Ross Barkan has this very extensive article on the history of the New York Working Families Party, in the publication City and State. The article’s title is not descriptive of the article itself.
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The Catholic Herald has this story about the American Solidarity Party.
On October 25, Hawaii Congressmember Tulsi Gabbard said she won’t run for re-election to the U.S. House. Instead she will entirely focus on her race for the presidency. See this story.
Only sixteen Democrats in the U.S. House are not co-sponsoring HR 51, the bill to make almost all of the District of Columbia a state. By state, they are:
Arizona: Tom O’Halleran
California: Nancy Pelosi
Indiana: Pete Visclosky
Maine: Jared Golden
Michigan: Elissa Slotkin
Minnesota: Collin Peterson
New Jersey: Jeff Van Drew
New Mexico: Xochitl Torres Small
New York: Anthony Brindisi, Joseph Morelle
Oklahoma: Kendra Horn
Pennsylvania: Conor Lamb
South Carolina: Joe Cunningham
Tennessee: Jim Cooper
Utah: Ben McAdams
Wisconsin: Ron Kind
The bill has no Republican co-sponsors. Even the Republican Delegates from American Samoa and Puerto Rico have not co-sponsored it. UPDATE: this post originally listed 17 Democrats, but on October 30, Arizona Congressmember Greg Stanton co-sponsored the bill, so the post has been amended.
On October 23, the Federal Election Commission filed this brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Libertarian National Committee v FEC, 19-234. This is the case on whether the First Amendment allows the government to prevent the Libertarian Party from receiving a bequest when the estate is probated, rather than having to wait to receive the money for five, six, or seven years, with small amounts being distributed every calendar year.
The FEC asks the Court not to take the case.