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BRACK: Time for a third party to rise?
by Andy Brack | March 15, 2019
America seems so politically messed-up these days that maybe it’s time to try something really different. Is it time finally for third political parties to flourish?
The guy who was supposed to “drain the swamp” made it more infested than ever as corruption investigations and indictments across agencies seem to sprout daily. Meanwhile, members of Congress are more like eternally-out-of-touch hamsters on spinning wheels than distinguished legislators trying to fix real problems of everyday Americans. Read more
New Alliance Party can be a welcome leavening influence on politics
REIMAGINEAMERICA RADIO HOUR – March 3
The only number that matters this morning is 25% — the percentage of Californians who will not vote in next year’s Presidential Primary because they have told the Registrar of Voters they have No Party Preference.
Our guest this morning is Jim Rex. Jim is here to tell us that there is a third way for today’s political orphans. That we can be relevant again without surrendering to the extremes. Listen now
18-year-old running for Davenport City Council
by Rebecca David | April 3, 2019
DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) -- At 18-years-old, most people are thinking about graduating from high school and then getting a job or going to college, but a Davenport teenager wants a seat on the Davenport City Council.
“I’m willing to have people write me off for my age or my gender or for any other factor if it means I can help,” said Alexandra Dermody, a candidate running for Ward 7.
18-year-old Alexandra Dermody is on a mission to make the City of Davenport better and she's starting off by running for the City Council 7th ward seat. Watch now
Teenage political newcomer announces candidacy for Davenport alderman
March 26, 2019
Davenport resident Alexandra Dermody has announced she is running for the alderman seat now held by mayoral candidate Mike Matson, becoming the first person to publicly declare an intention for his job with eight months to go until the municipal election.
In a post on the left-leaning politics blog Bleeding Heartland last week, Dermody described herself as an 18-year-old political newcomer who wants to address Davenport’s underfunded public schools, growing spikes in youth crime and public corruption in local government. Though Davenport’s municipal elections are nonpartisan, she says she’s running under the banner of the third-party label Alliance Party of Iowa, an organization that calls itself a mixed bag of former Independents, Democrats and Republicans. Read more
New Political Party Sets Bold Vision and Agenda for New Jersey
“We are at a crossroads in American history,” said New Jersey Chair Nick Kumburis. “The two major parties were formed from an archaic power dynamic before women or people of color could vote, and today those parties fail to represent the majority of America. The Alliance Party of New Jersey is bringing everyone to the table from the start, and we believe it is the true future of New Jersey politics.” Read more
Tired of Democrats and Republicans? SC party hopes you'll give new option a try.
by Bistow Marchant | March 3, 2019, Updated March 4, 2019
A South Carolina-centric third party is expanding nationwide.
The American Party of South Carolina, which since 2014 has run third-party candidates statewide, is merging with other third parties across the country to form the Alliance Party to challenge Democrats and Republicans nationwide in the 2020 elections.
The new party was launched Thursday at the S.C. State House, the first state Alliance Party to officially get up and running. Read more
Straight Talk: Dr. Jim Rex
by Steven Stone | Feb. 21, 2019
Dr. Jim Rex of the American Party joins Manning Kimmel on Straight Talk to discuss paralysis in Congress and their failure to work together. Listen now