According to this story, Oregon Republican Party leaders will try to persuade the legislature to move the primary from mid-May to an earlier date. Thanks to FrontloadingHQ for the link. … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2014
On January 29, Congressman Henry Waxman, a veteran Democrat from southwest Los Angeles County, made a surprise announcement that he won’t run for re-election this year. This news is probably good news for Marianne Williamson, a well-known author who is … Continue reading
The Nebraska Senate has been debating how the state should elect presidential electors intermittently, starting on January 27. Currently each of Nebraska’s three U.S. House districts elects its own presidential elector. LB 382, introduced over a year ago, provides for … Continue reading
This newspaper story describes various efforts by local New York election officials, and others, to pressure the state legislature to act so that the state doesn’t hold two primaries in 2014, one for Congress and one for state and local … Continue reading
Politico, which seldom covers minor party or independent candidates for Governor or U.S. Senator, has this article about Rob Sarvis’s annoncement on January 29 that he will seek the Libertarian nomination for U.S. Senate in Virginia. … Continue reading