In the November 2008 election, five independent candidates for U.S. House competed against both a Democrat and a Republican, and still managed to exceed 10% of the vote. They were: 1. David Krikorian in Ohio’s 2nd district got 17.71% 2. … Continue reading
The three minor parties that run the largest number of candidates across the nation are the Constitution, Green, and Libertarian Parties. In the November 2008 election, here is the best percentage in the nation for each of these party’s U.S. … Continue reading
Oklahoma Representative Charles Key (R-Oklahoma City) has introduced HB 1072, which lowers the number of signatures to qualify a new party from 5% of the last vote cast, to exactly 5,000 signatures. Earlier, Oklahoma Senator Randy Brogdon had introduced a … Continue reading
On January 15, the Ohio Secretary of State ruled that parties that were ballot-qualified during 2008 will also be considered ballot-qualified for 2009 as well. Ohio has no regularly-scheduled partisan elections for federal or state office in 2009. But some … Continue reading
The Peace and Freedom Party has been on the ballot in California for all elections 1968 through 2008, except that it was off in 2000 and 2002. It has always run candidates for the legislature when it has been on … Continue reading
