On June 5, the New Mexico Libertarian Party participated in its first primary. Approximately 700 voters seem to have participated. Here is a link to the unofficial election returns page on the Secretary of State’s web page.
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San Francisco held a special election for Mayor on June 5. Voters were able to use ranked choice voting for that office. The first place choices were counted first, and they showed London Breed winning. The first-choice preliminary results for the three leading contenders were: Breed 35.64%; Mark Leno 25.92%; Jane Kim 22.84%.
The preliminary results of the second choice votes were released at approximately 1 a.m. They put Leno into a narrow lead, approximately 50.4% to 49.6% for Breed. There are still many uncounted ballots. Thanks to Ross Levin for this news.
It appears that in November 2018, there will be only four states with no third party candidates on the ballot for any statewide race: Alabama, California, Maine, and Washington. All states have statewide races up in November 2018 except for Kentucky and Louisiana.
June 5 was the New Jersey petition deadline for the nominees of unqualified parties, and independent candidates, to get on the ballot. The Libertarian Party has Murray Sabrin on the ballot for U.S. Senate, and the Green Party has Madelyn R. Hoffman on for U.S. Senate. There are also four independent candidates.
On June 5, Montana held primaries for the Republican, Democratic, and Green Parties. No primary was held for the Libertarian Party because it had no contests. The vote for U.S. Senate in the Green Party primary was: Steve Kelly 955; Timothy Adams 619.
The Democratic Party is still trying to persuade a state court that the Green Party should not be on the ballot. Assuming the party remains on, Kelly will be the first U.S. Senate nominee for the Montana Green Party since 2002. Kelly has a long history with the Green Party, and had won a lawsuit against the independent candidate petition deadline in 2012, at a time when the Green Party wasn’t on the ballot.