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Television station WDBJ has informed the Virginia Republican and Democratic gubernatorial nominees that it would prefer to invite all three candidates. See this story. Thanks to Eric Garris for the link. … Continue reading
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On October 18, Congressman Bill Young, of Florida’s 13th district, died. He was the longest-serving Republican member of Congress. He had first been elected to Congress in 1970. See this story. On October 16, 2013, he had been the only … Continue reading
Professor John Sides, a political scientist at George Washington University, has this column in the Washington Post’s political science blog. He summarizes the evidence that primary systems do not determine the degree of partisanship or polarization among elected officials. … Continue reading
The Atlantic has this interesting interview with Wallace Jefferson, who is newly retired from the Texas Supreme Court. Jefferson explains why Texas partisan judicial elections are a bad idea. He focuses on the fact that populous counties elect dozens of … Continue reading
On October 18, the Ohio Attorney General’s office filed a brief in support of Ohio’s ban on out-of-state circulators, in Citizens in Charge v Husted, 2:13cv-935, s.d. The state says that the ban is needed because it has a short … Continue reading