The New York Daily News on December 16 ran this editorial in support of the lawsuits to overturn the new, restrictive, definition of a “political party”.
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Last month, the Maine Green Party candidate for U.S. Senate, Lisa Savage, polled 4.95%. That was the highest showing for U.S. Senate in Maine for any party, other than the Republican and Democratic Parties, in history. U.S. Senate elections have only existed in the U.S. starting in 1914.
The showing for Lisa Savage shows the power of having ranked choice voting, for boosting minor party vote showings.
This story says that Kanye West spent $14,400,000 on his 2020 presidential campaign.
On December 22, California’s Governor chose Assemblymember Shirley Weber to be the new Secretary of State. California has a vacancy in that position because the Governor appointed former Secretary of State Alex Padilla to be the new U.S. Senator from California.
Weber is a Democrat from San Diego. In legislative hearings that discussed the California top-two system, Assemblywoman Weber has criticized that system because it almost invariably prevents minor party members from running for Congress and partisan state office in the general election. She is a warm-hearted person, and a former chair of the Assembly Elections Committee, and is well-informed about election laws.
No one knows yet who won the New York 22nd U.S. House seat. Oneida County still has thousands of disputed ballots to review. See this story. Thanks to Joe Burns for the link.