Geoffrey Skelley, media relations person for the University of Virginia Center for Politics, has this article listing past U.S. Senate candidates who ran in the general election even after losing a U.S. Senate primary the same year. The article begins … Continue reading
On June 20, an Arizona trial court heard the challenge to the petition of Kevin McCormick, Libertarian Party candidate for Governor. All parties in Arizona must nominate by primary. Candidates in all parties need signatures to get on their own … Continue reading
June 21 is the Texas deadline this year for independent candidates. It appears that Jonathan Jenkins, independent candidate for U.S. Senate, will not have the needed 47,086 valid signatures. He is endorsed by Unite America (formerly the Centrist Project) and … Continue reading
North Dakota held its primaries on June 12. Three parties were on the primary ballot, and voters were free to vote in any party’s primary, Republican, Democratic, or Libertarian. The Libertarian Party only had one candidate for statewide office, Roland … Continue reading
On June 20, the North Carolina legislature overrode the veto of SB 486, so it is now law. It makes it illegal for a party that nominates by convention to nominate someone who had earlier that year run in a … Continue reading
