On July 2, Patty Lovaas filed a Declaration of Candidacy and a filing fee to be on the November ballot in Montana as an independent candidate for U.S. Senate. She had also run in this year’s Republican primary for the same office. She is circulating petitions. Her only chance of being on the ballot is for the pending lawsuit Kelly v Johnson to win. That case was filed on April 8, and it challenges the March petition deadline for independent candidates (for office other than president).
Lovaas is running as an independent, because she and most political observers agree that the man who won the Republican primary for U.S. Senate this year is not a bona fide Republican. He is Bob Kelleher, who was the Green Party nominee for Governor in 2004.
Go Green Party dude!
She will end up losing her filing fee, since the law is clear. You can run for office then after losing run as an independent. Kelleher is just as much of a Republican as president Bush is. Only write-ins and independent or minor party presidential candidates have the option of getting on the ballot, but the deadline for the final process is August 20.
Haha, I love the fact that the defeated major party candidates are now trying to get on the ballot as independents.