Cornel West, Dropping Green Party, Will Run as an Independent The left-wing scholar and writer has sought and then abandoned two third-party nominations since announcing his presidential campaign in June.
He Was a Hillary Clinton Cheerleader. Now He Calls Democrats a Threat. Peter Daou, a former Democratic activist, is running Cornel West’s third-party campaign. He talked to The New York Times about how he came to view the two-party system as a bigger problem than Donald J. Trump.
For First Time Since 1946, New Yorkers Have Just 2 Choices for Governor Changes in election law have frozen out third parties in New York State, and even Rep. Lee Zeldin couldn’t secure the Independence Party line.