Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, held a partisan election for judicial posts on November 7. An independent candidate, Mik Pappas, who was endorsed by Democratic Socialists of America, defeated a Democratic judicial incumbent for one of the posts.
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On November 7, Syracuse, New York, held a partisan election for city office. Ben Walsh, who was not a major party nominee, but who was the nominee of the Independence Party and the Reform Party, won the election. See this story. Thanks to William Stevenson for the link.
Here is a link to the New Jersey elections web page, showing the unofficial vote for Governor for the November 8, 2017 election.
Here is a link to the Virginia State Board of Elections web page, showing the results of the Nov. 7, 2017 election for state office.
A group of Michigan legislators have introduced HB 5210, which says paid petition circulators can only be paid an hourly wage. The bill says they cannot be paid on a per-signature basis. The bill says nothing about bonus payments to circulators who perform well, but it seems to imply such bonuses would be illegal.
A virtually identical Ohio law was struck down by the Sixth Circuit in 2008, in Citizens for Tax Reform v Deters, 518 F 3d 375. Michigan is in the Sixth Circuit, so if HB 5210 passes, it would almost certainly be declared unconstitutional if anyone sued.
Also introduced was HB 5211, which says circulators are guilty of a crime if they say anything untrue to anyone they approach. That would probably also be struck down.
HB 5212, by the same legislators, requires paid petitioners to wear a badge that says the name of the person paying them to collect signatures. However the bill does not require the name of the circulator to be shown on the badge.
Thanks to John Anthony LaPietra for this news.