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JUST ANNOUNCED:
Our next Primary Buzz Discussion: Independents are Surging…and Independent
Veterans are Spoiling for a Fight will feature two Independent
veteran candidates running for US Senate: Ty Pinkins (Mississippi)
& Todd Achilles (Idaho).
Ty Pinkins is a
decorated U.S. Army veteran, attorney, and community advocate running
as an Independent for United States Senate in 2026 because he believes
Mississippi’s working families deserve more than politics as
usual.
Todd Achilles
served as an Idaho State Representative and minority caucus chair. He
teaches innovation, strategy, antimonopoly, and policy analysis at
GSPP, and technology policy at Boise State University’s School of
Public Service. Todd served in the U.S. Army as a tank commander and
then spent his civilian career in the tech, media and telecom sectors,
holding executive roles at T-Mobile, Hewlett-Packard, and a few
start-ups.
Open Primaries Founder and
President John Opdycke will host the conversation
featuring Paul
Rieckhoff—America’s leading veterans advocate and Founder and
former CEO of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA)—who has
launched Independent Veterans of America to support Veterans who want to run for
elected office as independents.
Paul is opinionated, patriotic,
fiercely independent and is both a regular on CNN and MSNBC and hosts
the popular podcast Independent Americans.
While the DC ecosphere downplay the
rise of independent voters across the country, a new generation of
serious, viable independent candidates is working to give voice to the growing
number of voters who are out of sorts with the status quo. It’s hard!
American politics is not designed for voters and candidates who don’t
fit neatly into the two-party playbook. Independents get called “
spoilers” by journalists, partisans…even reformers!
But America’s veterans still
command much credibility across divides. Can independent veterans help
lead the way to something new?
Join us next Tuesday February 3rd at 3:00PM ET
2026 is the year of the Independent.
Join the conversation—and be part
of what comes next.
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