On September 10, Jim Walden, who had been an independent candidate for Mayor of New York City until September 5, sued the New York City Board of Elections to force them to remove his name from the ballot. Walden v New York City Board of Elections, New York County, State Supreme Court, 161895/2025. Walden argues that the election law does not bar the board from removing his name, because he withdrew before the ballot was to be certified. Certification of the ballot is on September 11.
Here is a Florida newspaper story about Sidney J. Catts, who was elected Governor of Florida in 1916. After he lost the Democratic primary, the Prohibition Party nominated him in convention, and he won the general election.
Back in 1916, Florida general election ballots did not have party labels on the ballot.
In this interview, Congressman Kevin Kiley (R-California) says his bill to ban mid-district redistricting for U.S. House seats is gaining support. Yet the bill still has no co-sponsors. The bill is HR 4889.
Virginia held a special election on September 9 to fill the vacancy in the Eleventh District. Here is a link to the returns so far. Excluding the miscellaneous write-ins, the Democratic nominee has 76.27% and the Republican nominee has 23.73%. No one else was on the ballot.
In November 2024 the results in this district had been: Democratic 66.99%, Republican 33.01%.
On November 4, 2025, Virginia elects all 100 members of the House of Deletates. There are 99 Democrats, 84 Republicans, three independents, 2 Libertarians, and 2 Forward Party nominees on the ballot. This is the first year the Forward Party has had any nominees on the ballot for Virginia state office.
Two years ago, when the same seats were up, there were 85 Democrats, 80 Republicans, three independents, and two Libertarians.
