December 16 was the deadline for candidates running for the vacant U.S. House seat in Ohio’s 8th districts. Twenty candidates filed. See the list here. James J. Condit, Jr., who was the Constitution Party’s nominee for that seat in 2014, … Continue reading
On December 8, U.S. District Court Judge William K. Sessions cleared the way for the Vermont Progressive Party and some of its candidates to proceed in a campaign finance case. Corren v Sorrell, 2:15cv-58. Dean Corren had been the party’s … Continue reading
On December 16, filing for the Ohio 2016 primary closed. Here is a list of the candidates who filed for statewide office. Ohio has three ballot-qualified parties: Republican, Democratic, and Green. No one filed in the Green Party presidential primary, … Continue reading
FrontloadingHQ has been running a series of blog posts, explaining the Republican delegate apportionment rules for each state. So far thirteen states have been covered. The blog’s author, Josh Putnam, has been posting a new state approximately every day. He … Continue reading
According to this story, the December 15, 2015 Republican presidential debate had the third highest viewership of any televised presidential primary debate in U.S. history. This is more evidence that having as many as nine candidates does not limit the … Continue reading
The News & Observer, North Carolina’s second-largest newspaper, published in Raleigh, has this story about the Libertarian Party candidates who filed for statewide office on December 15. The Libertarian Party nominates by primary. The deadline for candidates to file for … Continue reading