On August 19, Wyoming held primaries for the Democratic and Republican Parties. Richard Grayson, the only name on the Democratic primary ballot for U.S. House, was nominated with 14,207 votes. Only 190 write-ins were cast for that office in the … Continue reading
On August 19, the Independent Party of Connecticut nominated Tom C. Foley for Governor. Foley is also the Republican nominee for Governor. See this story. The nomination was made by party meeting. See this story. Thanks to Timothy McKee for … Continue reading
On August 19, U.S. District Court Judge Christopher Cooper, an Obama appointee, issued a procedural ruling in Rufer v Federal Election Commission, and Republican National Committee v FEC. He sent both cases to the entire panel of full-time judges in … Continue reading
August 19 is the petition deadline for New York independent candidates, and the nominees of unqualified parties, for state office. Here is a link to the petitions filed for the November ballot. It seems likely that there will be seven … Continue reading
On August 19, Public Policy Polls released a poll for many Kansas statewide races. The U.S. Senate results are: Republican incumbent Pat Roberts 32%; Democrat Chad Taylor 25%; independent Greg Orman 23%; Libertarian Randall Batson 3%; undecided 17%. The gubernatorial … Continue reading
