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The August 4 Sacramento Bee has this op-ed by Steven Hill, analyzing how the top-two open primary worked in California recently. … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: August 2012
Shawn Steel, a former California Republican Party chair, has this interesting account of the California June 2012 outcome for the 74th Assembly District. The incumbent, who was the more conservative of the two Republicans running, placed first, and a second … Continue reading
According to this story, Bob Gray’s petition to be on the ballot for State Senate in the Illinois 50th district was challenged, and he does not have quite enough valid signatures to appear on the November ballot. This development leaves … Continue reading
On August 3, Patrick Manning won a lawsuit in New York Supreme Court, retaining his spot on the Republican primary ballot as a candidate for Assembly. New York requires legislative candidates to have lived in New York for the preceding … Continue reading
New Mexico State Senator Howie Morales (D-Silver City) will introduce a bill in the 2013 legislative session to let candidates running in a primary qualify by paying a filing fee. Currently law requires petitions for access to a primary ballot … Continue reading