Some people think that because U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman is now the nominee of a new party in Connecticut, that he can’t possibly still be a registered Democrat. However, he is still a registered Democrat.
Only eleven states prohibit someone from getting on the general election ballot by petition, if that person is a registered member of a qualified party: California, Colorado, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Pennsylvania.
Of course, only 29 states have voter registration by party. One of the 29 states is Louisiana, in which all candidates run in the same election.
Louisiana will return to using party primaries for congressional elections in 2008.