On August 14, the Nebraska Secretary of State accepted the Green Party as a ballot-qualified party for the entire state. The party will have two statewide nominees on the ballot this year, and since one of them has no Democrat … Continue reading
On August 14, Congressman Bob Ney withdrew as a candidate for re-election, in Ohio’s 18th U.S. House district. He had been re-nominated in the March 2006 primary, but later decided he didn’t want to run for another term. In accordance … Continue reading
On August 14, Tony Snow, press secretary to President George W. Bush, said that the president will not endorse Alan Schlesinger for U.S. Senate in Connecticut. Schlesinger is the Republican Party nominee for U.S. Senate. Presumably the President does not … Continue reading
Florida has closed primaries in general. But Florida has a blanket primary, for races in which only members of one party are running for that particular office. In other words, if a state legislative race has three Republicans in the … Continue reading
Carole Strayhorn, one of the independent Texas gubernatorial candidates, appeared at many of the scheduled hearings on the “Texas Corridor” plan, to voice her opposition to the “Corridor”. These hearings always draw overflow crowds of opponents, so the tactic seems … Continue reading
