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On March 20, Bob Healey died, at the age of 58. See this story. He founded the Cool Moose Party of Rhode Island in 1994, and was its gubernatorial candidate that year, polling 9.08%. That made it a ballot-qualified party. … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: March 2016
The Oklahoma Election Board has determined that the Libertarian Party’s petition for party status is valid. This is the first time any party, other than the Democratic and Republican Parties, has been qualified in Oklahoma since November 2000, except that … Continue reading
The Connecticut presidential primaries will include nine candidates. The six Republicans are Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, John Kasich, Marco Rubio, and Donald Trump. The three Democrats are Hillary Clinton, Rocky De La Fuente, and Bernie Sanders. De La … Continue reading
Pennsylvania still won’t permit out-of-state circulators to work on petitions for candidates running in primaries. That policy is being challenged by a lawsuit filed in January 2016, Benezet Consulting v Cortes, m.d., 1:16cv-74. A status conference in the case is … Continue reading
Filing closed on March 14 for candidates running in the District of Columbia primary. Three parties have their own primaries: Democratic, Republican, and Green. No Republican filed for Delegate to the U.S. House. See the list here. D.C. defines a … Continue reading