On March 27, the Public Policy Institute of California released a gubernatorial poll. Pollsters mentioned four candidates to respondents. The results: Jerry Brown 47%, Tim Donnelly 10%, Andrew Blount 2%, Neel Kashkari 2%. Three percent of the respondents named someone … Continue reading
On March 22, the Massachusetts Republican Party held its statewide endorsements convention. According to party rules, no one may run for statewide office in the Republican primary unless the candidate got 15% or more support at the meeting. Charlie Baker … Continue reading
On March 24, Jeffrey Wald, a member of the Alameda County, California, Republican Central Committee, filed a lawsuit, charging that two Republican candidates in a particular Congressional race are sham candidates who entered the race to split the Republican vote … Continue reading
According to this story, Asher Platts, the Maine Green candidate for State Senate, will be on the Green Party primary ballot. The Democrat who had challenged his petition is withdrawing the challenge. Thanks to Thomas MacMillan for the link. … Continue reading
Global Strategy Group conducts research on public policy and is also a highly-respected polling and public relations firm. Jonathan Brown has posted this article on the company’s web page, about California’s top-two election system. … Continue reading
On March 25, California held a special election for State Senate, 23rd district. The Libertarian, Jeff Hewitt, a city councilman, placed fourth in a five-person race, polling 6.5%. This is the 86th election for federal or state office in which … Continue reading