According to this Washington Post article, District of Columbia Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton expects Congress to pass a bill in 2009, providing for a voting member in the U.S. House of Representatives for the District of Columbia. … Continue reading
Preliminary election returns show that Jesse Johnson, Mountain Party nominee for West Virginia Governor, polled 4.5% of the vote. That is the highest percentage for a minor party candidate for Governor of West Virginia since 1912, when the Socialist Party … Continue reading
As a result of the recent election, the Oklahoma and Tennessee legislatures, for the first time ever, are under Republican control in both houses. During the last fifteen years, legislatures in both states have considered bills to ease ballot access … Continue reading
Rick Lass, Green Party nominee for Public Regulation Commissioner, polled 43.74% of the unofficial vote in his race. The returns on the Secretary of State’s unofficial webpage show Lass with 75,731 votes, and his Democratic opponent with 97,405 votes. The … Continue reading
According to this report, the 2nd U.S. House district of Nebraska is somewhat likely to vote for Barack Obama. Nebraska is one of two states in which each U.S. House district elects its own elector. McCain is leading by 569 … Continue reading
