Recently Nina Turner endorsed Butch Ware for Governor of California. He is the Green Party’s choice. See this story from Independent Political Report.
Turner was the Ohio Democratic Party nominee for Secretary of State in 2014, and was a national co-chair for the Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign. She was an Ohio State Senator 2008-2014.
The Toledo Blade, the daily newspaper for Toledo has has this story on Libertarians running for office this year in Ohio.
Oklahoma held a special election on February 10 to fill the vacant State Representative seat, 35th district. The results: Republican 61.2%; Democratic 35.8%.
When this seat had last had both a Republican and a Democrat on the ballot, in November 2022, the vote had been: Republican 78.4%; Democratic 21.6%.
In November 2024 only a Republican had filed, so the office had been removed from the ballot. Oklahoma cancels elections when only one candidate files.
On February 12, an Arkansas state trial court struck down a 2023 law that makes it more difficult to qualify a statewide initiative. King v Jester, Pulaski County Circuit Court, 60cv-23-1816. The law said signatures must come from at least 50 counties. However, the state Constitution already required signatures from at least 15 counties. The decision says the Constitutional limit of 15 counties does not permit the legislature to require a higher number of counties. Here is the 15-page decision.
The Commonwealth Club of San Francisco will hold a forum for Democratic candidates for California Governor on February 20, Friday, at 2 p.m. See this announcement.
Each candidate will have 15 minutes. With nine candidates, the program will last two hours and fifteen minutes.
