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It's Official: Kansas Independent Greg Orman Is Running for Governor
It's Official: Kansas Independent Greg Orman Is Running for Governor
Kansas independent Greg Orman is officially running for governor in Kansas. His campaign made the announcement Wednesday with the release of a new ad that outlines his vision for the state."We're ...
24 Jan, 2018
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IVN Monthly Update: Record Number of Independents Give Voters Hope
IVN Monthly Update: Record Number of Independents Give Voters Hope
Happy New Year! And what an exciting year 2018 will be for independent candidates and the reform movement!In an election year that is supposed to be highly dramatic and very expensive, voters wil ...
12 Jan, 2018
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Kansas Independent Greg Orman Pulls in Astonishing $450K in 26 Days
Kansas Independent Greg Orman Pulls in Astonishing $450K in 26 Days
The exploratory committee for Kansas independent Greg Orman announced Wednesday that he raised over $450,000 ($452,931 to be exact) in 26 days -- exclusively from individual contributors.Orman announc ...
11 Jan, 2018
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IVN Readers Pick The Most Independent Politicians of 2017
IVN Readers Pick The Most Independent Politicians of 2017
For many, 2017 was another tumultuous year in US politics, defined once more by the hyper-partisan divide on Capitol Hill and rhetoric in the media.As a result of the continued toxic political environ ...
26 Dec, 2017
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Roy Moore v. Doug Jones: The Duopoly Wins
Roy Moore v. Doug Jones: The Duopoly Wins
Donald Trump said that elections are rigged. And he was right. He still is.But, for all his “drain the swamp” rhetoric, there is a major area of institutional corruption that he and his “Democratic” f ...
12 Dec, 2017
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Will Greg Orman Turn Kansas Independent?
Will Greg Orman Turn Kansas Independent?
Independent businessman Greg Orman looks like he may be taking another shot at defeating two-party politics in Kansas -- this time for governor. Orman’s campaign announced he has formed an exploratory ...
06 Dec, 2017
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Get Ready, 2018 is Shaping Up to Be A Good Year for Independents
Get Ready, 2018 is Shaping Up to Be A Good Year for Independents
On the surface, it often seems like our existing two-party dominated system is somehow the way our country is “meant to be” and nothing could change that regardless of how dysfunctional things become. ...
27 Nov, 2017
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3 Indisputable Reasons the Two-Party System is Failing America
3 Indisputable Reasons the Two-Party System is Failing America
In a nutshell, here’s how I would describe the state of American politics. The regulators are unqualified to regulate. The parties are unqualified to govern. The political scientists are unqualified t ...
08 Nov, 2017
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It's Not Me; It's You: Kansas Businessman "Breaks Up" with GOP to Form New Party
It's Not Me; It's You: Kansas Businessman "Breaks Up" with GOP to Form New Party
Kansas businessman Scott Morgan has announced that he is hoping to organize a new party, for Kansas, to be called “Party of the Center.” He will try to get it on the 2018 ballot.From Morgan's announce ...
01 Nov, 2017
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Independents Can't Win: The Biggest Lie in the Two-Party Playbook
Independents Can't Win: The Biggest Lie in the Two-Party Playbook
There’s no argument that candidates affiliated with the major political parties have tremendous, built-in structural campaign advantages over independent candidates. The range of major-party advantage ...
17 Oct, 2017
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