...is long and colorful, including Republican Pat Buchanan, New York tycoon Donald Trump, former Connecticut Gov. Lowell Weicker, Reform Party founder Ross Perot and Ventura himself. Verney's letter to Ventura was released Friday as a splinter...
...were Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura, 14 percent; developer Donald Trump, 10 percent; and former Connecticut Gov. Lowell Weicker, 5 percent. The poll said 38 percent of voters nationwide had an unfavorable opinion of the Reform Party while 27...
...that a shutdown was the worst result you could get." It's the result Connecticut got in 1991. Independent Gov. Lowell Weicker tried to pressure the Legislature into adopting an income tax to plug a deficit. He cut off non-essential services...
...the election. Barkley also is trying to organize a rally featuring famous political independents later this fall. Lowell Weicker, who was a Republican U.S. senator who went on to win Connecticut's governorship as an independent, is among...
...desperate fishing expedition in hopes of landing a big one to head the ticket. Such contrasting names as the liberal Lowell Weicker, hard-right Pat Buchanan, moderate John McCain and even political wild card Donald Trump have been tossed bait...
...Perot, who ran under the Reform banner in 1996 and has not ruled out another campaign. And former Connecticut Gov. Lowell Weicker is considering running for the nomination of the American Reform Party, a splinter group. Ventura himself could...
...wants many choices for Reform Party voters. Among others, he has unsuccessfully encouraged former Connecticut Gov. Lowell Weicker, Gen. Colin Powell and former independent candidate John Anderson to enter the race. ''The visit should not be...
...endorsing his Senate opponent. Lieberman was a state legislator and then attorney general before defeating Sen. Lowell Weicker in 1988. While Lieberman is allowed to continue his Senate race while campaigning with Gore, a promotion to vice...
...movements, "Spoiling for a Fight." The last two governors elected as independents before Ventura left nothing behind. Lowell Weicker won the Connecticut governorship in 1990, but his lieutenant governor finished a weak third in the race to succeed...
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