As of the end of the day, November 19, Jeff Hewitt has taken the lead in the election for Riverside County, California supervisor, district 5. The vote is now Hewitt 39,528; Russ Bogh, 39,262. Hewitt is a member of the Libertarian Party. Bogh is a former Republican state legislator. Thanks to Gene Berkman for this news.
According to this story, some Louisiana politicians favor returning to a system of partisan primaries.
Georgia will hold a runoff on December 4, Tuesday, for Secretary of State, and one Public Service Commission seat. This is because no one got 50% on November 6 for those two offices.
Louisiana will hold a runoff on December 8, Saturday, for Secretary of State, for the same reason. Normally this office would not have been up in an even year, but this is a special election to fill a vacancy.
Mississippi will hold a runoff on November 27, Tuesday, for U.S. Senate, short term. No one got a majority on November 6. Because this is a special election, instead of a regular election, it is a non-partisan election, without party nominees.
According to the latest California vote tally, Gavin Newsom polled 61.3% of the gubernatorial vote at the recent election. That is the highest percentage of the vote ever received by the Democratic nominee for California Governor. California has been a state since 1850.
The Arizona Green Party nominee for Governor, Angel Torres, polled 2.14% last week. This is the best the party has ever done for that office. The party was only on the ballot for Governor of Arizona once before, in 2010, when it got .93%.
No 2018 Green Party nominee for Governor of any other state received a higher percentage than Torres, except Jim Brewer in Hawaii, who got 2.59%.
