FOX-11 in Tucson ran this three-minute statement on Sunday; they offered every candidate for a major office the opportunity to do this, but surprisingly few took advantage of it! The media in Arizona give Libertarians better coverage than in most states, partly because we’ve earned it! While you’re on their website, check out the statements [...]
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Recently, your editor had lunch with one of the owners of a local advertising agency. It was casual and we talked about many things. Knowing his company has run several successful campaigns for state-wide office, we asked him about the cost to run a reasonably credible race for the Governor’s office. From prior discussions with [...]
With election season on the horizon, the two major parties (actually it’s only one but they pretend there are two) are positioning. Each claims it’s “tent” is larger than the other’s. In this context, each party claims that it supports positions and appeals to more voters than the other. We all realize that to appeal [...]
Libertarian Patty Tweedle received 22% of the vote in yesterday’s special election for Missouri State Representative (District 62). Tweedle’s only opponent was a Republican. Ballot Access News editor Richard Winger points out that Tweedle had almost as much support as the 2008 Democratic Party candidate for that office. In 2008, the Democrat received 27% of [...]
