On August 18, U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence Piersol granted an injunction, letting independent gubernatorial candidate Michael Myers replace the Lieutenant Governor running mate on the November 2014 ballot. Piersol is a Clinton appointee. This is the first time a … Continue reading
Ed Garvey of Madison, Wisconsin, has this op-ed in The Capital Times, arguing that Wisconsin should replace its open primary with a semi-closed or closed primary. … Continue reading
On August 11, the federal government filed this brief in Tuaua v U.S.A., in the U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. The issue is whether the Constitution requires that persons born in U.S. possessions be considered citizens. Persons born in American … Continue reading
On August 16, Montana Democrats, meeting in convention, nominated Amanda Curtis as their nominee for U.S. Senate. She had been elected to the State House in 2012, but she had not running for re-election this year. The party needed a … Continue reading
Here is a list of Iowa candidates for federal and state office. The Libertarian Party and the New Independent Party of Iowa have candidates on the ballot for most of the statewide offices, and the Libertarian Party also has six … Continue reading
