At the Washington top-two primary of August 4, Libertarian Anthony Welti received 13.4% of the vote in a three-way race, but that was third place, so he cannot run in the November election. His opponents were Democratic incumbent Mike Kreidler, and Republican Chirayu Avinash Patel.

This is the largest number of votes for a minor party or independent candidate for any office in Washington, in a race with both a Democrat and a Republican also running, since Ross Perot’s 1992 showing as an independent presidential candidate.

Washington held its top-two primary on August 4. In the only U.S. race with no incumbent, the Tenth District, two Democrats placed first and second, so they will be the only candidates on the November 3 ballot. Eight Republicans ran. Together they polled 41.3% of the vote, but because there were so many of them, they split up the Republican vote. The Tenth District includes the southern half of Tacoma, as well as the state capitol, Olympia.

In the other U.S. House races in Washington, there will be one Democrat and one Republican on the November ballot. Libertarians ran in three different districts, but they did not qualify for the November ballot. No other minor parties had any candidates. There were a few independents with labels, such as “Congress Sucks” and “Essential Workers” but none of them got more than 1%.

On August 7, an official connected to the Illinois State Board of Elections looked at each signature on Kanye West’s petition, and determined that only 1,200 signatures are valid. This action was only taken because the petition had been challenged. This makes it very likely that at the hearing for the challenge, West will be removed. Thanks to Sam Cahnman for this news.