The Southland Journal of Chicago has this mention of the U.S. District Court decision last week, putting Libertarians on the ballot for Cook County Commissioner. Although the Southland Journal merely reprinted the party’s press release, that is the first periodical in Illinois to mention the outcome.
On March 7, U.S. District Court Judge Steven Grimberg declined to enjoin statewide elections for Public Service Commissioner in Georgia. Rose v Raffensperger, n.d., 1:20cv-2921. The plaintiffs argued that the federal Voting Rights Act requires that Georgia convert these partisan elections into district elections, with each district electing one commissioner. Here is the order.
According to this story, some high-level Democrats in Utah don’t want the Democratic Party to run its own nominee for U.S. Senate this year. They support independent candidate Evan McMullin.
On March 7, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to intervene in the Pennsylvania and North Carolina redistricting disputes. Republicans in both states had asked for U.S. Supreme Court intervention, and the Republican National Committee had filed amicus briefs. The Wisconsin case is still pending.
Here is the list of Democrats who filed for federal and state office in the Alabama primary of May 24. No Democrat filed for seven statewide offices: Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer, Auditor, Agriculture Commissioner, Public Service Commission place one, Public Service Commission place two, and Justice of the Supreme Court, place six.
Alabama doesn’t permit write-in votes in party primaries, so there is no method for Democrats to nominate anyone for those six offices.
For State Senate, Democrats are running someone in fourteen of the thirty-five seats. For State House, Democrats have someone in 47 of the 105 seats.
