On January 4, one of the Maine independent legislators, Joanne Twomey, changed back to the Democratic Party. She gave an emotional speech on the house floor saying she is reluctant to return, but since the Democrats needed her to keep … Continue reading
On January 3, Maine state representative Barbara Merrill switched her registration from “Democratic” to “independent”. Maine now has 4 independents in the state house, and one Green, for a total of 5 non-major party legislators.
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.
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
