On September 25, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously upheld the 2022 Missouri map for U.S. House. Here is the order.
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Massachusetts voters will be voting on a top-two initiative in November. A University of New Hampshire Bay State Poll released September 24 shows that the initiative is backed by 41% of the voters, opposed by 39%, and 19% are undecided. The initiative is on the ballot as Question Three.
The same poll asked about the U.S. Senate race in Massachusetts. The results: Democrat Ed Markey 53%, Republican John Deaton 30%, Socialism & Liberation Joe Tache 9%, undecided 8%. The poll did not mention the fourth candidate on the ballot, Shiva Ayyadurai, an independent. Here are the details of the poll.
On September 17, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court agreed with the Commonwealth Court that Christopher Gambino has enough valid signatures. Gambino is a Forward Party nominee for State House, 143rd district. See this story.
After getting booted from the 2026 ballot when the Republican Party sued to get the New Jersey Secretary of State to enforce a previously unenforced and likely unconstitutional law banning out of state petitioners, Libertarian Party candidate Lana Leguía announced on September 24 that she will seek the same position in the 2028 election.
On September 24, U.S. Senate independent candidates Dan Osborn of Nebraska, and Brian Bengs of South Dakota, said that if they are both elected, they will caucus with each other. This is a clever response for the people who have been asking each one of them which major party would they caucus with if they got elected. The two are saying “neither” Republican nor Democratic. See this story.