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Friday, June 9, 2023

Which Presidential Candidates I Support and Oppose in the 2024 Election

Candidates Whom I Support

(#1 = Support Most Strongly; #13 = Support Least Strongly)

1. Pastreich, Emanuel (Green Party)
2. ter Maat, Mike (Libertarian Party)
3. Stein, Dr. Jill (Green Party)
4. Oliver, Chase (Libertarian Party)
5. Hornberger, Jacob (Libertarian Party)
6. Rectenwald, Dr. Michael (Libertarian Party)
7. Mapstead, Lars (Libertarian Party)
8. Williamson, Marianne (Democratic Party)
9. West, Dr. Cornel (independent; formerly People’s Party and Green Party)
10. Elder, Larry (Republican Party)
11. Scott, Tim (Republican Party)
12. Ramaswamy, Vivek (Republican Party)
13. Hutchison, Asa (Republican Party)

Candidates Whom I Oppose

(#14 = Oppose Most Weakly; #24 = Oppose Most Strongly

14. Smith, Joshua (Libertarian Party)
15. Kennedy, Robert F., Jr. (Democratic Party)
16. Uygur, Cenk (Democratic Party)
17. Burgum, Doug (Republican Party)
18. Pence, Michael R. "Mike" (Republican Party)
19. Phillips, Dean (Democratic Party)
20. Christie, Chris (Republican Party)
21. Haley, Nikki (Republican Party)
22. DeSantis, Ron (Republican Party)
23. Trump, Donald (Republican Party)
24. Biden, Joe (Republican Party)

Candidates Whom I Would Support (if They Were to Run)

1. Whitney, Mark (Libertarian Party)
2. Baraka, Ajamu (Green Party)
3. Hawkins, Howie (Green Party)
4. Noem, Kristi (Republican Party) [possible vice presidential contender in 2024]
5. Brown, Sherrod (Democratic Party)

Written and published on June 9th, 2023.

Originally published under the title
"Which Presidential Candidates I Support and Oppose for the 2024 Election"

Edited and expanded on December 10th, 11th, 15th, 23rd, and 26th, 2023.

Saturday, October 31, 2020

Independent and Minor Party Candidates on the Ballot in Illinois on November 3rd, 2020

URGING ALL MINOR PARTY SUPPORTERS AND INDEPENDENT VOTERS IN ILLINOIS

TO WORK TOGETHER ELECTING THESE CANDIDATES ON NOVEMBER 3RD

TO PUT BOTH THE DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN PARTIES OUT OF POWER

LIBERTARIANS, GREENS, AND INDEPENDENTS

ON THE BALLOT IN ILLINOIS

Candidates for U.S. President Who Were Nominated by Parties

- Jo Jorgensen (Libertarian) [on ballot]
- Howie Hawkins (Green) [on ballot]
- Gloria LaRiva (Party for Socialism and Liberation) [on ballot]
- Brian Carroll (American Solidarity) [on ballot]

Registered Write-In Candidates for President in Illinois

* Note: Write-in candidates for president must be officially registered in Illinois according to state law. Votes for Jesse Ventura, Kanye West, Mickey Mouse, and other non-registered candidates will not be considered valid in Illinois.

Candidates on Ballots in a Significant Number of States:

- Jade Simmons (Independent) [write-in]
- Phil Andrew Collins (Prohibition) [write-in]
- Don Blankenship (Constitution) [write-in]

Candidates Running in Illinois Only, or Just a Few States:

- Barbara Ruth Bellar (Republican) [write-in]
- Eric C. “R19” Boddie (Non-Affiliated) [write-in]
- Todd Cella (Independent) [write-in]
- Mark Robert Charles (Independent) [write-in]
- Randall Patrick Foltyniewicz [write-in]
- Shawn W. Howard [write-in] (w/ Alyssa C. Howard for V.P.)
- Princess Khadijah Maryam Jacob-Fambro (Independent)
- Kevin McKee [write-in]
- David Jeffrey Nash [write-in]
- Bryan Robinson [write-in]
- Deborah Ann “Debbie” Rouse (Non-Affiliated) [write-in]
- Mary Ruth Caro Simmons [write-in]
- James Timothy Struck [write-in]
- Marcus Errellius Sykes [write-in]
- Joseph Kishore Tanniru [write-in]
- Kasey J. Wells (Independent) [write-in]
- Andy Hope Williams, Jr. [write-in]

Candidates for United States Senator

Candidates on the Ballot:

- Daniel F. “Daniel” Malouf (Libertarian Party) [on ballot]

- David N. Black (Green Party) [on ballot]

- Willie F. Wilson (Willie Wilson Party) [on ballot]

Registered Write-In Candidates:

- Kevin Keely [write-in]

- Albert A. Schaal [write-in]

- Lowell Martin Seida [write-in]
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Candidates for United States Representative from Illinois, by District #

District 1:

- Ruth Pellegrini (Independent) [write-in]

District 4:

- Ruben Sosa (Independent) [write-in]

District 5:

- Tom Wilda (Green)
- Frank Rowder (Independent)

District 6:

- Bill Redpath (Libertarian)

District 7:

- Tracy Jennings (Independent)
- Richard Mayers [write-in]
- Deirdre N. McCloskey [write-in]

District 8:

- Preston G. Nelson (Libertarian)

District 10:

- David Rych (Libertarian)
- Joseph W. “Joe” Kopsick (Mutualist) [write-in]
- Bradley Heinz (Independent) [apparently dropped out; possibly still running]

District 11:

- Jon Harlson (Libertarian; unknown whether formally nominated by party) [write-in]

District 14:

- Joseph Monack [write-in]

District 16:

- Roy Jones [write-in]
- Branden “Brad” McCullough (Libertarian; unknown whether formally nominated) [write-in]

Candidates for Illinois General Assembly, by District #

[No; that's not a mistake having to do with the previous section;
no independent nor third party candidates in districts 1-16 were found]

District 17:

- Chris Kruger (Green)

District 18:

- Sean Matlis (Independent)

District 19:

- Joseph Schreiner (Libertarian)

District 28:

- Paris Walker Thomas (Independent) [write-in]

District 44:

- Todd Zimmerman (Independent) [write-in]

District 45:

- Michael Camerer [may be an independent write-in candidate; unknown; check online]

District 52:

- Alia Sarfraz (Green)

District 55:

- Glenn Olofson (Libertarian)

District 70:

- Sasha Cohen (Libertarian or independent; unknown) [write-in]
[Also running for DeKalb County Board from District 05]

District 78:

- Joshua Flynn (Libertarian)

District 80:

- Clayton Cleveland (Libertarian)

District 85:

- Anna Schiefelbein (Green)

District 87:

- Angel Sides (Green)

District 88:

- Kenneth Allison (Libertarian)

- John Cook (Independent)

District 89:

- Alexander Haas (Constitution or independent; unknown) [may be a write-in candidate]

District 92:

- Chad Grimm (Libertarian)

District 96:

- John Keating (Green)

District 100:

- Ralph Sides (Pro-Gun Pro-Life Party)

- Thomas Kuna-Jacob (Bull Moose or independent; unknown) [may be a write-in]

District 103:

- Brad Bielert (Libertarian)

District 110:

- Kody Czerwonka (Independent)

District 113:

- Mark Elmore (Libertarian)
- Ryan Musick (Constitution)

District 115:

- Ian Peak (Libertarian)

- Randy Auxier (Green)

District 117:

- Scott M. Schluter (Libertarian or independent; unknown) [may be a write-in]

Candidates for County-Level Positions, by County

Cook County
- State's Attorney - Brian Dennehy (Libertarian)
- Metropolitan Water Reclamation District:
- Tammie Vinson (Green)
- Troy Hernandez (Green)
- Rachel Wales (Green)

DeKalb County
- County Board 05 - Sasha Cohen (Libertarian) [Also running for Illinois State Assembly from District 70]

DeWitt County
- Circuit Clerk - Nathan Florey (Libertarian)

Jackson County
- Circuit Clerk - Jessica Bradshaw (Green)
- County Board 03 - Joshua Hellman (Green)
- County Board 04 - Rich Whitney (Green)
- County Board 06 - Charlie Howe (Green)

Kankakee County
- Auditor - Kyle Evans (Libertarian)
- Circuit Clerk - Nicole Scott (Libertarian)
- County Board 13 - Jacob Collins (Libertarian)
- County Board 23 - Jim Byrne (Libertarian)

Lake County
- State's Attorney - Eric Sindermann (Independent) [not on ballot, but eligible to be written in, but not legally eligible to be seated unless the requirements for the office are challenged in a lawsuit]
- Coroner - [Refraining from voting potentially suggests sympathy for former Lake County Coroner Thomas Rudd's campaign to protest his exclusion from the ballot]

McHenry County
- Auditor - Jim Young (Libertarian)
- Coroner - Kelly Liebmann (Libertarian)

McLean County
- Auditor - Kevin Woodard (Libertarian)
- County Board 03 - Derek Evans (Libertarian)
- County Board 05 - Jo Anne Litwiller (Libertarian)
- County Board 06 - David Scarpelli (Libertarian)
- County Board 07 - Darin Kaeb (Libertarian)

Montgomery County
- County Board 02 (VF2) - Jake Leonard (Libertarian)

Peoria County
- Auditor - Joe Rusch (Libertarian)
- County Clerk - Ann Agama (Libertarian)
- Coroner - Eric Shaffer (Libertarian)
- County Board 11 - Chris Buckely (Libertarian)
- County Board 17 - Tom Inman (Libertarian)

Tazewell County
- Auditor - Kaden Nelms (Libertarian)
- County Board Chair - Eric Stahl (Libertarian)

Author's Notes

#1
The author would like to give thanks to the Libertarian Party of Lake County, Illinois; the Green Party of Lake County, Illinois; and presidential candidate Phil A. Collins, for the information contained herein.

#2
If all minor party and independent candidates for Illinois State Assembly had formed a coalition, and nominated one candidate for each of the 23 seats listed in the State Assembly section above, and all 23 of them were to win election, then that coalition would control just under 19.5% of the Illinois State Assembly's 118 seats.

Compiled on October 31st, 2020

Published on October 31st, 2020
Edited and Expanded on November 5th, 2020

Friday, September 4, 2020

Eighty Topics You'll Want to Understand Well if You Plan to Run for Elected Political Office

I created the following two images in 2015, to help myself organize information about topics I would need to understand in order to create my congressional platform and structure it in a way that makes sense. I offer these images as learning aids, to assist any of my readers who may wish to run for office - especially federal or national office - in the future.

Before deciding whether to run, make sure that you have some thoughts and opinions about how and why the laws need to change or stay the same, regarding the topics that pertain to the duties of the office for which you are running. You can check both the requirements of the office, and the state or federal constitution, to find out what those duties are. You might decide that your strengths would be better applied to a different office with different duties that cover different policy areas.
Note: Policing, and alternative economic and taxation systems (such as Land Value Taxation) are not included, but probably should have been.

Click on the images, and/or open them in a new tab or window, to enlarge and see in full detail

Images created in August 2015

This article published on September 4th, 2020

Edited on August 4th, 2021

Thursday, August 20, 2020

Image Series Regarding Sexual Assault Allegations Against Presidential Candidates

Click on the link below to learn more about which candidates

have the best chances of being elected president, and why:

http://aquarianagrarian.blogspot.com/2020/07/2020-us-presidential-candidates.html

Images created between April 16th and August 20th, 2020

First two images originally appeared in

"Can We Please Elect a President Who Isn't a Sex Offender?: Presidential Candidates Poster",

published to this blog on April 16th, 2020.

That blog entry can be viewed at the following link:

http://aquarianagrarian.blogspot.com/2020/04/can-we-please-elect-president-who-isnt.html

Friday, July 31, 2020

2020 U.S. Presidential Candidates, Arranged by the Number of States in Which They'll Have Ballot Access

Click, and open in a new tab, to enlarge images

Note:

I previously reported that Vermin Supreme was running a write-in candidate. That is incorrect.

He endorsed Jo Jorgensen, the Libertarian Party's nominee, at the party's national convention.

However, seven states (those shown in green) will likely accept write-in votes

for any American who's eligible to be seated in the White House.

Sources include:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-party_and_independent_candidates_for_the_2020_United_States_presidential_election

http://medium.com/@Chris_Powell/2020-alternative-party-ballot-access-updated-a87e3a8f4f3

Originally Created and Published on July 31st, 2020

Images Updated, Replaced,
and Additional Images Created and Published,
on August 14th and 20th, 2020,

and March 16th, 2021

Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Partial List of Candidates Running for President in 2020

(?) = expressed interest, and/or formed an exploratory committee, but has not yet formally declared

Republican Party

1. de la Fuente, Roque "Rocky" (now running as the Reform Party candidate)
2. Hogan, Larry (seemed likely, but not running)
3. Istvan, Zoltan
4. Kasich, John (dropped out)
5. Sanford, Mark (dropped out)
6. Trump, Donald J. (incumbent)
7. Walsh, William Joseph "Joe" (dropped out)
8. Weld, William R. ("Bill") (dropped out)

Democratic Party

1. Abrams, Stacey (seemed likely, but not running)
2. Arth, Michael E. (probably ineligible; born in the United Kingdom)
3. Bennet, Michael (dropped out)
4. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. ("Joe")
5. Bloomberg, Michael (dropped out)
6. Booker, Cory (dropped out)
7. Boyd, Mosie
8. Braun, Harry
9. Brown, Sherrod (dropped out)
10. Bullock, Steve (dropped out)
11. Buttigieg, Pete (dropped out)
12. Castro, Julian (dropped out)
13. deBlasio, Bill (dropped out)
14. Delaney, John (dropped out)
15. Gabbard, Tulsi (dropped out)
16. Gillibrand, Kristen (dropped out)
17. Gleib, Ben
18. Gravel, Michael ("Mike") (dropped out)
19. Greenstein, Mark Stewart
19. Harris, Kamala (dropped out)
20. Hickenlooper, John (dropped out)
21. Horowitz, Ami (dropped out)

22. Inslee, Jay (dropped out)
23. Klobuchar, Amy (dropped out)

24. Messam, Wayne (dropped out)
25. Moulton, Seth (dropped out)
26. Nwadike, Ken, Jr.
27. o'Rourke, Robert Francis ("Beto") (dropped out)
28. Ojeda, Richard, Jr. (dropped out)
29. Patrick, Deval (dropped out)
30. Ryan, Tim (dropped out)
31. Sanders, Bernard ("Bernie") (dropped out)
32. Sestak, Joe (dropped out)
34. Steyer, Tom (dropped out)
35. Swalwell, Eric (dropped out)

36. Warren, Elizabeth (dropped out)
37. Wells, Robby (dropped out)
38. Williamson, Marianne (dropped out)
39. Yang, Andrew (dropped out)

Libertarian Party

1. Abramson, Max (withdrew)
2. Amash, Justin
3. Ardeleanu, Sorinne
4. Armstrong, Kenneth "Ken"
5. Ashby, Stephan Blake
6. Avouris, Aaron
7. Behrman, Daniel ("Dan")
8. Benedix, Daniel
9. Berry, Joey
10. Blevins, Kenneth
11. Brown, Keith
12. Campbell, Joseph Charles
13. Chafee, Lincoln (withdrew)
14. Christmann, Daniel
15. Cook, M. E. Sergeant, Sr.
16. Davenport, Daniel
17. DePriest, Kyler
18. Dryke, Benjamin T. (declined to run)
19. Dunham, Keenan Wallace
20. Ellison, Brian
21. Faas, Souraya
22. Faucett, Peyton
23. Gerhardt, Erik Chase
24. Gray, James P.
25. Gray, Phil
26. Greer, Evret
27. Hale, Dakota
28. Hartliep, Bradley Scott
29. Hill, Jedidiah "Jedi"
30. Hornberger, Jacob (came in 2nd place)
31. Horst, Heather
32. Hurst, William Joseph
33. Jackson, Ryan
34. Jones, Cameron
35. Jefferson, Cedric
36. Jefferson, Dakinya
37. Jefferson, Demondria
38. Jorgenson, Jo (won nomination)
39. Kokesh, Adam
40. Ince, Cecil Anthony Southwest
41. Layton, Nyle Benjamin "Ben"
42. Lea, Brandin
43. Leder, Benjamin G. ("Ben")
44. Lee, Kip
45. Lee, Seymour Art
46. Lowe, Donald Eugene
47. Lynch, Lorraine
48. Maldonado, Joseph Allen
49. McAfee, John David (was rumored, seeking vice presidential nomination instead)
50. McCutcheon, Shaun
51. Monds, John
52. Morris, Rickey
53. Peach, Jason Daniel
54. Perry, Darryl
55. Peterson, Austin
56. Phillips, John R.
57. Reid, Derrick Michael
58. Richey, Steven Allen "Steve"
59. Robb, Samuel Joseph
60. Ruff, Kimberly Margaret ("Kim") (withdrew)
61. Salas, Sandra
62. Seder, Sam (possible)
63. Sibillo, Jason Michael
64. Smith, Rhett Rosenquest
65. Spivey, Mark Douglas
66. Sportsinterviews, Leonard
67. Stefan, Christopher
68. Supreme, Vermin (came in 3rd place, now running as write-in independent)
69. Vanacore, Louis
70. Vohra, Arvin
71. Weaver, Christopher Francis
72. Whipple, Krista Marie
73. White, Justin
74. Whitney, Mark Ellerton
75. Wilkerson, Terry
76. Williams, Andy
77. Wysinger, Demetra

Sources for this information include:

http://ballotpedia.org/Libertarian_Party_presidential_nomination,_2020

Learn more about many of the above candidates at the following link:
http://beinglibertarian.com/libertarian-potus-2020/

Green Party

1. Augustson, Alan
2. Desuasido, Ivan-Jan
3. Hawkins, Howie (won nomination; has also received the nomination of the Socialist Workers' Party and several other parties)
4. Hunter, Dario (came in 2nd place, now running as an independent)
5. Kreml, Bill
6. Lambert, Dennis
7. Manley, Elijah
8. Mesplay, Kent
9. Milnes, Robert
10. Moyowasifza-Curry, Sedinam (now running as Mark Charles's running mate)
11. Nichols, Curt
12. Ogle, James
13. Rolde, David
14. Schiakman, Ian
15. Ventura, Jesse (received several delegates, now running as a write-in independent)

Constitution Party
1. Blankenship, Don (nominated)
2. Bradley, Scott
3. Castle, Darrell
4. Copeland, Scott
5. Kraut, Charles

American Free Soil Party (may have disbanded, nominee unknown)
1. Ramos, Enrique
2. Seaman, Adam

American Solidarity Party
1. Carroll, Brian T. (won nomination)
2. Perkins, Joshua
3. Schriner, Joe (now running as an independent)

Other Parties
1. Collins, Phil (Prohibition Party)
2. de la Fuente, Roque (Reform Party)
3. Hammons, Bill (Unity Party)
4. LaRiva, Gloria (Party for Socialism and Liberation, Peace and Freedom Party, Liberty Union Party)
5. Myers, J.R. (Life and Liberty Party)
6. Segal, Jerome (Bread and Roses Party)
7. West, Kanye (Birthday Party)
8. Zion, Ben (Transhumanist Party)

Independent Candidates

1. Amash, Justin (ran as an independent, then as a Libertarian, then dropped out)
2. Charles, Mark
3. Cuban, Mark (said no in an interview, but did not rule it out)
4. Kroell, Ronnie
5. Marks, Christopher "Chris"
6. Pierce, Brock
7. Simmons, Jade
8. Supreme, Vermin (came in 3rd for the Libertarian Party nomination, now running as a write-in independent candidate)

Click on the following links to see more candidates for the 2020 presidential election,
including the full list of nearly 700 people who have formally filed to run for president:

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election

http://ballotpedia.org/List_of_registered_2020_presidential_candidates

http://politics1.com/p2020.htm?fbclid=IwAR2KbPhEXf93zsEa2b1pxUcEDJEFqsrk55eolC6wD6ogUBcDwfK6ifZoNMw

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/16-candidates-now-qualify-for-the-first-democratic-primary-debates/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-party_and_independent_candidates_for_the_2020_United_States_presidential_election

Originally Published on April 16th, 2019

Expanded on April 18th and 29th; June 24th;
July 3rd and 22nd; August 26th; September 21st;
November 8th, 13th, 14th, and 19th; December 3rd, 2019;
January 28th; March 5th and 16th;
April 9th, 13th, and 15th; May 5th, and July 31st, 2020

Tuesday, October 2, 2018

The 2018 Candidates for Governor of Illinois

The following is a list of the four candidates (#1-#4) in the 2018 gubernatorial election for Illinois, who will be on the ballot; and ten (#5-#14) of the people who have declared their intent to run as write-in candidates for the governor with the Illinois State Board of Elections.

Since write-in candidates for governor are required to seek ballot access in each county separately, the only way to find out how many write-in candidates there are for Illinois governor, would be to call each board of elections in all 102 Illinois counties, and find out whom has filed. Only the ten most highly populated counties' election boards were consulted during the course of research for this article.

The election for Illinois governor will be held on Tuesday, November 6th, 2018.

Candidates on the Ballot

1. Incumbent Governor Bruce J. Rauner, on ballot

Personal Campaign Website:
http://www.brucerauner.com/

Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Rauner

Illinois.gov pages:
http://www2.illinois.gov/gov/Pages/default.aspx
http://www.illinois.gov/gov/contactus/Pages/default.aspx
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/BruceRauner/
http://m.facebook.com/GovRauner/

Twitter:
http://twitter.com/brucerauner?lang=en

http://mobile.twitter.com/brucerauner?lang=en

http://mobile.twitter.com/govrauner?lang=en

Residence:
Springfield, Illinois

Running Mate:
Evelyn P. Sanguinetti

2. Democratic challenger J.B. Pritzker, on ballot

Personal Campaign Website:
http://www.jbpritzker.com/

Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._B._Pritzker

Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/jbpritzker/

Twitter:
http://twitter.com/JBPritzker?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Residence:
Chicago, Illinois

Running Mate:
Julianna Stratton

3. Conservative Party nominee and current Illinois state senator Sam McCann, on ballot

Personal Campaign Website:
http://mccannforillinois.com/

ilga.gov page:
http://ilga.gov/senate/senator.asp?MemberID=1796

Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_McCann

Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/senatormccann/

Twitter:
http://twitter.com/mccann_sam?lang=en

Email Address:
McCannForGovernor.Jen@gmail.com (campaign field director)

Campaign Phone Number:
309-839-9440 (field director)

Residence:
Plainview, Illinois

Running Mate:
Aaron Merreighn

4. Libertarian nominee Kash Jackson, on ballot