Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Dies at 82

The following was written for Wikinews but was never published

Former United States Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, died Tuesday at his home in Henderson, Nevada. He was 82. In a statement, Reid’s wife of 62 years, Landra, said he died of pancreatic cancer. Reid had suffered from the disease since at least 2018, but claimed to be in remission in 2019.

Stewart Greenleaf Dies

Stewart Greenleaf, a longtime Republican Pennsylvania state Senator (1979–2019), died today, of unknown causes. He was 81.

I never would have known of Mr. Greenleaf if not for his decision to run for President of the United States in first-in-the-nation New Hampshire primary in 2012.  It was a puzzling decision and few actually reported on it. I tried to contact Senator Greenleaf about it, at the time, but I did not receive any response. He did eventually put out a lengthy statement highlighting his reasons for entering the race:

The Politics of Fun

Phil Davison

Back in 2010 I witnessed the future of politics. A little known councilman went before his local party and delivered the most passionate speech of this century thus far.  Though the speech concerned, of all things, the Stark County Treasurer’s office, it harkened back to the exciting and entertaining aspect of politics.   As the speech went on, I felt something special happen. Politics became fun again.

Virgil Goode Endorses Donald Trump for President

Originally published at IPR

Former Congressman Virgil Goode, the Constitution Party’s 2012 presidential nominee and member of the party’s Executive Committee wrote an editorial yesterday for Breitbart.com in which he endorsed the presidential campaign of the Republican Party’s 2016 front-runner Donald Trump.

Greg Seltzer Drops Presidential Bid & Steps Down as Prohibition Party Chair

As reported in The National Prohibitionist and at Independent Political Report, Rev. Greg Seltzer of Maryland is ending his 2016 campaign for president and is stepping down as Chairman of the Prohibition Party.  This comes as the new Governor of Maryland Larry Hogan, a Republican, named Seltzer to the state’s Election Board.

Seltzer is a retired history professor and Presbyterian Minister.  He took over as Prohibition Party Chairman early last year when Rev. Toby Davis, the 2012 vice presidential nominee, stepped down due to a busy schedule.  He  previously served on the Maryland Election Board from 2002 to 2006 during the state’s last Republican administration.

Wikinews interviews Christopher Hill, Republican Party presidential candidate

The following was originally published on Wikinews January 6, 2015.

Air Force veteran and airline pilot Christopher V. Hill of New Hampshire took some time to talk with Wikinews about his campaign for the Republican Party’s 2016 presidential nomination.

Hill served in Operation Desert Storm, flying about fifty combat missions. Shortly after the war, he returned to civilian life, working as a loader and then a pilot for the United Parcel Service. In 2010, he organized the “Pilots and Patriots Defending the Constitution” ahead of that year’s midterm elections.  Hill ran his first campaign for president in 2012, seeking the Republican nomination.

Colorful Candidate Jim Rogers Dies at 79

Jim Rogers, best remembered as a mysterious political candidate who had unlikely successes, died on Tuesday at the age of 79 in Durant, Oklahoma.

According to his obituary on the Brown’s Funeral Service website, Rogers was a professor who taught at universities, community colleges, and high schools throughout Oklahoma, Kansas, and Wyoming.  He specialized in Chemistry, Engineering, Mathematics, and Physics.  The obituary makes no mention of Rogers’s numerous political campaigns. 

Citizen Journalist Martin Olson Uploads Official Phil Davison Video to YouTube

Citizen Journalist Martin Olson, the man who videotaped Minerva Councilman Phil Davison’s inspirational 2010 speech, uploaded the full, official video of the speech to YouTube last week.

Olson, who operates the  Stark County Political Report, which covers local politics in Stark County, Ohio, recorded Davison during the September 8 meeting of the local Republican Party Executive Committee, at which Davison sought the party’s nomination for County Treasurer.  In his original posting of the video to the Huffington Post, Olson reported:

Lost Vermin Supreme Interview Uncovered

It was late December 2011.  I sat at my computer, watching the live stream of the lesser-known Republican and Democratic presidential candidates forum.  My only interest was as a citizen journalist for Wikinews,  covering the candidates the mainstream media chose to ignore. I did not expect anything out of the ordinary.

As the Democratic Party forum commenced, I noticed a bearded man dressed in green with a rubber boot on his head take the stage. I couldn’t help but laugh.  I recognized this man, having attempted earlier in the year to remove his Wikipedia entry as a frivolous candidate.  His name was Vermin Supreme, the “friendly fascist,”