Most of them would have had very little chance to run independent campaigns without the city's help.
He also recently criticized the independent campaign of Joe Lieberman.
"To a certain extent, we were the last independent campaign."
The Vietnamese knew him as the head of an independent campaign in the 1980's to supply medicines to the country, for which they were grateful.
After failing to achieve even 1,500 signatures, his independent campaign quietly died.
The Union facilitates and funds a set of independent campaigns every term.
He mounted independent campaign in 1976 and received over 700 thousand votes.
Third party: There is no significant third party or independent campaign.
Abel Collins, an environmental activist, will mount an independent campaign in the general election.
He said he would prefer to run an independent campaign.