On February 24, Working Families Party nominee Ed Gomes was elected to the Connecticut State Senate, district 23, centered on Bridgeport. Gomes defeated the nominees of the Democratic and Republican Party, as well as two independent candidates. See this story, which doesn’t contain any figures.

This is the first time a party other than the Democratic or Republican Parties has elected a state legislator in Connecticut since 1938, when the Socialist Party elected four of its nominees. Those wins were also in Bridgeport. UPDATE: this newspaper story gives partial election returns, showing the race wasn’t close.

Current North Carolina law regarding the date of the presidential primary says it should be one week after South Carolina’s primary. The South Carolina presidential primary date isn’t set yet, but it is extremely likely to be in mid-February, so if North Carolina’s legislature does nothing, the North Carolina presidential primaries will be in late February. However, no state except New Hampshire and South Carolina is permitted by party rules to hold a presidential primary earlier than March 1.

North Carolina House members want to pass a bill (not yet introduced) moving the presidential primary to the first Tuesday in March, but if the Senators won’t agree, that bill won’t pass. See this story. UPDATE: here is a CNN story.

On February 19, the Arizona Senate Judiciary Committee passed SCR 1001 on a party-line vote, with all Republicans voting “yes” and all Democrats voting “no.”. The measure would place a ballot measure on the November 2016 ballot, asking voters if they wish to divert all funding from the public funding of campaigns and instead give that approximately $10,000,000 per year to the State Education Department. The same measure is in the House, as HCR 2004. Thanks to the Center for Competitive Politics for the news.