John Mirisch, who wants to be on the ballot for California State Senate, 26th district, appears to have failed to qualify. He needed 40 valid signatures and only has 38. See this story. Earlier Mirisch had won a Superior Court … Continue reading
A New York gubernatorial election poll conducted by David Binder Research shows that if the Working Families Party ran its own nominee for Governor of New York this year, the party would poll between 6% and 13%, depending on who … Continue reading
Texas has four ballot-qualified parties: Republican, Democratic, Libertarian, Green. This year it is not expected that any newly-qualifying parties will join them. The only party that had been thought to have the resources to surmount the difficult petition was the … Continue reading
The California Secretary of State’s web page has a tentative list of candidates for the June 3, 2014 primary for Congress and state office. The final list will be released March 27 and will probably have a handful of additional … Continue reading
On March 22, Rhode Island House Speaker Gordon D. Fox said he is resigning as Speaker. During 2013 he had single-handedly blocked a bill to repeal the straight-ticket device. HB 5072 failed to pass in 2013 even though a majority … Continue reading
