Independents Win Many Races in 2008

According to the December issue of the Ballot Access News, independents and third party candidates were elected to state legislatures in Arkansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont (8), and Wisconsin.

Arkansas was a Green.

Vermont - 7 Progressive and 1 independent.

Greens ran second in a number of races. They also won local offices in Colorado and Michigan.

A Libertarian won a race in Kansas.

Working Families elected one in Hartford, CT.

Michael H. Drucker
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