Capital and Main, a non-partisan news source about government and politics, recently ran a two-part series by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Gary Cohn that concludes that the top-two system in California has injured labor and boosted big business. Here is the … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2014
According to this story, former Congressman Tom Tancredo is likely to be the Republican nominee this year for Governor of Colorado. In 2010, he was the Constitution Party’s nominee for the same office, and he received 36.4% of the vote. … Continue reading
Arkansas held primaries for the Democratic and Republican Parties on May 20. Incumbent state representative Fred Smith was defeated in the Democratic primary in the 50th district. The vote was: Smith 539; Milton Nicks 1,096. Smith had been nominated by … Continue reading
Although Alabama will be one of only two, three or four states with no statewide minor party or independent candidates on the November 2014 ballot, the Constitution Party will be on the ballot in Marshall County, Alabama. Alabama lets parties … Continue reading
Here is a newspaper story about the oral argument on May 21 in the Michigan case that challenges the law that circulators must be registered voters. Here is another story. … Continue reading