On October 16, a New York state trial court judge removed the Republican and Conservative nominees for Judge of the State Supreme Court from the November ballot. See this story. The basis was that the nominating conventions for this office, for these two parties, violated state law. The ruling says the parties may convene a new convention and re-nominate.

New York elects State Supreme Court Justices from districts. This incident concerns the Fifth Judicial District, which, this year, is electing four justices. Although the Republicans have been removed from the Republican line and the Conservative line, they are still on the ballot as Independence Party nominees. The Conservatives had only nominated three of the four Republicans. The Fourth District is centered on Syracuse. UPDATE: here is the decision in the Conservative Party case. Here is the decision in the Republican Party case.

On October 16, Dennis Hof died. He was the Republican nominee for Nevada Assembly District 36. The only other person on the ballot for that seat is a Democrat, Lesia Romanov.

In November 2016, Hof was the Libertarian nominee for the same seat. He polled 39.24% against his only opponent, a Republican. See this story. Thanks to Andy Craig for the link.

On October 12, the three New Mexico candidates for U.S. Senate debated each other. See this story. They are the nominees of the Democratic, Libertarian and Republican Parties.