On November 4, many Michigan cities and towns held elections. Two Libertarian Party members were elected. Chris Clark was elected to the city council of Taylor, a city of 63,409 population in Wayne County. There were seven at-large seats and fourteen candidates ran.
Also, Scott Boman was elected to the Detroit Police Commission from district four.
Green Party and Libertarian Party registration in New York have increased since July 2025, despite the fact that people who register in those parties must write in their choice on the voter registration form. Neither has been a qualified party since November 2022, because of hostile changes to the election code made in 2020.
Here is the registration form. Qualified parties are listed, each with a checkbox. But unqualified parties are not listed.
Green active registration was 15,522 in July 2025, and is now 16,184.
Libertarian active registration was 14,177 in July 2025, and is now 14,684.
On November 5, the California Republican Party and many individuals filed a federal lawsuit, alleging that the new U.S. House districts created by Proposition 50 violate the U.S. Constitution. The Complaint says the new districts were drawn to create a “racial gerrymander” to help Latinos, and that this violates the 14th Amendment. Tangipa v Newsom, c.d., 2:25cv-10616.
Here is the Complaint. The case is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Josephine L. Staton, an Obama appointee.
On November 5, the Eleventh Circuit stayed the briefing schedule in Florida Decides Healthcare v Byrd, 25-12370. This is the lawsuit over Florida’s new restrictions on out-of-state circulators for initiative petitions. The government had asked for this delay because it says negotiations are desired. This may mean the legislature will rescind some of the restrictions.
On November 4, voters in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, elected the Labor Party nominee for an at-large seat on the County Council. Alex Rose received 178,857 votes; his Republican opponent received 138,937. Here is Rose’s campaign website.
There doesn’t appear to be an organized Labor Party in the area. Instead, Rose was essentially an independent candidate who chose “Labor” as his ballot label. Nevertheless, the outcome means that the Labor Party will be partially recognized within the county.
The reason no Democrat ran in this special election is that the county uses limited voting for this office. In regular elections, two seats are up, but no party can run more than one nominee. The purpose is to make sure that one party doesn’t win all the seats. Various other jurisdictions in Pennsylvania and Connecticut use limited voting in certain partisan elections.
In the case of this special election, because Democrats hold the other at-large seat, they couldn’t run anyone in this seat.
