Currently South Carolina elects its Lieutenant Governor separately from the gubernatorial election. On March 7, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed HB 4977, which says that they should be elected as a team in November. There would no longer be primaries for Lieutenant Governor. Instead gubernatorial nominees would choose their own running mate after the primary. Convention parties would nominate as they already do under existing law. The bill has already passed the House.
Texas Voter Choice has created this 60-second animated cartoon about Texas ballot access laws.
This Los Angeles Times story by Sarah D. Wire declares flatly that there will only be two Democrats on the November ballot for U.S. Senate in California.
The Working Families Party of New York will decide whom to run for Governor at its May state meeting. This story discusses how the party will go about deciding which Democrat to back.
The Republican County Central Committee of Christian County, Missouri, has denied permission for County Commission Chairman Ray Weter to run for re-election in the Republican primary. He was rejected because of his stance on certain political issues. See this story. He is still free to run as an independent candidate; his petition is not due until late July.
