On May 8, U.S. Senator Robert Bennett lost his fight to get enough votes at the Republican state convention to be able to get his name on the June 22 primary. Bennett has been a U.S. Senator since 1992. See … Continue reading
Richard Winger
According to this Arizona news story, 136 candidates for state office are trying to qualify for public funding this year. By contrast, in 2008 at this time, only 99 candidates had indicated an interest in trying to qualify. Arizona, Connecticut, … Continue reading
On May 1, the South Carolina Green Party state convention nominated candidates for office, including the party’s first gubernatorial nominee in this state. He is Morgan Bruce Reeves, whose web page, www.morganreevesforgovernor.com, is at this link. The web page shows … Continue reading
On May 7, Georgia State Representative Kevin Levitas, who had filed for re-election, withdrew. It is too late for anyone else to file in either the Democratic or Republican primaries, and Georgia does not permit write-in votes in partisan primaries. … Continue reading
On May 4, Jason Olson of Independent Voice and Eric Bauman, vice-chair of the California Democratic Party and chair of the Los Angeles County Democratic Party, debated for 15 minutes on KCRW Radio, the public radio station in Los Angeles. … Continue reading