California and Kentucky May be Only Two States with a Dem-Rep Monopoly in 2022 for All Statewide Offices

It is possible that California and Kentucky will be the only two states in which there are no minor party or independent candidates on the ballot for any statewide office in November 2022.

Here is a news story about an independent candidate seeking to get on the ballot in North Dakota, for U.S. House. She is Cara Mund, a former Miss America and a recent graduate of Harvard Law School.

Ohio has an independent candidate on the ballot for Secretary of State, but it is not known if she will be on the ballot. Election officials say she has enough, but the Republican Party is challenging her petition validity. She is Terpsehore Maras.

In Washington state, an independent candidate for Secretary of State is on the November ballot. She placed second in the top-two primary, defeating two Republicans. Her only opponent in November is the Democratic incumbent.

In Alaska, it is impossible to know whether any independent or minor party candidate will be on the November ballot for any of the three races, Governor-Lieutenant Governor, U.S. Senate, or U.S. House. The August 16 primary will decide. The top four candidates will qualify.

Of course, there are some states without any statewide races in 2022: Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, Virginia, and West Virginia. In those five states the top office is U.S. House, and in all those five states, there is at least one minor party or independent candidate on the ballot for a U.S. House race.


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California and Kentucky May be Only Two States with a Dem-Rep Monopoly in 2022 for All Statewide Offices — 8 Comments

  1. In New York, Diane Sare successfully petitioned for US Senate as an independent candidate. No one challenged her petition.

  2. It was a huge mistake for Libertarians not to challenge Sare’s petition but several people on the state committee openly supported her over the Libertarian senate candidate, Thomas Quiter, even though she’s nowhere near libertarian. Allowing it to go through only hurt the LP’s court case saying the new requirement was too onerous

  3. A former Miss America is running as an Independent candidate in North Dakota.

  4. The SOS election in Washington is a special election. The incumbent was appointed late in November 2021. He is the first Democrat to be SOS since 1964.

  5. According to Politics1.com, Diane Sare is associated with the LaRouche movement. She promotes The New Federalist (LaRouche affiliated) as her “campaign newspaper. And she attacks Ukraine as run by Nazis, and attacks the US for aiding Ukraine. The dustbin of history is waiting for her.

  6. Except for the fact that Ukraine is being run by Nazis and it has no chance in its war. The US is wasting billions on a slush fund. Idiots who wave Ukraine flags are illinformed and already in the dustbin of history.

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