Declarations of Independence for Governor, 2010

The D.C. establishmentarian publication Politico finally takes notice that independent candidates "are poised to run serious campaigns for governor in at least a half-dozen states." The article highlights the campaigns of Chris Daggett in NJ, Lincoln Chafee in RI and Tim Cahill in MA, and speculates on the prospects of independent campaigns for governor in Maine, Minnesota and Vermont. At IPR, Peter Orvetti supplies some details and background:

the article mentions the possible gubernatorial candidacies of businessman Peter Vigue in Maine, former U.S. senator Dean Barkley in Minnesota, and Anthony Pollina of the Progressive Party in Vermont. In 2008, Pollina finished second in the race for governor with 21.8 percent of the vote, leading the Democratic nominee by 257 votes in a race won by incumbent Republican Jim Douglas. Douglas will be retiring at the end of his current term.