Cynthia McKinney is circulating a petition to get her name on the Illinois Green Party’s presidential primary. All candidates in Illinois presidential primaries need 3,000 signatures. Such petitions are due the first week in November.
Richard Winger
On October 16, TV comedian Stephen Colbert said on his show that he will run in both the Republican and Democratic presidential primaries in South Carolina. The filing deadline for those primaries in November 1. He must pay $35,000 to … Continue reading
On October 17, the Arkansas Green Party was notified that its petition has been certified. It is the only Arkansas party, other than the Democratic and Republican Parties, that is on the ballot for all office (the Libertarian Party is … Continue reading
Louisiana will be holding closed or semi-closed primaries for Congress starting in 2008. Louisiana has 5 qualified parties. Each party that desires to keep independents out of its congressional primaries must tell the Secretary of State by January 1, 2008. … Continue reading
On October 16, Massachusetts held a special election in the 5th U.S. House district. The results are: Democrat Niki Tsongas 51.32%, Republican Jim Ogonowski 45.10%, Constitution Party nominee Kevin Thompson .47%, independent Kurt Hayes 1.06%, and independent Patrick Murphy 2.05%. … Continue reading