On September 16, the U.S. Senate nominees of the Arkansas Democratic Party, and the Arkansas Libertarian Party, debated. See this story.
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According to this story, the Montana Libertarian Party will be allowed to replace Mike Fellows, its nominee for U.S. Senate who died two days ago, with Rick Breckenridge.
The number of choices printed on November ballots for U.S. House of Representatives in 2016 is very similar to the number of such candidates on the ballot in November 2014.
Democrats are on the ballot in 406 districts this year, and were on in 400 districts in November 2014.
Republicans are on in 394 this year, and were on in 395 in 2014.
Libertarians are on in 122 districts, both this year and in 2014.
Greens are on in 54 districts this year, and were on in 43 in 2014.
Constitution Party members are on in 15 districts this year, and 13 in 2014.
Reformers are on in 5 districts this year, and 4 in 2014.
Other parties are on in 17 districts this year and 33 districts in 2014.
There are 72 independent candidates in 2016, and there were 82 in 2014.
There are still a few unresolved disputes on ballot access for candidates for U.S. House, and the Texas data is incomplete for independents, so these figures could change slightly.
No candidate is counted twice. Some candidates are the nominees of more than a single party, but they are counted only for the party of which they are a member. For purposes of this compilation, Delegate from the District of Columbia is counted, so there are 436 seats.
The State Journal-Register, daily newspaper for Springfield, in this editorial criticizes the Illinois election law that forces independent candidates for U.S. House to submit a petition of 5% of the last vote cast. That makes three major newspapers in the Illinois 13th U.S. House district that have criticized the law. The others are from Champaign and Bloomington.
On September 20, the General Services Administration denied Gary Johnson’s request a for national security briefing. It says his poll numbers aren’t high enough. Johnson had requested the brief on September 12.