The Huffington Post has this interesting interview with Drew Miller, the Libertarian nominee for U.S. House, 18th district, in the special election of March 13. The main point is that none of the mainstream media, neither print nor television, would ever acknowledge that he was on the ballot, until election night. Only then, when it became apparent that he held the balance of power in the race, did CNN add his name to the televised election returns.

UPDATE: also see this story about Miller in The Pitt News, the student newspaper at the University of Pittsburgh. This article reveals that Miller has been deluged with hate e-mail from supporters of the Republican nominee.

California elects an Insurance Commissioner in a partisan election. Only six candidates are on the June ballot: three Democrats, one Republican, one Peace & Freedom Party member, and one independent candidate. UPDATE: the Republican, Peter Kuo, failed to qualify, so there are only five candidates.

The Peace & Freedom Party member is Nathalie Hrizi. The three Democrats are Asif Mahmood, State Senator Ricardo Lara, and Paul Song. The independent is Steve Poizner, who held the position 2006-2010, when he was a Republican.

It is very likely that Hrizi will poll over 2% of the June vote. If she does, that will keep the Peace & Freedom Party on the ballot for four years, even if the party’s registration dips below .33% of the state total. At the last registration tally, as of January 2018, PFP was .40%.

According to news stories, $21,000,000 was spent to boost the Democratic and Republican nominees for Pennsylvania’s special election earlier this week, which amounts to almost $100 per vote cast.