California has 53 U.S. House districts. This year, in nine of them, no Republican filed to be on the June 5 primary ballot.

In 2016, in November, there were nine U.S. House districts in California with no Republican on the ballot. For November 2018, it is not now possible to know how many districts will have no Republican on the ballot. On the one hand, there might be Republicans who file as write-ins in the June primary. Because there is only one person on the primary ballot in the 13th, 19th, and 32nd districts, it is possible a Republican write-in will place second in any of those districts and thus appear on the November ballot.

On the other hand, even in races in which a Republican is on the primary ballot, there are probably a few districts in which no Republican in those districts will place first or second. There are always U.S. House districts in California with two Democrats who place first and second, even though a Republican is running.

Concerening the qualified minor parties in U.S. House races, there are nine Greens, five Libertarians, two members of the American Independent Party, and one member of the Peace & Freedom Party. Independents are running in 19 of the 53 districts.

The California Secretary of State has a semi-official list of all candidates for partisan office in the June 5, 2018 primary. See it here. To see the list for any particular office, with the addresses of each candidate, use the “Candidate Information” “Notice to Candidates” area.

To see a list of all candidates, without having to check each office separately, use the “Party preference history” area. Thanks to Tony Roza for the link.

This Albuquerque Journal has the latest on the New Mexico straight-ticket device controversy. There is no authorization in the New Mexico election code for a straight-ticket device. But the Democratic Secretary of State, Maggie Toulouse Oliver, insists she has the power to bring it back anyway. The article says she won’t do it without holding hearings first, and the article also quotes Republican Party officials as saying they will sue if the does authorize it. The article also quotes Rick Lass, who points out, correctly, that the device injures minor party and especially independent candidates.