Last month, Ray J. Writz, Constitution Party nominee for U.S. Senate from Idaho, polled 41,677 votes. This was 6.14%, and is the highest percentage of the vote for a non-major party candidate for U.S. Senate from Idaho since 1926. Writz … Continue reading
Georgia held a partisan statewide election for Public Service Commissioner last month. Only two candidates were on the ballot, a Republican and a Libertarian. The Libertarian, Eric Hoskins, polled 1,200,076 votes, 33.42%. He carried Clayton County with 69.3% of the … Continue reading
Washington, D.C., has partisan elections for city council at-large. The voters elect two, but no party is permitted to run more than one candidate. At last month’s election, the Green Party nominee, G. Lee Aikin, received 29,165 votes, whereas the … Continue reading
Illinois permits a party to be ballot-qualified in particular districts or counties, even if it isn’t qualified statewide. The Green Party polled enough votes last month for U.S. House, 12th district, to retain its qualified status. It has had that … Continue reading
Connecticut, uniquely, makes a determination as to whether a party retains ballot qualification on an office-by-office basis. Last month, the Green Party polled enough votes for U.S. Senate to be ballot-qualified for that office in 2018. That is the first … Continue reading
