3rd Party Candidate says, “Phone ringing off the hook” with third party interest…

Paul C. McKain who is running for Florida's Second Congressional District on the Florida Whig Party ticket tweeted out a comment saying things are looking good for him.

He tweeted, “Phone ringing off the hook with people asking questions about 3rd party. The people are seeing the relevance on their own.”

McKain is trying to unseat Democratic Representative Allen Boyd who was first elected to congress in 1996.

SOURCE:

http://twitter.com/PaulCMcKain

Modern Whigs getting noticed in Florida…

Modern Whigs are getting noticed in Florida. Tom McLaighlin writes on NWFDailyNews.com there are a number of people lining-up to unseat incumbent Representatives Jeff Miller and Allen Boyd.

McLaighlin writes about Paul Crandall McKain becoming the, ”first Whig candidate to run for federal office since Abraham Lincoln.” McKain is running against Representataive Boyd. McKain was quoted saying, “If the representative does not represent the wishes of the people, the people’s vote means nothing… they have no representation.”

The article wraps mention that there are three Modern Whig candidates running for Congress from Florida.

SOURCE:

http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/low-21936-boyd-miller.html

Meet the Modern Whig Party Congressional candidates…

Meet the Modern Whig Party Congressional candidates in Florida. The Florida Whig Party is holding a nationwide virtual press conference introducing all of their Congressional candidates.

You will be able to meet, Paul McKain, the first Modern Whig candidate ever announced, he is running in Florida’s 2nd Congressional District. The other two people on the conference call will be recently announced candidates John Annarumma in Florida’s 3rd Congressional District and Clayton Schock in Florida’s 20th Congressional District.

The press conference will take place in a teleconference Wednesday, October 21, 2009 from 7-7:30 ET.

The party is also searching for somebody to run in the special election in Florida’s 19th Congressional District to replace Congressman Robert Wexler.

SOURCE:

http://modernwhigparty.blogspot.com/2009/10/meet-whigs.html

https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/905270450

Modern Whig Party targeting Florida democratic districts…

Modern Whig Party targeting Florida democratic districts with two new candidates. The Florida Whig Party, a branch of the Modern Whig Party has announced on Monday, October 19th, 2009, they will officially announce two new 2010 candidates for Congress.

The candidates will be in Florida's 3rd and 20th Congressional Districts.

The 3rd Congressional District covers parts of North Central Florida. Representative Corrine Brown has won the seat uncontested since 2006, in 2004 Congresswoman Brown won with 99% of the vote. She was last seriously challenged in 2002 when she won a three-way race, 59-41-0. She was first elected to Congress in 1992.

The 20th Congressional District covers parts of South Florida including Fort Lauderdale. Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz has represented the district since winning the 2004 election. That 2004 race was he closest when she won with 70% of the vote.

The Modern Whigs previously announced a candidate for Florida’s 2nd Congressional District. Paul C. McKain is trying to unseat Democratic Congressman Allen Boyd who was first elected in 1996.

SOURCE:

http://www.prlog.org/10378343-whig-party-revival-continues-with-announcement-of-two-additional-congressional-candidates.html

Whig Party candidate is the first third party candidate to be listed on Fec.gov for third quarter...

Of all of the third party and independent candidates running for Federal office in 2010, Paul McKain comes in first. He is the first to be listed in fec.gov for report fundraising in the third quarter of 2009.

Paul McKain, running under the Modern Whig Party banner for Florida’s Third Congressional District, has $9,346 cash on hand.

McKain is the first person to ever run for any office under the Modern Whig Party banner.

SOURCE:

http://fec.gov/DisclosureSearch/HSRefreshCandList.do?election_yr=2010&category=stateH_oth&stateName=FL

Modern Whigs back second candidate…

Modern Whigs back second candidate… for Congress.

In their Independence Day message the Modern Whig party announced they are backing Adam Kokesh’s run for Congress. Kokesh is running in New Mexico’s Third District.

Kokesh has said if he will run on any party ticket. Kokesh has also been endorsed by two people that ran for President in 2008; Congressman Ron Paul and former Senator Mike Gravel.

Democrat Ben Lujan is currently in his first term in Congress representing New Mexico’s Third District. In 2008, the area showed 14% support for independent Carol Miller.

Paul McKain is running for Congress on the Modern Whig Party ticket in Florida. McKain was the first person to run for office on the Modern Whig ticket.

SOURCE:

http://www.kokeshforcongress.com/

http://modernwhigparty.blogspot.com/2009/07/independence-day-message.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mey5QkdUUrA&eurl=http://www.kokeshforcongress.com/blog&feature=player_embedded

http://www.kokeshforcongress.com/posts/ron-paul-weighs

Another Whig is on...

Another Whig is on... the ballot. The second Modern Whig Party candidate to run for office has made it official.

Gene L. Baldassari qualified to run for New Jersey Assembly in the 14th Legislative District. He has become "New Jersey’s first candidate on the Modern Whig Party".

Paul C. McKain, who is running for Congress from Florida, became the first Modern Whig candidate ever.

SOURCES:

http://www.paulmckain.com/

http://www.VoteGene.com/

The Whig goes to…

The Whig goes to… Paul C. McKain.

McKain has filed to run for Congress in Florida’s Second Congressional seat. With that McKain becomes the first Modern Whig to run for an office.

McKain is running for the seat currently held by Democrat Allen Boyd. The district is in Florida’s panhandle including the state capital, Tallahassee.

At this point Boyd is also facing a primary challenger of Al Lawson. No Republican or any other candidate has yet filed to run for the seat.

A Modern Whig Party news release describes McKain as, "McKain worked his way through college to earn his Bachelor of Science degree from Florida International University where he majored in Education and minored in Physical Sciences. Upon graduation, he taught for 3 ½ years then applied for and was selected to join Sunrise Florida Fire and Rescue Department where he worked for 23 years until his retirement in 2003. While off duty, McKain built and developed several businesses from the ground up, most recently working on a global scale culminating with the passage of legislation through the US Congress."

SOURCE:

http://www.paulmckain.com/

http://www.modernwhig.org/

http://www.floridawhig.com/

http://election.dos.state.fl.us/candidate/CanDetail.asp?account=50517