Massachusetts is the only state that mandates that an incumbent running for re-election should always be listed first on the ballot. A lawsuit challenging that law, filed in 2004, is finally moving ahead. The case is White v Galvin, Plymouth Co. Superior Court, 04-0427. On August 6, 2007, the court denied the government’s attempt to have the case dismissed as moot. A pre-trial conference will be held September 25, 2007.