On November 6, the California Supreme Court heard arguments in Patterson v Padilla, the case concerning the state law that requires presidential primary candidates to reveal their income tax returns. The Court seemed skeptical that the law comports with the California Constitution, which tells the Secretary of State to put all “recognized” candidates on the ballot. See this story.
UPDATE: see this story as well.
Missouri held special elections on November 5, 2019, in six districts. In the 74th district, in Ferguson, the only candidates were a Democrat and a Libertarian. The Libertarian, Nicholas Kasoff, polled 42.7%. He had a fair amount of name recognition based on his previous campaigns for state and county office.
In the 22nd district, in Kansas City, the candidates were a Democrat, a Republican, and a Green, Jeff Francis. Francis polled 7.1%, which is the best showing ever for a Missouri Green Party nominee for federal or state office, in races with both major parties also in the race. Thanks to Ken Bush for this news. Here is a link to the Secretary of State’s election returns.
Mississippi elected all its state officers on November 5, 2019. Here is a link to the gubernatorial returns.
On November 5, the voters of Philadelphia elected seven coucilmembers-at-large. One of the winners is Kendra Brooks, Working Families Party nominee. She was not the nominee of any other party.
Philadelphia election law does not permit any party to run more than five candidates for the seven seats, and usually this means that the Democrats win five and the Republicans win two. This time, there were five Democrats elected, one Republican elected, and Brooks.
The New York city charter amendment to use ranked choice voting for citywide offices in primaries has overwhelmingly passed, with 73% of the vote.
