Louisiana’s new closed primaries begin next April. State officials are backing a change to dissolve the Independent Party in a bid to avoid voter confusion.

Wallace ran on a so-called American Independent Party ticket; in 1980, when former Republican presidential candidate and Illinois congressman John Anderson launched an independent candidacy after ...

Ex-Democrats Jason Pizzo and John Morgan could be no party affiliation or third party candidates for governor next year. Many ...

The Independent Center will back centrists that appeal to voters who dislike Democrats and Republicans. Winning just a few seats could break the two-party system.

Placating the South was necessary because Alabama Governor George Wallace entered the election as a third party candidate for the American Independent Party, running on a platform of extreme ...

When probed whether he would run for governor as an independent candidate, Pizzo did not shut the door. Pizzo became the third state lawmaker to leave the party this year after former state House ...

In 1964, 1972, and 1976 he ran as a Democrat, failing three times to receive the party's nomination. In 1968, running as an American Independent, he was popular enough with voters to secure a ...