Hawaii held its partisan primaries on Saturday, August 9. None of the nine independent candidates polled enough votes in the open primary to advance to the general election. Hawaii is the only state that does not have a top-two primary, … Continue reading
The Columbian, newspaper for Vancouver, Washington, has this interesting story about the Libertarian Party and election systems. … Continue reading
On August 9, Hawaii held partisan primaries. Governor Neil Abercrombie, the incumbent Democrat running for re-election, was defeated in his party’s open primary by a large margin. The Hawaii Democratic Party is currently suing for the ability to limit its … Continue reading
Tennessee held its partisan primaries for state and federal office on Thursday, August 7. In primaries, Tennessee prints candidates’ names on the ballot in alphabetical order. According to this story, and many others, the winner of the Democratic gubernatorial primary … Continue reading
For the first time since 1916, every statewide South Dakota state office has a minor party or independent candidate on the general election ballot. See this newspaper story, which focuses on the Libertarian Party statewide nominating convention and, at the … Continue reading
