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Wendy Barth, the 2006 Green Party candidate for governor, is considering a run for the 2nd Congressional District seat now held by Rep. Dave Loebsack, D-Mt. Vernon.

Iowa’s largest third parties, the Greens and Libertarians, won a big victory last year when they earned a place on the state’s voter registration forms. But few voters have exercised that option, and few of their candidates will appear on ballots below the presidential level.

The Libertarian Party, which has run nearly full slates for state [...]

The first registered Green in the state is “elated” to finally be able to vote under his preferred political affiliation after years of complaining, but he’s still hoping the Greens achieve full political party status.

Beginning Jan. 2, Iowa has established a new class of minor political party called a “political organization.”  The change is part [...]

The Green and Libertarian Parties are well on their way to a place on Iowa’s voter registration forms under a new petition procedure.

“One conservative-looking woman asked why we had to petition, and I explained that the requirement is to weed out non-serious time-wasters, like a Flying Loony Bats party,” Green Party secretary Holly Hart of [...]

Ballot Access News reports that the lawsuit filed by the Iowa Libertarian and Green Parties in 2005, with the support of the Iowa Civil Liberties Union, was settled this week. 

Iowa will now print a blank line on the “political party” question on the voter registration forms.  Voters will be allowed to register into any “unqualified [...]