California November Ballot Will List At Least Two Minor Party Members for Legislature

There are two California legislative races in which only two candidates filed for the March 3, 2020 primary, and one of them is a minor party member. Therefore, it is virtually certain that those two races in November will list a minor party member, under the top-two system.

In the State Senate, 35th district, the only two candidates are an American Independent Party member, Anthony Perry, and a Democrat.

In the Assembly, 58th district, the only two candidates are a Green, Margaret Villa, and a Democrat.

There are fifteen legislative races in which only one person filed to be on the ballot. Therefore, anyone who files as a write-in in the primary for one of those seats has a chance to qualify for the general election ballot; all that is necessary is for that candidate to outpoll all other write-in candidates in that same primary. Minor parties thus have a chance in those races, although it is normal for a member of the major party that has no one listed on the ballot to capture the 2nd “write-in” spot, instead of a minor party member.

The State Senate races with only one candidate on the primary ballot are these districts: 3,9,25,31,33,39 (six districts). The Assembly districts are: 5,7,11,17,21,23,45,48,51 (nine districts). To be a write-in candidate in a partisan primary, the candidate needs a petition signed by 40 registered voters, due in mid-February 2020. No filing fee is needed.


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California November Ballot Will List At Least Two Minor Party Members for Legislature — 4 Comments

  1. If one is following the ballot order memorandum of understanding the Secretary of State between a 6, 2019 and December 20, 2019 the order was changed to help Joseph R. Biden win the primary vote by almost 170,000 votes. This is bad news for Bernie Sanders when the SOS moved Mark Stewart Greenstein from 11th place to 20th place.

  2. @MS,

    The ballot rotates by assembly district. Has the random alphabetical draw been held?

    I assume the issue is whether Mark Stewart Greenstein is spelled with an S or a G?

  3. TOTAL ROT in the 15 top 2 primary gerrymander dists listed —

    now spreading into more States.

    NOOOOO primaries.

    PR and AppV and TOTSOP

  4. Jim Riley

    You got it correct. On December 6, 2019 he was listed under ā€œSā€ then on December 20, 2019 it is changed to ā€œGā€. Who was the big winner based on the 3.31 % rule.
    Answer is Joseph Biden. This is unfair to the other Democrats running for POTUS.

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