Lou Jacobson’s Governing blog here displays the partisan lineup in each state legislative chamber, and also predicts which chambers will switch from having a majority of one party, to a majority of the other party. There is a surprisingly small number of chambers likely to switch, and only one state in which he expects both chambers to switch. He think it is likely that both New Hampshire chambers will switch from Republican majorities to Democratic majorities.
Once again, the U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a case involving voting rights for individuals who live in a U.S. territorial possession. The court refused to hear Segovia v United States, 17-1463.
On October 8, the Democratic, Republican, and Libertarian candidates for U.S. Senate from Indiana debated each other. See this story.
On October 8, New York State Senator Tony Avella, who had lost last month’s Democratic primary, said he will keep campaigning for the November election. He will be on the ballot as the nominee of the Independence Party and the Women’s Equality Party. See this story. Also in the race is a Republican, a Conservative, and the man who won the Democratic primary, John Liu.
This year, Alaska general election ballots show two entries for each candidate for partisan office. An initial after each candidate’s name tells how the candidate is registered. “U” means undeclared, and “N” means non-partisan.
To the right, if a candidate is a nominee of any party, that fact is noted. For candidates who are not nominees of any party, the word “petition” is present. For example, see this ballot.
