The New Mexico Libertarian Party has 12 candidates for State House on its June primary ballot, and 6 candidates for State Senate. That is the highest number of legislative candidates that any party, other than the Democratic and Republican Parties, has had in New Mexico since the 1910’s decade.
Historically, New Mexico has not had vigorous third parties, relative to other western states.
Ed Kilgore has this article in New Yorker about thoughts on the major party national conventions this year, and how the corona virus might impact them.
The Oregon legislature adjourned a few days ago, and HB 4026 failed to pass, even though it had passed the House and the Senate Committee. It would have made it easier for parties to remain on the ballot. The Working Families Party will now need to do a registration drive if it wants to remain on the ballot. Probably the party will do that, after the May primary is over.
Roger Misso, who is a Democrat running for the party’s nomination for U.S. House, 24th district, has called on the state to suspend the need for candidates to collect signatures during the corona virus outbreak. In New York, Democrats and Republicans must petition to get themselves on the ballot for district office. Misso needs 1,250 signatures of Democrats to get on the June primary ballot.
The Washington Secretary of State’s website as these Democratic presidential primary results.
Here are the Republican results.
