Federal Election Commission Tries to Prevent Certain Evidence from Being Considered in Level the Playing Field Debates Case

The lawsuit Level the Playing Field v Federal Election Commission, 15-cv-1397, pending in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., still doesn’t have a final opinion. The next stage in the lawsuit will be a decision from Judge Tanya Chutkan on whether certain evidence should be included or excluded from the case. On November 10, the plaintiffs submitted this nine-page brief arguing that some evidence that they already filed should be allowed into the record. The FEC is trying to exclude that evidence.

Republicans Split Votes 5 Ways in Georgia Special State Senate Election, so No Republican Qualified for the Run-Off

On November 7, Georgia held special legislative elections in several districts. In Georgia, special elections do not allow party nominees. Instead, each candidate runs, and if anyone gets 50%, he or she is elected. Otherwise a run-off is held. In the State Senate district 6 race, five Republicans and three Democrats ran. No one got a majority, so there will be a run-off in January 2018. In the November 7, 2017 election, though the total vote for the Republican candidates combined was slightly higher than the total vote for Democrats, two of the Democrats placed first and second, so the run-off will be between two Democrats. Here are the election returns.