Last month, the Western Political Science Association gave the Charles Redd Award for the Best Paper on the Politics of the American West to political scientists Jack Citrin, Gabriel Lenz, and Douglas Ahler. The award was for their 2013 paper, … Continue reading
Truthdig has this analysis of California’s top-two system, written by Ellen Brown, the Green Party candidate for State Treasurer of California this year. Truthdig is nine years old and has won many awards for journalism excellence. UPDATE: the article is … Continue reading
On June 7, SurveyUSA released a poll for the U.S. Senate race in Georgia. No one yet knows for sure who the Republican nominee will be, so the poll asked about the general election for two possible sets of candidates. … Continue reading
The Washington Post has this editorial, saying the city should accept the recent decision of the D.C. Court of Appeals, that the city must hold an election this year (or possibly early in 2015) for Attorney General of the District … Continue reading
On June 3, the voters of the 5th Supervisorial District of Mendocino County re-elected Dan Hamburg to the Board of Supervisors, for a second continuous term. He is a registered Green and was the Green Party’s nominee for Governor of … Continue reading
