On March 4, Michael Bloomberg withdrew from the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. Thanks to Political Wire for this news.
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The Florida Secretary of State has these registration totals for each party, as of February 18, 2020.
Percentages are: Democratic 37.26%; Republican 35.21%; Independent Party .78%; Libertarian .25%; Green .04%; Constitution .01%; Reform .01%; Ecology .005%; Party for Socialism & Liberation .005%; independent and miscellaneous 26.42%.
In October 2018, the percentages were: Democratic 37.24%; Republican 35.26%; Independent Party .44%; Libertarian .25%; Green .05%; Constitution .01%; Reform .01%; Party for Socialism & Liberation .005%; Ecology .005%; independent and miscellaneous 26.73%.
By 81%-19%, voters in Portland, Maine, voted to expand ranked choice voting so that it includes city council and school board races. See this story.
New York state has cancelled the Republican presidential primary, because William Weld did not submit a complete slate of candidates for delegate. New York is the only state in which presidential primary candidates must not only petition for themselves, but must also submit a slate of delegates in each U.S. House district. Although Joe Walsh and Rocky De La Fuente had petitioned in New York for the Republican presidential primary, they did not submit any delegates. William Weld had petitioned for himself and had submitted some delegate candidates, and he was given more time to submit more delegates. But he did not submit any more delegate names, so he is off the ballot.
Because that left only President Donald Trump on the New York Republican presidential primary ballot, the state cancelled the primary. See this story.
On March 3, Texas held its primary for president and all other federal and state office. Rocky De La Fuente’s son, Ricardo De La Fuente, won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in the Texas 27th district. See this story, which notes that both the father and son live in San Diego County, California. Thanks to several people for this news.
Here is another news story.
The district is currently represented by a Republican, Michael Cloud.