On October 27, the Guam legislature passed bill 156-34. It moves the primary from the last Saturday in August to the first Saturday in August. It also moves the filing deadline for primary candidates from 60 days before the primary, to 90 days before the primary. The Election Commission requested the bill, so as to give itself more time to adminster elections.

On October 14, Louisiana held a special election for State Treasurer. The ballot contained four Republicans, one Democrat, and one Libertarian. Here are the results. However, one must manipulate the box that has the election date. It defaults to November 18; it is necessary to convert that box to October 14.