William Forbes, a Nebraska Democrat who lost the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate this year, is suing the Nebraska Democratic Party in state court to force it to name a replacement nominee.  The original nominee, who had won the primary, Ciindy Burbank, has withdrawn.  She withdrew because a strong independent, Dan Osborn, is given a chance to win the election and his chances are thought to be enhanced if no Democrat is on the ballot.  The hearing is July 29 at 3 p.m. in Lancaster County district court.

On July 28, an Iowa state trial court refused to put the Libertarian nominees for Governor and Lieutenant Governor back on the ballot.  See this story.

The lawsuits on the two Libertarian U.S. House candidates are still pending.

On July 24, California filed this brief in Ware v Weber, e.d., 2:26cv-1643.  This is the case in which Butch Ware argues that the California law requiring gubernatorial candidates to file copies of the last five years’ tax returns is unconstitutional.  The state’s brief says the case is moot.  It does not acknowledge that in this year’s primary, three gubernatorial candidates were kept off the ballot because the tax returns law.  This is relevant because the state assumes that the law does not create a recurring problem for gubernatorial candidates.

The other two candidates who had problems with the tax returns requirement were Che Ahn and Gheorghe Roper.