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"Made in Minnesota moderate" DFLer Maureen Reed says she'll bring Democrats, Republicans and independents together to topple U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann and that may be true, but she probably won't be doing it with the backing of the Independence Party -- a notion she had floated earlier in her campaign. At its state convention today in Brooklyn Park, the IP voted to do away with cross-endorsements...
142,817 VOTES FOR BLOOMBERG ON COLUMN C DELIVERS MARGIN TO CITY’S FIRST INDEPENDENT MAYOR New York, NY-The Independence Party vote for Mike Bloomberg yesterday broke numerous records and re-enforced its ongoing mandate for independent governance and non-partisan reform. Unofficial returns released by the Board of Elections put the IP total on Column “C” at 142,817 votes, nearly 26%...
MIKE PENCE: RECLAIMING THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THE AMERICAN DREAM Republican Dede Scozzafava has suspended her bid in next Tuesday’s NY 23 special election, a huge development that dramatically shakes up the race. She did not endorse either of her two opponents -- Conservative party candidate Doug Hoffman or Democrat Bill Owens. The decision to suspend her campaign is a boost for Hoffman, who...
It did not take long, upon the shocking revelation that DeDe Scozzafava had walked the plank, for a number of political dominoes to begin to fall: The likely beneficiary of her decision, right-wing Independent candidate Doug Hoffman , commented on the suspension of the Scozzafava campaign, and it was hardly a magnanimous message-- This morning’s events prove what we have said for the last week;...
After seeing high-profile Republicans like Rep. Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin side with her Conservative Party challenger, Doug Hoffman, GOP-endorsed candidate Dede Scozzafava suspended her campaign for New York’s 23rd Congressional District. But there is still a battle to win as the more moderate endorsements switch to the Democrats. . The New York Independence Party chair indicated he’s...
Democrat Bill Owens has received the endorsement of the Independence Party, who originally backed Republican Dede Scozzafava. She will remain on the I-line for the election, but Independence Party chairman Frank MacKay said in a statement: “While I respect that some of our local organizations will make endorsements, as Chairman of the New York State Independence [...]
From the Minority Report, " Dede's Farewell Speech ": Dear Friends and Supporters: Throughout the course of my campaign for Congress, I have made the people of the 23rd District and the issues that affect them the focal point of my campaign. As a life long resident of this District, I care deeply and passionately about its people and our way of life. Whether as a candidate for Congress, a...
News Headlines for Independent Voters 10/31/09 Note in the majority of voters in New Jersey are independent and will play the decisive role in Tuesday Gov election there. Mike Bloomberg, in coalition with the NYC Independence Party, carries out an independent nonpartisan race for the future of New York City. Elsewhere in New York, independent candidates, parties and [...]
Jefferson County Independence Party Chairman John Rice just phoned to say that his committee members voted this afternoon to switch their support from Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava to Doug Hoffman in NY-23. Due to the somewhat twisted Indy rules, which let the state organization - not the locals - control who runs on Row C in multi-county districts, this is basically just a symbolic move. (It harkens...
Sarah Palin endorsed Doug Hoffman in the New York 23rd District House of Representatives race on October 23rd and now the Republican Party is getting behind him. The House Republican leadership is prepared to welcome Doug Hoffman into its ranks, National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) said Thursday, a sign that the GOP establishment is recalibrating its approach...
News Headlines for Independent Voters 10/29/09 As we head to Election Day 2009, everyone is talking about the Yankees and the Phillies. And a few people are talking about the Mayoral race in NYC, where independent candidate Mike Bloomberg is poised to become the first independent mayor of New York, running on the Independence Party (Column [...]
In case you missed it: Minneapolis City elections are six days from today on Tuesday, November 3rd. The Star Tribune has been doing some endorsements, which you can find here. Liberal in the Land of Conservative has the top ten Michele Bachmann "moments". Minneapolis City Council races have been heating up. Minnesota Independent has a wrap up of the Ward 1 candidate forum . Smart Politics...
In an October 20 The Gaggle blog post , Newsweek's David A. Graham sought to explain to readers why the New York 23rd Congressional District special election on November 3 "is more important than" the New Jersey and Virginia gubernatorial races. Graham portrayed the race -- pitting liberal Republican Dede Scozzafava against Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman and Democratic candidate...
Newsday reported on Saturday that longtime Republican Assemblyman Fred Thiele of Long Island is switching his party registration to the Independence Party and has asked to conference with the Democrats. Assembly Democrats will conference and ultimately decide if Thiele will go the way of local Assemblyman Tim Gordon, who is an Independence Party member who caucuses [...]
An old smear ad surfaced over the weekend alleging that then Vice-President candidate Sarah Palin was a member of the Alaska Independence Party . It was taken down when the Jawa Report discovered that the person responsible for it being uploaded, was Ethan Winner of Winner [...]
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