The third candidate in the race could be the spoiler in the eyes of Republicans and Foley supporters.
Tom Marsh, who started out in the Republican primary field before dropping out to run as the nominee of the Independent Party, won 17,223 votes, the AP reported.
It’s probably the case that we’ll see more of these third way candidacies on the right, as the fringe becomes ever more insistent on ideological purity. Another example this year is Colorado, where the governor’s race was surely affected by a third party. Expect whichever “moderate” Maine Senator is up in 2012 (I believe it’s Collins), should she survive a primary, to have a third way rival.
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