Michael Jingozian kindly granted a telephone interview to BAN editor Richard Winger on April 28. Jingozian had appeared at the California Libertarian Party state convention on April 21, one of the five candidates seeking the party’s presidential nomination who spoke there. His campaign website is www.ResetAmerica.com. He filed with the Federal Election Commission several months ago. He will attend some, but not all, this year’s remaining Libertarian Party state conventions. His strategy for getting the nomination is to build up general support in the entire electorate first.

Wayne Root kindly granted a telephone interview to BAN editor Richard Winger on April 28. Root had appeared at the California Libertarian Party state convention on April 21, one of the five candidates seeking the party’s presidential nomination who spoke there. He will file his Exploratory Committee with the Federal Election Commission in the coming week. He will then launch his campaign web page. He does not expect to visit all the Libertarian Party state conventions held during the next few months, but he will be sending a DVD to each state party. His future reality-based TV show is not connected in any way with the recently announced MySpace proposed reality show “Independent.” Root’s proposed TV reality show, based on his campaign to win the Libertarian nomination, will be produced in connection with Burt Debrow. It will appear on cable, not broadcast TV, so the “equal time” rule won’t apply (it is not clear that the “equal time” rule would have barred the show in any event, since the rule has been weakened so drastically over the decades).

California will hold a special election on June 26 to fill the vacancy in the 37th U.S. House district, caused when Congresswoman Juanita Millender-McDonald died earlier this month. Filing closes May 14. The district is overwhelmingly Democratic. Probably many Democrats will file, and it is likely that none of them will get a majority. If no one gets 50% in the first election, a run-off will be held on August 21, between the top vote-getters from each party.