on August 7, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia refused to assist the Texas Republican Party, in its lawsuit to let Congressman Tom DeLay resign and be replaced by a new Republican nominee. Since the U.S. Supreme Court is not … Continue reading
Richard Winger
Nebraska defines “party” to be a group that either circulated a petition signed by 1% of the last gubernatorial vote, or a group that polled 5% in the preceding election. In 2004, the Constitution Party was on the ballot in … Continue reading
Max Linn, Reform Party candidate for Governor of Florida, kicked off his campaign on August 6 with a pledge to spend $1,000,000 of his own money on the campaign.
On August 5-6, the Michigan Green Party, which is ballot-qualified, nominated its candidates. Doug Campbell was nominated for Governor, and David Sole for U.S. Senator. There are twelve U.S. Senate races this year that are considered somewhat competitive. Of those, … Continue reading
State Senator Ben Westlund is an independent candidate for Governor of Oregon. He needs 18,356 valid signatures, and has collected 45,000. Deschutes County has finished checking his petition, and reported 57% of his signatures are valid. If that rate holds … Continue reading