Fran Powers Archives - Manhattan Libertarian Party

Just When You Thought the Staten Island Congressional Race Couldn’t Get Any Weirder…

June 23, 2008

The Republican nominee to replace Vito Fossella, Frank Powers, died in his sleep yesterday. So a father-son race just wasn’t meant to be, even if the Libertarian Party had nominated Frank’s son Fran to run against him. The race went from potentially two Powers, to one, to none at all. Our sincere condolences go to Fran Powers […]

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The Last Word (for Now) on Fran Powers

June 17, 2008

This week’s issue of The New Yorker has a wrap-up on everyone’s favorite almost-candidate of the Libertarian Party, Fran Powers of Staten Island. As everyone knows by now, Fran got a ton of media attention for seeking to run against his father, Republican Frank Powers, for the 13th Congressional District seat on Staten Island. Alas,

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Manhattan Libertarians Select Their Standard-Bearers for 2008

June 10, 2008

The Manhattan Libertarian Party held its nominating convention last night to select its 2008 candidates. There’s one race in particular that everyone wants to know about: As the New York Times reported this morning, we selected a surprising candidate for the 13th Congressional District on Staten Island: The Libertarian Party selected Susan Overeem on Monday night

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Fran Powers Rejects Father’s Negative Tactics

June 6, 2008

Prospective Libertarian congressional candidate Fran Powers isn’t going to let his Republican opponent talk smack about him, even when — especially when — that opponent is his dad. Today’s Staten Island Advance has a followup on yesterday’s story: [H]is father, an MTA board member and retired Wall Street executive, said that over the years he’d

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