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What’s really driving
the backlash? Opdycke and Rieckhoff have an
idea. Hint - when is the last time an independent candidate for
president got 20% of the vote…?
Join the two of them
TOMORROW for our first Primary Buzz Discussion of
2026: Independents are Surging…and Independent
Veterans are Spoiling for a Fight which 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.
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 TOMORROW 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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