The United Independent Party is not ballot-qualified in Massachusetts, but it hopes to become ballot-qualified on November 4, 2014, by polling at least 3% of the vote for Evan Falchuk, its gubernatorial nominee. In the meantime, it is also launching … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2014
On October 13, We Ask America released a poll for the Illinois gubernatorial race. The results: Democratic incumbent Pat Quinn 44%; Republican Bruce Rauner 41%; Libertarian Chad Grimm 7%; undecided 8%. Thanks to PoliticalWire for the link. … Continue reading
“State Legislatures” magazine for October-November 2014 magazine has this article by Louis Jacobson, on whether there is any correlation between type of primary, and type of politician elected to state legislatures or Congress. The article is very comprehensive, but it … Continue reading
Even though today is Sunday (October 12), briefs were filed today by voting rights groups and by the U.S. Justice Department in the Texas government-photo ID case pending in the Fifth Circuit. Scotusblog has the details. Thanks to Thomas Jones … Continue reading
On October 11, the Bradenton Times endorsed Bill Wohlsifer, the Libertarian nominee for Florida Attorney General. See the editorial here. The Bradenton Times was founded in 2008 and is an on-line news source. Wohlsifer is the first candidate on the … Continue reading