As a result of the recent election, the Oklahoma and Tennessee legislatures, for the first time ever, are under Republican control in both houses. During the last fifteen years, legislatures in both states have considered bills to ease ballot access … Continue reading
Rick Lass, Green Party nominee for Public Regulation Commissioner, polled 43.74% of the unofficial vote in his race. The returns on the Secretary of State’s unofficial webpage show Lass with 75,731 votes, and his Democratic opponent with 97,405 votes. The … Continue reading
According to this report, the 2nd U.S. House district of Nebraska is somewhat likely to vote for Barack Obama. Nebraska is one of two states in which each U.S. House district elects its own elector. McCain is leading by 569 … Continue reading
Blog posts in the last two days have covered cases in which independent candidates were elected on November 4 to state legislatures in Wisconsin, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. Also minor parties elected members in Vermont and Arkansas. In addition, an … Continue reading
On November 4, Wisconsin voters of the 67th Assembly district re-elected Jeff Wood to his fourth term. His first three terms were as a Republican, but this year, he ran as an independent. Wood had a ballot-listed Republican opponent, Don … Continue reading
