The Florida Democratic Party sued the Secretary of State earlier this year, over the law that says the party that won the last gubernatorial election will always have its nominees listed first on general election ballots. Jacobson v Detzner, n.d., … Continue reading
California may elect an independent candidate to the office of Insurance Commissioner in November 2018. Steve Poizner, who held the same job as a Republican 2006-2010, is on the ballot as one of two candidates for that office again. His … Continue reading
Geoffrey Skelley has this article listing all the U.S. Senate general election candidates who got at least 35%, yet who were not Democratic nor Republican nominees. There are only fourteen, if races in which one major party did not run … Continue reading
New York Democratic congressman Joe Crowley was defeated for re-election in the Democratic primary on June 26, for New York’s 14th U.S. House district. The winner of the primary is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The Working Families Party, which almost always desires … Continue reading
On the evening of July 12, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra spoke at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco. He was asked what he thinks of the California top-two system. He said, “I am not a fan.” He then criticized … Continue reading
