On Friday evening, November 15, Kshama Sawant’s opponent, incumbent Seattle city councilman Richard Conlin, conceded to her. Sawant is the Socialist Alternative candidate in the citywide non-partisan race for city council. See this story. … Continue reading
Seth Masket, a political scientist who studies political parties, here discusses why the national Democratic and Republican Parties have so much trouble trying to enforce the type of presidential primary calendar they prefer. Masket concludes that depriving state parties of … Continue reading
The U.S. Supreme Court is currently considering whether or not to hear Susan B. Anthony List v Driehaus, 13-193, a case over whether Ohio’s law criminalizing making a false statement in a campaign ad violates the First Amendment. The case … Continue reading
On November 14, U.S. District Court Judge J. Michael Seabright ruled against the Hawaii Democratic Party, in Democratic Party of Hawaii v Nago. This is the case in which the Hawaii Democratic Party sued to obtain a closed primary for … Continue reading
The Libertarian Party has this compilation of election results for party members who ran for public elective office on November 5, 2013. The compilation also has results for 2013 elections earlier than November 5 at the top. The November 2013 … Continue reading
