On March 12, the University of Southern California and ABCChannel 7 in Los Angeles announced that they will host a California gubernatorial debate. Unlike all the other California gubernatorial debates held this year, some candidates are not invited even though they have been polling higher than one of the candidates who is invited. The sponsors are inviting Matt Mahan, yet they are excluding Antonio Villaraigosa and Xavier Becerra.

The latest poll, Emerson College, shows Mahan, Becerra, and Villaraigosa each at 3%.

The poll before that, Trudeot, shows Becerra 5%, Villaraigosa 4%, and Mahan at 3%.

The poll before Trudot, Global Strategy, shows Becerra 5%, Mahan 3%, Villaraigosa 2%.

And the poll before that, IVC Media, shows Becerra 3%, Villaraigosa 3%, Mahan 2%.

See this story, criticizing the debate sponsors. Mahan himself says in the story that the sponsors are being unfair.

On March 10, the Hawaii Senate decided not to vote on SB 2480, the bill to create a top-two system. Instead the bill was sent back to the Judiciary Committee.

On March 12, the Ohio Secretary of State’s office held a hearing on whether to remove one of the two Libertarians running against each other in the Libertarian primary for U.S. Senate. See this story.