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Editorial: Serious Candidates Must Pass the Politics1 Test

Editorial: Serious Candidates Must Pass the Politics1 Test

You’re a ‘Regular Joe’ running for public office and you demand to be heard! You keep emailing me announcements that you’ve appointed a new webmaster for your campaign. And you’re angry you weren’t included in a debate or a poll. But I’ve never actually heard of you before. Or if I have, I don’t really know that much about you…

by · June 23, 2010 · 1 comment ·
Investigative Journalist Hopes to Unseat John McCain

Investigative Journalist Hopes to Unseat John McCain

Arizona has always liked a fighter and it may have found one in crusading investigative journalist John Dougherty…

by · June 22, 2010 · 6 comments ·
Former Socialist Brian Moore Running for Governor of Florida as a Democrat

Former Socialist Brian Moore Running for Governor of Florida as a Democrat

Brian Moore, the Socialist Party’s 2008 candidate for President, has filed to run for Governor of Florida as a Democrat. Moore has sought statewide office in Florida before, running as a “No Party” candidate for U.S. Senate in 2006. He’s also made several runs for Congress in South Florida, both as an independent and also as a Democrat…

by · June 18, 2010 · 1 comment ·
Oddball Spotlight: Daniel Imperato

Oddball Spotlight: Daniel Imperato

Daniel Imperato has filed to run for Governor of Florida as a candidate with No Party Affiliation. Some may remember him from his hilariously offbeat campaign for President in 2008. He was, at various stages, claiming to seek the nomination of the Libertarian, Green, Constitution and Reform parties. Eventually he decided he was an independent candidate, but he never actually got on the ballot in any state…

by · June 17, 2010 · 9 comments ·
Florida Tea Party’s Peg Dunmire ‘Running to Win’

Florida Tea Party’s Peg Dunmire ‘Running to Win’

While panicked Republicans in Florida’s 8th congressional district worry that her third-party candidacy could derail their hopes of unseating combative and colorful freshman Democratic U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson in November, the TEA Party’s Peg Dunmire…

by · June 17, 2010 · 5 comments ·
Gov. Brewer Fends Off Republican Rivals in Arizona

Gov. Brewer Fends Off Republican Rivals in Arizona

Gov. Jan Brewer, who enjoyed a spectacular surge in popularity after signing Arizona’s controversial immigration law on April 23, is facing three primary challengers in the state’s August 24 primary…

by · June 16, 2010 · 0 comments ·
An Overlooked and Possibly Stunning Upset in California Primary

An Overlooked and Possibly Stunning Upset in California Primary

Given the national media’s extensive coverage of Alvin Greene’s mysteriously unexpected primary victory in last Tuesday’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary in South Carolina, few observers seem to have noticed what might have been the most impressive victory by a dark-horse candidate in the 2010 primary season…

by · June 15, 2010 · 1 comment ·
‘Outsider’ Peter Schiff Polling 13% in Connecticut

‘Outsider’ Peter Schiff Polling 13% in Connecticut

Peter Schiff, president of Euro Pacific Capital and economic advisor to Ron Paul’s 2008 presidential campaign, is the preferred choice of thirteen percent of likely Republican voters in Connecticut‘s U.S. Senate primary…

by · June 14, 2010 · 11 comments ·
Jonathan Narcisse is Running Uphill in Iowa

Jonathan Narcisse is Running Uphill in Iowa

Running as an independent is Jonathan Narcisse — a newspaper publisher, former member of the Des Moines School Board and former Democratic activist. Narcisse announced earlier this year that he would challenge Governor Culver in the Democratic primary — and if he lost, turn around and run as an independent. A few months later, Narcisse announced that he would forego the primary campaign…

by · June 13, 2010 · 0 comments ·
The Back of the Pack: Who is Fred Karger?

The Back of the Pack: Who is Fred Karger?

It seems that former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum is still mulling a long-shot bid for President in 2012. Earlier this week he addressed the Pennsylvania Republican State Committee and talked about his landslide defeat in 2006, when he lost his Senate seat to Bob Casey. […]

by · June 13, 2010 · 3 comments ·