Contested Minor Party Primaries this year in at Least Twelve States

In 2010, there are at least twelve states, plus the District of Columbia, that have held contested primaries for minor parties:

Arizona had a 4-way gubernatorial primary for the Libertarian Party; California held contested primaries for all four of its ballot-qualified minor parties; Colorado held statewide Libertarian primaries; the District of Columbia is about to hold contested primaries for the Statehood Green Party; Florida held a contested state legislative primary for the Libertarian Party; the Illinois Green Party primary had a few contests for district office; Louisiana held a U.S. Senate primary for the Libertarian Party; the Maine Green Party had two contested legislative races; Minnesota had a contested gubernatorial primary for the Independence Party; Missouri had a contested Libertarian primary for several offices, including U.S. Senate; New York is about to hold a contested gubernatorial primary for the Conservative Party; Ohio had a few contested district office Libertarian primaries; and Vermont had several statewide contested Liberty Union primaries.  Thanks to the posters below for help with this blog post.

This is believed to be the highest number of states that have held contested minor party primaries in a midterm year since before World War II.  States that have held contested minor party primaries (for office other than President) since World War II, but not this year, are Alaska, Connecticut, Hawaii, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Washington, and possibly others.


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Contested Minor Party Primaries this year in at Least Twelve States — 4 Comments

  1. Missouri had a bit more contested primary races than one:

    Libertarian Party – U.S. Senate and 3 U.S. Congressional District Races (total of 4 contested Libertarian races)

    Constitution Party – Senate (3-way primary)

  2. Richard:

    In 1990 the American Independent Party of California had contested races for both Governor and Lieutenant Governor. Also, the 1970 election is famous for the very high number (dozens) of contested races throughout the state at all levels of government, in addition to the State-wide Officers.

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