On August 16, the New Jersey Secretary of State removed Carl Lewis’s name from the roster of candidates for the November 8, 2011 election. He had won the Democratic primary in June for State Senate, district 8. However, the Secretary of State, and a state court, had previously ruled that he does not meet the state constitution’s residency requirement. See this story. This development will probably prompt the U.S. District Court to rule very soon. Lewis is challenging the state constitutional requirement; he argues that it violates the U.S. Constitution.

Carl Lewis is better-known than most people who run for state legislature, because he was a well-known Olympic track star in the past.