New York Times Story on Republican Leaders Who Want a “Third Party” Choice for President

This New York Times story talks about leading Republican Party figures who say they would back a “third party” for President if Donald Trump becomes the nominee. The story mentions the Libertarian Party and the Constitution Party. Generally, the New York Times never mentions the Libertarian Party. Even when Gary Johnson declared for the Libertarian nomination on January 6, 2016, an announcement that received coverage in virtually all daily newspapers in the U.S., the New York Times did not mention the Johnson announcement, at least not in the paper edition.

Libertarian Party Results and Green Party Results from Minnesota Caucuses

Via Independent Political Report, here are the results of the Minnesota Libertarian Party caucus, held March 1. The caucuses were attended by 227 voters.

Here are the Minnesota Green Party caucus results, from the party’s web page. That web page only gives percentages received by each candidate, not the number of votes for each, so one can’t tell how many votes were cast.

Independent Party Asks Oregon Secretary of State to List Ten Presidential Candidates on its Primary Ballot

The Independent Party has asked the Oregon Secretary of State to list these ten candidates on its presidential primary ballot: Republicans Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, John Kasich, Marco Rubio, and Donald Trump; Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders; independent Mike Bloomberg; Libertarian Gary Johnson; and Green Party member Jill Stein. The Oregon presidential primary is May 17.