The daily newspaper for Opelika and Auburn, in Alabama, here covers two write-in candidates who are campaigning for the U.S. Senate, in the December 12 special election. They are Republican Mac Watson and Libertarian Ron Bishop.
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On November 16, the board that sets pay for state legislators reduced the salary by almost 9%. See this story. Thanks to Richard Prawdzienski for the link.
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.
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.
Florida holds a special election on December 19 to fill the vacant State House seat in district 58. Four candidates are on the ballot: a Democrat, a Republican, a Libertarian, and a Green. All four debated each other on November 9 in Plant City. See this story.