The new Arizona Independent Party is joining forces with a national group as both organizations attempt to create a viable third party option appealing to moderate and centrist voters.

If voters register as independents, do they mean independent of any party, or members of the new Arizona Independent Party?

Former Phoenix Mayor Paul Johnson will chair the party. He has pushed for electoral reforms for more than a decade.

A federal judge in Brooklyn has declined to grant New York City mayoral candidate Jim Walden a preliminary injunction that would have allowed him to run as a member of his own “Independence Party.” ...