The Santa Fe New Mexican daily newspaper carries this story. It says that the speaker of the New Mexico House of Representatives now regrets that this year’s session of the legislature made it more difficult for major party members to … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2007
At the November 7, 2007 election in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, six write-in candidates for local office won, even though they had ballot-listed opponents. See this story in the Scranton Times-Tribune. The article says that write-ins will be increasingly used in … Continue reading
The national Libertarian Party web page features a fund-raising device, whereby donors to the party may indicate their first choice for the Libertarian presidential nomination, and the competitive rankings are related to the amount donated. Only three individuals seeking the … Continue reading
On November 19, the Connecticut Secretary of State released the names of major party presidential primary candidates. Republicans are Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, Duncan Hunter, Alan Keyes, John McCain, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Tom Tancredo and Fred Thompson (9 names). … Continue reading
The results from Louisiana’s state run-off elections on November 17 produced these results in the State House: 53 Democrats, 50 Republicans, 2 independents. This is the largest number of Republicans in the Louisiana State House since the 1870’s. Note that … Continue reading