This New York Magazine article on the California gubernatorial race explores the relationship between the two leading Republicans in the California gubernatorial race. It points out the hostility between the two campaigns, and then makes the point that it is in the interest of each of them to refrain from attacking the other.
On March 2, a settlement was reached in the 2024 lawsuit Clarke v Newburgh. This has been a lawsuit to overturn Newburgh’s method of electing its five Town Board members. The old method elected all five at-large. Under the settlement, Newburgh will elect them using the type of proportional representation that is called “single transferable vote.” See this explanation of that term.
The lawsuit had been filed in state court, and depended on New York state law that protects representation for racial and ethnic minorities. Newburgh had tried to defend itself by arguing that the state law violated the U.S. Constitution, but that attempt failed in November 2025.
On February 24, three judges of the Kansas State Appeals Court heard arguments in Kansas United Party v Schwab, the lawsuit over whether the Kansas Constitution mandates that two parties have the right to jointly nominate the same candidate. See this story.
On February 27, Rev. Adam Hamilton said that he is considering becoming an independent candidate for U.S. Senate from Kansas this year. See this story. Hamilton’s church, a United Methodist Church, has 22,000 members. Hamilton is the author of over 50 books.
The Catoosa County, Georgia, Republican Party has been trying to win a court order that allows it to exclude candidates from its primary ballot if the party believes the candidates are not bona fide members of the party. However, on February 25, U.S. District Court Judge William M. Ray II, a Trump appointee, mostly ruled against the party. Here is the Opinion.
The judge did keep alive the party’s claim on a lesser issue. The party had wanted to place some ballot questions on its primary ballot, asking Republican voters what they thought about the party’s desire to exclude candidates from its own primary. Georgia law permits such ballot measures on party primary ballots, yet the County Board of Elections had not printed the questions on the 2024 ballot. The court order allows a trial to proceed on that issue.
