The Texas Libertarian Party has 187 candidates for federal and state office this year, and that doesn’t include candidates for county office. The party has 108 candidates for the 166 state legislative seats up this year.
Richard Winger
A federal court will hear Love v Foster on January 23. This is the 11-year old case on whether Louisiana must hold its first round of congressional elections in November (since, because Louisiana uses the “top two” system, if anyone … Continue reading
The 9th circuit will hear Washington State Republican Party v Logan on February 6 in Seattle. Case no. 05-35774. This is the case over whether the “top two” system passed by the Washington voters in November 2004 is constitutional. The … Continue reading
No Democrat filed in most of the 8 statewide partisan judicial races this year, so there will be 4 statewide judicial races between only a Republican and a Libertarian. This provides a virtual guarantee that the Libertarian nominee for one … Continue reading
In the entire history of government-printed ballots (which began in 1903 in Texas), no independent candidate for Governor or any other statewide state office has ever appeared on the ballot. However, this year, two prominent individuals are expected to run … Continue reading