U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), according to this news story, believes that his party should use “winner-take-all” presidential primaries in 2012. The article erroneously says that Republicans used that kind of primary this year. Actually, most Republican presidential primaries were … Continue reading
On June 7, Suzy Hamblen died. She was age 101, and was the widow of Prohibition Party presidential nominee Stuart Hamblen, who ran in 1952. See this story. Stuart Hamblen himself died in 1989. … Continue reading
Maryland held a special election to fill the vacant 4th district U.S. House seat, on June 17. The results: Democratic 79.6%; Republican 19.3%; Libertarian 1.1%. In November 2006, the vote in this district had been: Democratic 81.2%; Republican 18.8%. … Continue reading
The Oregon Green Party, which is called the Pacific Green Party, held a nominating convention on June 7, and will hold a second such convention on August 16. At the first convention, it nominated a candidate for four of Oregon’s … Continue reading
On June 17, this story appeared in the Minnesota Post. It discusses the possibility that Jesse Ventura will be the U.S. Senate candidate for the Independence Party. There is no real new news in this story, but it shows the … Continue reading
