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Mayor Bloomberg Helps Minnesota Independence Party Raise Money (Ballot Access News)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:46:33 GMT

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a registered independent, will be a speaker at the Minnesota Independence Party’s state fund-raiser on July 25. See this article. Perhaps this is a sign that Jesse Ventura has decided to run for U.S. Senate in the Independence Party’s primary this year. Declarations of candidacy are [...]

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Bloomberg brings taste of Big Apple to Independence Party fundraiser (Star Tribune)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:51:27 GMT

IP chairman Craig Swaggert says Bloomberg will be the featured guest for a July 25 fundraising breakfast and is scheduled to give a policy speech the same day. Both events are planned for Minneapolis.

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Tinklenberg - Big Labor’s Best Friend (Residual Forces)

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:03:40 GMT

Oh, don’t for one second think the Independence Party’s nomination of El ‘Gas Tax’ Tinklenberg for the 6th District this weekend was some rousing sign of left leaning special interest ignorance by the lobbyist turned politician turned tragedy exploiter turned promise breaking politician. The Independence party simply unzipped their partisan fly and outed themselves for [...]...

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MN-06: Independence Party Endorses Tinklenberg (D) (Swing State Project)

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:47:42 GMT

This is a nice boost for Democrat Elwyn Tinklenberg: Democrat Elwyn Tinklenberg has picked up a key endorsement in his bid to unseat Republican Michele Bachmann in Minnesota's 6th Congressional District. The Independence Party of Minnesota is backing Tinklenberg instead of fielding their own candidate. Why does this matter? In 2006, Independence Party candidate John Binkowski...

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MEP arrested in fraud probe - Tom Wise, elected as one of UKIP's Eastern Region MEPs in 2004, has been arrested... (Rupert's Read)

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:38:00 GMT

Police have arrested a Euro MP representing the East of England on suspicion of obtaining money by deception. Tom Wise, who was elected for the UK Independence Party but who now sits as an Independent, is being investigated by detectives on behalf of the European Parliament authorities in Brussels. Last night, a spokeswoman for Bedfordshire Police, which is conducting the inquiry, said:...

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News Release on Tinklenberg's IP Endorsement (Dump Michele Bachmann)

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:47:00 GMT

Bill Prendergast wrote about the implications of the IP endorsement earlier. Here is the Tinklenberg campaign press release on the topic. News Release For Immediate Release June 21, 2008 Contact: John Wodele Independence Party Joins DFL in Endorsing El Tinklenberg in Minnesota's 6th Congressional District Race Minnesota's third major party was key player in 2006 race (Bloomington, MN)...

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Independence Party backs newcomer, DFLer (Star Tribune)

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 02:27:49 GMT

A party member was endorsed for U.S. Senate, while Elwyn Tinklenberg got the nod in the Sixth District race.

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GREAT NEWS! Really! IP endorses Tinklenberg (Dump Michele Bachmann)

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 22:35:00 GMT

Yep. We got us a legitimate contest in the Sixth Congressional District, now, people. Chris Truscott of www.christophertruscott.com just called me and told me that the Independence Party endorsed DFL candidate Elwyn Tinklenberg this afternoon. It took two ballots, but they did it. Supporters of a Tinklenberg endorsement included former Bachmann opponent John Binkowski. Binkowski took...

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Good news--well, kinda sorta. Maybe. Ah, who knows? (Dump Michele Bachmann)

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:40:00 GMT

MPR Polinaut reports that the Independence Party will be meeting in Bloomington for their endorsing convention on Saturday. Geez, that's today, isn't it? The news angle here is that the IP may not endorse any of their own Senate wannabees. They may do a "no endorsement" until Ventura announces whether he's going to enter the race. But we will be watching the result anyway, because of...

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Mes petits choux de Bruxelles (Most Sincerely Folks)

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:15:11 GMT

In the European Parliament yesterday Brian Crowley attacked the UK Independence Party for using the Irish tricolour as a tablecloth in a Brussels pub. Quite right too: what kind of deviant drinks in a pub with tablecloths? And then the leader of the Socialist group Martin Schultz, called for commissioner Charlie McCreevy to be removed [...]

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The Eu Parliment (Irish Election)

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:11:16 GMT

Personnally I have a lot of respect for the EU Parliamentarians but sometimes you have to dispare. Take this exchange Via EU Observer. “You ignore the voters, you are destroying democracy, and you have shown that you will stop at nothing,” said Nigel Farage, head of the UK Independence Party, accusing mainstream politicians of creating a [...]

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Nobody wants Frank Powers, part II (NY13)

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:32:00 GMT

via Tom ; WABC Radio personality Curtis Sliwa, who considered running for Congress here himself, is set to endorse Independence Party pick Carmine Morano in the race to replace GOP Rep. Vito Fossella. Sliwa had offered himself up as the candidate in waiting for the GOP as all of their other top tier choices were dropping out. Now he won't even support the party endorsed candidate. In...

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Minnesota Waits for Jesse Ventura to Say if He will Run for Senate (Ballot Access News)

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:21:02 GMT

On June 17, this story appeared in the Minnesota Post. It discusses the possibility that Jesse Ventura will be the U.S. Senate candidate for the Independence Party. There is no real new news in this story, but it shows the interest in the possibility of a Ventura run.

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Important Case on Political Party Control Over Nominations May be Heard by 9th Circuit in August (Ballot Access News)

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:07:37 GMT

In 2006, the Alaskan Independence Party filed a lawsuit in federal court, to force the state to recognize this party Bylaw: “In any election for public office where the Alaskan Independence Party is authorized by law to nominate a candidate, the State Committee shall be empowered to present a nominee in the name of [...]

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Independence Party Guy Asks McCain About Third-Party Debates (The New York Observer)

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:11:44 GMT

At John McCain's town hall forum last night , he was asked whether third party candidates should participate in presidential debates with him and Barack Obama. The question came from Frank Morano, the outspoken Independence Party activist . And just as Morano was asking the question, Fox News cut to commercial (conspiracy!). Above is a clip of Fox's Shepard Smith of Fox News recapping...

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The Henley By-election line-up (A View from Middle England)

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:41:00 GMT

Today was closing day for nominations in the Henley By-election. Boris has gone, make way for, well, one of these! In alphabetical order - Chris Adams - UK Independence Party Derek Allpass - English Democrats Louise Cole - Independent ( Miss Great Britain Party ) Amanda Harrington - Independent ( Miss Great Britain Party ) John Howell - Conservatives Stephen Kearney - Liberal...

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UKIP leader accepts libel damages (BBC News)

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:25:16 GMT

The UK Independence Party head accepts undisclosed damages over claims he used public money to pay his son.

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Party registration figures for area State Senate races (rochesterturning.com)

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:43:19 GMT

Robert Harding has a terrific list of all the party registration data in all the local State Senate districts. I don’t have a ton to add to what he’s done, except this: * There really are a lot of third parties in this state, but the Independence party is much larger than the others. * [...]

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Highest State Court in New York Rules in Favor of State Political Parties and Against Their Local Organizations (Ballot Access News)

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:01:46 GMT

On June 10, the New York State Court of Appeals issued two opinions, both boosting the power of state party organizations to centralize power in those state organizations. One case concerned the Working Families Party; the other concerned the Independence Party. The Working Families decision is 8 pages long and can be seen [...]

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Do Jeff Graham and John Rice know this? (DANGERDEMOCRAT)

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:55:00 GMT

Blog's NY first lady Liz Benjamin wrote today that in 09 the Independence Party state chair Frank MacKay is planning to take over control of what he thinks are errant county committees. Jefferson in particular. She didn't single out Jefferson in particular but thats one of the county committees that MacKay finds revolting. Here is a Liz quote,"...Frank Morano tells me his side (MacKay)...

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