Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, on this day in 1980. Stoner, who was suspected by prosecutors […]
Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson was interviewed by CNN’s Erin Burnett on Friday, May 11. Watch the 3 minute exchange below. Burnett couldn’t resist asking the silly question of which major party candidate Johnson would vote for if he weren’t running, to which Johnson replies that […]
Jill Stein’s march to the Green Party nomination continued this weekend with big victories at state conventions in Maryland and Delaware. Stein is now the party’s presumptive nominee having captured, by our count, at least 107 of the 201 delegates she would need to secure […]
Presidential candidates Roseanne Barr and Jill Stein faced-off in San Francisco several hours ago, as Greens across California prepare to go to the polls and vote in their primary next month. Joining them on stage as moderator of the forum at the Victoria Theatre was […]
Iconic singer-songwriter Willie Nelson made some waves on Twitter yesterday when he first accepted, then declined the opportunity to serve as Roseanne Barr’s Vice-Presidential running mate. The former sitcom star is seeking the Green Party’s presidential nomination, though she badly trails party activist Jill Stein […]
Like the indefatigable Ron Paul of Texas, Fred Karger — the first openly gay candidate in history to seek the GOP presidential nomination — is still running hard, hoping for a modestly surprising showing in California’s June 5 primary. Karger, who has barely been a footnote […]
Convening in a gilded ballroom in Chicago’s famous Hotel La Salle, more than 400 cheering delegates from thirty-two states enthusiastically nominated nationally-recognized economist Roger W. Babson of Massachusetts for the presidency on this day in 1940. The 65-year-old Babson, who was nominated without opposition, was […]
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