Marion County, Florida, is holding a partisan election for Sheriff next month. The only two candidates named on the ballot are the Constitution Party nominee, Bernie DeCastro, and a Republican. However, the Republican whose name is on the ballot has withdrawn because of a scandal. Votes for the Republican listed on the ballot will be counted for another particular Republican chosen by the local Republican Party. But, many voters probably won’t want to vote for the Republican whose name is listed on the ballot, even though there will be a sign at each polling place explaining that votes cast for the withdrawn Republican will be credited to another Republican.
Uncovered Politics explains this in greater detail. Here is a link to the Uncovered Politics story.
Marion County is in central Florida, and has a population of 316,183. The county seat is Ocala.
In Wetzel County, West Virginia, Constitution Party Candidate (and current State Party Chairman) Jeffrey-Frank..Jarrell only has one Democrat opponent. He has the support of many Republicans in the county, as well as many Democrats. We could have a two-fer.
@Jeff Is he on the ballot or a write-in?
On the ballot – see here (select any precinct): http://www.sos.wv.gov/elections/currentelection/precincts/Pages/Wetzel.aspx
Unlike the other larger third parties, the Constitution Party has been working to build its party up locally with some success. There have been major gains in registration for the party in Utah lately, and a couple local offices have been won there. I expect to see the Constitution Party to continue to grow as the years go by, perhaps even challenging Republicans in unopposed seats or in seats with insignificant democratic opposition.