On June 17, Public Policy Polling released a U.S. Senate poll for North Carolina. The results: Democratic incumbent Kay Hagan 39%, Republican Thom Tillis 34%, Libertarian Sean Haugh 11%, undecided 16%. See here for more details. A supplemental question asks about support for the major party candidates if the Libertarian were not in the race,(More)…
It was a week since my mom had left and I was still in a fog of mixed feelings about what to do. Part of me wanted to just go …
Minnesota filing for all federal and state office closed on June 3. Here is a link to the Secretary of State’s web page, listing candidates. There are three ballot-qualified parties, Democratic-Farmer-Labor, Republican, and Independence. Candidates running in the primaries of these three parties do not need any petition to get on their own party’s primary(More)…
Grist is an on-line magazine that has news about environmental issues and activism. It has existed since 1999 and is centered in Seattle. Grist has this article about Jessica Spear, the only Socialist Alternative Party candidate for any federal or state office this year. Spear is running in the same legislative district which the Socialist(More)…
A young man by the name of Erik Finman has received a fair amount of news in the recent weeks after it came to light that he made a six-figure …
On June 14, the Los Angeles County Democratic Party Executive Committee resolved to work for the restoration of write-in space on California general election ballots. Currently, California allows write-ins in non-partisan elections, and in primaries, but not in general elections for Congress and partisan state office. The legislature removed write-in space from those elections in(More)…
On June 2, filing closed in Maine for independent candidates and the nominees of unqualified parties. Here is a link to the list of those candidates, and a link to the list of primary candidates as well. Maine has three ballot-qualified parties, Democratic, Republican, and Green. All three nominate by primary; the primary was on(More)…
The Sun, San Bernardino’s daily newspaper, invited readers to comment on California’s top-two system. It then published the comments of seven individuals. See them here.
The Montana Newspaper Association and Montana Public Broadcasting System will jointly sponsor general election debates for U.S. Senate and U.S. House on June 14, Saturday. All three candidates in each race (the Republican, Democrat, and Libertarian) will be included. The debates will be in the Library Auditorium at Montana Tech in Butte, and will be(More)…
On June 12, Rhode Island HB 8072 passed the Senate Judiciary Committee. The bill has already passed the House. It repeals the straight-ticket device. Thanks to Ken Block for this news. The bill takes effect January 1, 2015.
