The Oklahoma State Board of Elections has posted the 2026 candidate list.
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The North Carolina State Board of Elections has posted this candidate list for the 2026 election.
The Utah Elections office has posted this list of candidates for federal and state office. There are no statewide races in Utah this year. For U.S. House, there are Libertarians in all four districts. This is the first time the Libertarian Party has run for all four U.S. House candidates since Utah has had four districts, starting in 2011.
The Minnesota Secretary of State has posted a candidate list for federal and state office. The primary is not until August 11, but the petition deadline for independent candidates and the nominees of unqualified parties was June 2. Therefore, the list is a hodge-podge of all Republicans and Democrats who are still running in the primaries, combined with other candidates who have qualified for the general election.
Three unqualified parties placed nominees on the ballot: Libertarians are on for US Senate and Secretary of State. Greens are on for Governor/Lt. Gov, Secretary of State, and State Senate in the 39th district. Forward Independence is on for Auditor and State Senate in the 11th district. There are no minor party candidates for US House.
The 250th birthday of the United States ought to be a time for reflection of how our system of representative government is faulty.
1. The United States is the only nation in the world with elections for a national legislative body, in which adult citizens of the capital city have no voting representation. That violates every value of the Constitution and the other founding documents of the nation.
2. The United States is the only nation in the world in which candidates for chief executive officer appear on ballots, and yet the person who comes in second is sometimes proclaimed the winner over the candidate who places first.
3. Even though the Constitution says that anyone who meets the age, residence, and citizenship requirements can run for either House of Congress, one state, Georgia, does not permit anyone but a Republican or a Democratic nominee to run for U.S. House. The existing 5% law for other candidates is 83 years old and has never been overcome by a minor party candidate, and has not been overcome by an independent candidate since 1964, when the rules were easier. Evidence has been presented to judges in Georgia that at least twenty candidates have made vigorous attempts to qualify, and they have all failed. The Eleventh Circuit’s response in 2022 was to rule that states have a “compelling” interest in preventing candidates who don’t have huge support from running. The U.S. Supreme Court refused to disturb this ruling.