On the evening of July 18, CNN announced the results of its random selection of Democratic presidential candidates. See this story, which lists who will debate on July 30, and who will debate on July 31.
Each night will have ten debaters. July 30: Bennet, Biden, Booker, Castro, de Blasio, Gabbard, Gillibrand, Harris, Inslee, and Yang.
July 31: Bullock, Bittigieg, Delaney, Hickenlooper, Klobuchar, O’Rourke, Ryan, Sanders, Warren, and Williamson.
Earlier this month, the Arizona voters who want a special election for U.S. Senate earlier than November 2020 filed an appeal in the Ninth Circuit. Tedards v Ducey, 19-16308. The case concerns the vacancy in John McCain’s Senate seat. McCain died in August 2018 and the Governor filled his seat by appointment. The voters argue that there should be a special election to fill that seat, given the lengthy period of time between McCain’s death and November 2020. The U.S. District Court ruled in favor of the state.
On July 18, a U.S. District Court Magistrate in Arizona refused to reconsider his opinion of June 11, in which he upheld the Arizona independent presidential petition requirement in De La Fuente v Hobbs, 2:16cv-2419.
The California legislature has passed SB 27, the bill to require presidential primary candidates to reveal the last five years of income tax returns. Any day now, the bill will be delivered to Governor Gavin Newsom, who then has 12 days to decide whether to sign or veto the bill, or let it become law without his signature.
On July 17, the Ohio legislature passed HB 166. It moves the primary in presidential years to the third Tuesday after the third Monday in March. Assuming the Governor signs the bill, the 2020 primary for all office will be March 17, not March 10. This also moves the non-presidential independent deadline from March 9 to March 16. Thanks to Josh Putnam for this news.
