On September 27, California Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 568, which moves all partisan primaries, in all years, from June to the first week in March. It takes effect after 2018. He didn’t act on other interesting election law bills: … Continue reading
Richard Winger
On September 26, Florida held a special election to fill the vacant State Senate seat, 40th district, in Miami. The results: Democratic 50.95%; Republican 47.21%; independent 1.84%. When this seat was last up, in November 2016, the vote was: Republican … Continue reading
The September 27 Sacramento Bee asks California Governor Jerry Brown to sign SB 568, which moves all California primaries from June to early March. The same editorial also asks him to veto SB 149, the bill to keep candidates off … Continue reading
On September 26, New Hampshire held a special election to fill a vacancy in the State House, Rockingham 4 district. The results: Democratic 49.9%; Republican 47.8%; Libertarian 2.3%. In November 2016, this district had elected five representatives. There were only … Continue reading
The Alabama Secretary of State’s web page has these election returns for the Republican U.S. Senate primary run-off of September 26. … Continue reading