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Third Parties Hope to Raise Profile
Mon Nov 4 - By STEVE LeBLANC, Associated Press Writer
BOSTON (AP) - Libertarians, Greens and other third party candidates are on ballots across the nation this week as the parties strive to raise their national profile. In the state legislatures, third party and independent candidates are seeking about a fifth of the seats up for election � the largest number since the 1930s, according to Ballot Access News, which tracks third party candidates.

The push to break away from the two major parties shouldn't surprise anyone, said Ballot Access News publisher Richard Winger. "It's absurd to think that all the people in the United States are going to support the policies of the Republicans or the Democrats," he said. Among the 34 U.S. Senate races this year there are 27 minor party candidates, up slightly from 2000, Winger said.

posted by Hal 8:01 AM