Candidates get on the Arkansas Republican presidential primary, and the Arkansas Democratic presidential primary, by paying a filing fee. No petition is needed. The deadline is Monday, November 11. That is a holiday but it is still possible to file that day.

So far, only two Republicans have filed, according to the Secretary of State’s web page. They are President Trump and Rocky De La Fuente. So far, fourteen Democrats have filed. See the list at this link. First, choose “candidate information”. Then choose, “View List of All Candidates…” Then select “sort by position”. Then scroll down to the bottom to see presidential candidates.

The Kentucky State Board of Elections has unofficial vote totals on its web page for the November 5, 2019 election. The Libertarian Party’s nominees for Auditor and Agriculture Commissioner each got somewhat more than 3%. Both major parties had nominees for each of those offices. The vote totals for the Libertarians for these lesser offices were: Agriculture Commissioner, Josh Gilpin, 44,584; Auditor, Kyle Hugenberg, 46,549.

As already reported, the party’s nominees for Governor and Lieutenant Governor (who run as a team) got 28,425 votes, 1.97%.

On November 8, the Michigan Secretary of State released an initial list of presidential primary candidates. In Michigan, only the Republican and Democratic Parties have a presidential primary. The Secretary of State is required by law to choose candidates discussed in the news media. She chose four Republicans and eighteen Democrats. This story has the list.

Anyone who was not included can still petition, but needs about 11,000 signatures. Any registered voter can sign. Thanks to Thomas Jones for the link.