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Newman
and Independent Politics
Newman has been a pioneer in the development of independent politics in
the United States since the late 1970s. Bringing keen analytic and engineering
skills to the electoral arena, Newman has had a major hand in the creation
of a series of unorthodox coalitions, campaigns, and organizations, including
the national Reform Party, the Patriot Party, the Independence Party of
New York.
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Newman and Independent Politics
Newman has been a pioneer in the development of independent politics
in the United States since the late 1970s. Bringing keen analytic
and engineering skills to the electoral arena, Newman has had
a major hand in the creation of a series of unorthodox coalitions,
campaigns, and organizations, including the national Reform
Party, the Patriot Party, the Independence Party of New York,
and Lenora Fulani’s groundbreaking independent presidential
run in 1988, when she became the first woman and first African
American presidential candidate to appear on the ballot in
all 50 states. More recently, he was instrumental in securing
the Independence Party’s backing of Michael Bloomberg's mayoral runs
in 2001 and 2005. In 2001, the Independence Party (IP) vote
provided Bloomberg with his margin of victory. Newman also
had a hand in the Independence Party’s campaigns for
Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY), Governor George Pataki’s
bid for the IP line in 2002, and the IP’s endorsement
of Ralph Nader in 2004.
Newman works closely with Jacqueline Salit, the Executive Editor
of The Neo-Independent magazine (for which Newman is a contributing
editor) and President of the Committee for a Unified Independent
Party, Inc. Together with Salit, he produces a popular weekly
commentary entitled Talk Talk, a conversation following the
Sunday morning political talk shows.
Newman currently serves as an elected state committee member
of the Independence Party of New York State and was a driving
force behind several of the party’s key statewide and
local initiatives, including nonpartisan municipal elections
in New York City and the all-independents primary (an initiative
to open the Independence Party’s statewide primaries
to New York’s 2.2 million unaffiliated voters). |
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