On May 17, the Connecticut Democratic Party nominated Bonnie E. Troy for Assembly, 135th district. Troy is a registered Green and has already obtained the Green Party’s nomination for the same seat. See this story. Connecticut permits two parties to jointly nominate the same candidate. Because Troy has now received the Democratic nomination, she can fairly easily qualify for public funding.

The 135th district is in Fairfield County, and includes the towns of Easton, Redding, and Weston. In the same seat in 2014, the Democratic Party did not run anyone. The incumbent Republican in 2014, John Shaban, was re-elected that year with 5,578 votes. Troy was the Green Party nominee in 2014 as well, and she received 1,287 votes. In 2016, Assemblymembeer Shaban is not running for re-election, and the Republican nominee will be Adam Dunsby. Thanks to Green Party Watch for this news. It is believed that this is the first time either major party in Connecticut has ever nominated a Green Party nominee, at least for such an important office as legislature.

This column in the Spokane Spokesman-Review suggests that there is anecdotal evidence that some Idaho Democrats are registering as Republicans just before the primary, so as to influence the outcome of Republican primaries.

Fox News Polls released a presidential general election poll on May 18. Scroll down to question 4. The results: Donald Trump 42%, Hillary Clinton 39%, Gary Johnson 10%, other 2%, won’t vote 5%, don’t know 3%.