The California Democratic Party held its state convention in San Francisco on February 23-25. No gubernatorial candidate received enough support from delegates to gain the party’s endorsement, which takes 60%. Eric Swalwell received 24%; Betty Yee received 17.3%; Xavier Beccera received 14%; Tom Steyer received 8.5%, according to this article. The other five cndidates’ totals aren’t mentioned in the article.
Filing has closed for Ohio primaries. See this news story, which mentions the statewide candidates of the three qualified parties (Republican, Democratic, and Libertarian).
On February 20, Rhodes Cook died at the age of 78. He was the author of America Votes for the volumes that appeared every two years, starting in 1996, all the way through 2020. He also had his own monthly newsletter, the Rhodes Cook Letter, which contained election returns data and analysis. See this description of himself, written while he was still alive.
Sadly, the America Votes series of books has died out. The last volume, 35, which covered the 2022 election, was authored by J. Miles Coleman. After it was published, the publisher, Sage Reference, decided to discontinue the series.
The Los Angeles Times has this story about the California gubernatorial race and the effect that the top-two system is having.
On February 17, Fulton County, Georgia election officials filed this brief in Pitts v USA, n.d., 1:26cv-809. This is the case over whether the FBI was right to seize ballots.
