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On May 8, Eunice Groark died at the age of 80. In 1990 she and Lowell Weicker were elected on a joint ticket to be Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, under the party label “A Connecticut Party.” In 1994, … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2018
On August 30, 2016, Florida held its congressional-state office primaries. One of the closer contests was the race between incumbent Democratic congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz and professor Tim Canova in the 23rd district, which is mostly in Broward County. The … Continue reading
New Jersey is the only state in which partisan primary ballots give candidates endorsed by the party organization a superior spot on the ballot. This New Jersey Spotlight article explains how the process works. The endorsement process is controlled by … Continue reading
This newspaper story describes the intense Republican Party effort in Nebraska to defeat State Senator Laura Ebke for re-election. She joined the Libertarian Party in 2016. The story also reveals that even though Nebraska’s legislature is technically non-partisan (with no … Continue reading
Several Philadelphia election officials have pleaded guilty for their behavior in the 2017 special election in the 197th district. This was the special election in which Green candidate Cheri Honkala put up a strong campaign. The election officials were charged … Continue reading