Charles Elson Roemer, III

I'll never forget 1987 and the first and only term of former Governor Buddy Roemer. Roemer was trying to turn Louisiana around.  He was a reform-minded governor before reform was cool.  One of the first moves Roemer made was to appoint Virginia Van...

Previously on Elephant Talks we heard Texas state GOP chair Steve Munisteri proclaim: 'Texas, the largest Republican state in the Union, whose citizens for 20 years have had the good sense not to elect a single Democrat statewide, and which has led the...

Stop the presses! Buddy Roemer is no longer running for president. If Mr. Roemer's name doesn't ring a bell, don't feel bad. Although he has been campaigning doggedly for a year and a half, most Americans surely have never heard his name. Mr. Roemer, a...

Former Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer calls the remaining candidates for president "pitiful". Roemer ended his bid for the White House last week. He was in the running for more than 17 months, despite never appearing in a nationally televised...

Former Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer calls the remaining candidates for president "pitiful". Roemer recently ended his bid for the White House. He was in the race for more than 17 months despite never appearing in a nationally televised debate. "Mitt...

That pop you may or may not have heard the other day was the bursting pipedream of a centrist presidential candidate outside the establishment parties. The organizers of a group calling itself Americans Elect decided to close shop after failing to find...

A non-partisan, national group that plans to run a third-party presidential candidate nominated by an online convention will submit more than 18,000 signatures to the Maryland State Board of Elections on Wednesday with the hope of gaining a spot on the...

What happens if you start a political party and nobody comes? Six months ago, a newfangled third party burst onto the scene, full of hope and promise. It was called Americans Elect, and it sought to give voters a choice many said they were looking for:...

Democrats and Republicans will choose nominees in city and federal races on Tuesday. Voting will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Primary elections will be held for Maryland’s 6th Congressional District seat and one of its two U.S. Senate seats, as...

Complete, but unofficial, results of local, district and statewide races in Tuesday's 2012 Maryland primary election (candidates in boldface are the projected nominees):   Hagerstown City Council (With early voting and 18 of 18 Washington County...

Mitt Romney easily won the Maryland Republican presidential primary on Tuesday, getting an added lift from a blue state where voter turnout was light. Complete, but unofficial, statewide returns showed Romney gaining 49 percent of the vote, compared with...

Buddy Roemer is not afraid of a political party flip flop. After 20 years as a Democrat, he crossed the aisle to become a Republican. Last year he announced his bid for the Republican presidential primary, but in February chose to run as a third party...