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Constitution Party and Pacific Green Party in Oregon Hold Conventions,...

Jeff Mapes, over at The Oregonian’s political blog, made a comprehensive  post concerning the latest third party events in Oregon. This includes news of the Constitution Party and Pacific Green Party’s...

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Progressive Party of Vermont Runs Gubernatorial Candidate Who Promises To...

Martha Abbott, the chairwoman of the Progressive Party of Vermont, is both running for the office of Governor and planning to drop out. The Burlington Free Press has the story. Martha Abbott is...

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Jerry Wilson: ‘Oh no, electile dysfunction!’

Jerry Wilson at Viva La Revolucion: How embarrassing, the Oregon Progressive Party bosses who invited me to run ten months ago suddenly changed their minds at the filing deadline. Or somebody changed...

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Vermont Progressive Party Chair withdraws from Governor’s Race

Posted at http://www.progressiveparty.org/: Martha Abbott, the Progressive Party nominee for Governor, has declined the nomination, explaining that Progressives have decided not to run in the...

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Libertarian Party Nominees for U.S. House Again Receive Over 1,000,000 Votes

Ballot Access News: Greg Kaza has made an early compilation of the minor party vote for U.S. House in this week’s election. He finds that the Libertarian Party nominees for U.S. House have polled,...

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North Carolina Libertarians ‘Bloody But Unbowed’

Liberty Point: Libertarian candidates consider election defeats a learning experience, prepare for the next election. Although the results of the 2010 election were a disappointment for North...

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R. Lee Wrights: ‘One million American voted Libertarian’

Press release from the Wrights for President exploratory committee emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com: BURNET, Texas (Nov. 9) – The most significant impact of the 2010 elections is neither a mandate for...

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Vermont Progressive Party 2010 Convention, Burlington, November 20

Posted at progressiveparty.org: Join us for our annual Convention on Saturday, November 20th, from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM. We will be meeting at Burlington High School at 52 Institute Road in Burlington....

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A former colleague of the independent Senator asks, ‘What Makes Bernie Speak?’

Read the full thing here. “You have two political parties that are controlled by monied interests,” he argues. “You have a corporate media. When you talk about consolidation, you are talking about oil...

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Green, Libertarian, Constitution Party legislative candidates beat records...

Compiled from Ballot Access News: Indiana Libertarian 2010 Legislative Candidate Set Record Going Back at Least 85 Years On November 2, 2010, Rex Bell, Libertarian nominee for Indiana State House,...

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Vermont Progressives Denounce Walker-Style Bill

Vermont Progressive Party: Kurt Wright Brings Wisconsin Governor’s Attack on Labor to the Green Mountain State Burlington, VT—Burlington Progressive Party Chair Abby Russell today denounced a bill that...

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Bob Kiss Won’t Run For Re-Election As Mayor, Might Run for State Senate

Bob Kiss is the outgoing Mayor of Burlington, Vermont, and one of the most well-known elected officials and members of the Progressive Party of Vermont. Kiss is reportedly not going to seek another...

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Mayor’s Race in Vermont Offers Third Party Intrigue

We recently posted here at IPR that the incumbent Mayor of Burlington, Vermont, a member of the Progressive Party, was not running for re-election. In the aftermath, plenty of challengers have...

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In race for Burlington, VT mayor without a Progressive Party nominee, third...

On VTDigger.org, Greg Guma takes a look at how people and groups ranging from outright independents to Vermont’s independent, democratic socialist, close-with-the-Progressive-Party Senator Bernie...

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Progressive Party of Vermont Organizing Slate of Candidates for 2012

The Progressive Party of Vermont is arguably one of the most successful state-level third parties in the United States, having elected multiple State Senators, State Representatives, etc. Now, the...

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Vermont Progressive Party Chairwoman Files to Run In Gubernatorial Primary

Richard Winger has news of the Progressive Party of Vermont’s Gubernatorial primary in 2012. The Chairwoman of the party has filed to run in the primary and is seen as the most likely victor. Martha...

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Oregon Progressive Party: Canada Shows the Way for Healthcare

  (The following was published yesterday and the Oregon Progressive Party’s website.) by Ralph Nader 21 Ways the Canadian Health Care System is Better than Obamacare Dear America: Costly complexity is...

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Both Progressive Burlington City Councilors Will Seek Reelection

  (The following was posted on the Progressive Party of Vermont’s Facebook page on December 9th.) It’s official – both Progressive Burlington City Councilors up for reelection this March are...

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Progressive Party of Vermont: Selene Colburn to Seek Progressive Nomination...

  (The following was a Press Release published on the Progressive Party of Vermont website.) Submitted by Vermont Progres… on Wed, 2013-12-18 10:56 BURLINGTON – Selene Colburn will seek the...

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Progressive Party of Vermont: Paid Sick Leave Policies Are Good For All

(The following was posted on the Progressive Party of Vermont’s website.) Submitted by Mari Cordes on Mon, 2013-12-16 01:00 The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that around 40 percent of people in...

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