On January 11, Congressman Ron Paul filed incorporation papers to create a presidential exploratory committee. This allows him to raise money for a campaign to seek the Republican Party’s presidential nomination. He has not yet actually announced that he will … Continue reading
On December 26, a challenge was filed to the petitions submitted to place Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley on the ballot. Chicago requires 12,500 signatures for anyone to get on the ballot in any citywide race. The elections have been … Continue reading
The Democratic National Committee says it won’t choose its national convention site for 2008, until January 2007. The leading contenders are New York city and Denver. Four years ago at this time, the Democratic Party had already chosen its 2004 … Continue reading
The only four states that still haven’t released their official November 2006 election returns are Massachusetts, Mississippi, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The Pennsylvania returns will be especially interesting, since the state elections department has indicated it will include write-ins (something … Continue reading
North Carolina has had very few independent candidates on its ballots. In the entire history of government-printed ballots in North Carolina, there has never been an independent candidate for U.S. House. The only statewide independent who ever appeared on a … Continue reading
