On September 26, Florida held a special election to fill the vacant State Senate seat, 40th district, in Miami. The results: Democratic 50.95%; Republican 47.21%; independent 1.84%.
When this seat was last up, in November 2016, the vote was: Republican 50.62%; Democratic 40.70%; independent 8.68%.
The September 27 Sacramento Bee asks California Governor Jerry Brown to sign SB 568, which moves all California primaries from June to early March. The same editorial also asks him to veto SB 149, the bill to keep candidates off the presidential primary ballot unless they reveal their income tax returns. Thanks to Carla Marinucci for the link.
On September 26, New Hampshire held a special election to fill a vacancy in the State House, Rockingham 4 district. The results: Democratic 49.9%; Republican 47.8%; Libertarian 2.3%.
In November 2016, this district had elected five representatives. There were only Republicans and Democrats running in November 2016. The average Republican nominee got 64.1% and the average Democrat got 35.9%. Republicans had won all five seats. Thanks to Bob Johnston for this news.
New Hampshire holds another special legislative election with all three parties on October 24, in the Strafford 13 district.
The Alabama Secretary of State’s web page has these election returns for the Republican U.S. Senate primary run-off of September 26.
Courthouse News has this story about the September 22 decision of the Seventh Circuit in Libertarian Party of Illinois v Scholz. Thanks to Howard Bashman for the link.
UPDATE: see this longer story in the Cook County Record.
