On November 5, six members of the Vermont Progressive Party won seats in the legislature. All six were also nominated by the Democratic Party. However, the ballot showed that they were Progressive Party members. In Vermont, which allows aggregated fusion, the party listed first next to a candidate’s name indicates the candidate’s membership.

The six are: State Senate, Chittenden Central District, Tanya Vyhovsky

State House, Chittenden 1-5 district, Brian Cina and Troy Hendrick

State House, Chittenden 1-6 district, Kate Logan

State House, Chittenden 2-1 district, Chloe Tomlinson

State House, Franklin 7 district, Heather Moore.

On November 5, Kentucky voters in the 29th State Senate district saw two names on their ballot for State Senate. However, there were signs in the polling places saying votes for neither candidate would be counted. One name was David Suhr, an independent candidate, but he had withdrawn because of his need to be deployed overseas in the military. The other name was the incumbenet, Senator Johnnie Turner, but he had died shortly before the election.

There were eleven declared write-in candidates. One of them, Pineville Mayor Scott Madon, won with 6,825 write-in votes, 35.18% of the total vote for all eleven declared write-in candidates. Kentucky was fortunate to have a very late deadline for candidates to file as declared write-ins. Otherwise a special election would have been needed in the near future.

The list of declared write-in candidates was not posted at the polling places, but any voter was free to ask to see the list. Polling place officials would then give a copy of the list to the voter who had requested to see it.

Names did not need to be spelled correctly, and first names weren’t required.

But, it was surely close. The final results are covered in this story from Alaska Public Media. The vote is 159,955 in favor of repeal, to 160,619 who wish to keep the system. The percentages are 50.1% to 49.9%.

Opponents of the top-four system say they will try another repeal initiative in 2026.