Politico has this interactive map, to enable anyone to see the primary or caucus election returns for any state, including the states that have reported some returns for March 15 events.
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On March 11, the Montana Republican Party asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow it to escape the June 7, 2016 open primary. The Court has had the request for five days now and still has not acted. The case is Ravalli County Republican Committee v McCulloch, 15A911. The request was filed with Justice Kennedy, who handles emergency matters for states in the Ninth Circuit.
U.S. District Court Judge Richard W. Story has told attorneys that he will rule on Green Party of Georgia v Kemp this week. The issue is the law requiring approximately 50,000 signatures for an independent presidential candidate, or the presidential nominee of an unqualified party, to get on the ballot. The case is four years old. The plaintiffs are the Green and Constitution Parties.
On Monday, March 14, U.S. District Court Andre Birotte, Jr., held oral arguments in Soltysik v Padilla, 2:15cv-7916. The issue is the constitutionality of California’s ballot labels in elections for Congress and state office. Members of qualified parties have the label “Party preference: (name of the party they are registered in).” But members of unqualified parties have the label “Party preference: none.” The plaintiffs are registered in the Socialist Party, which is not ballot-qualified in California.
It is difficult to predict the outcome. However, the judge seemed very interested in the case and very well-versed in the arguments on both sides. California does not have party nominees (except for President). The only other state with a similar system is Washington, where every candidate can choose any ballot label that is below 16 characters and is not obscene.
A decision is expected within two weeks.
Six of the recognized Republican presidential candidates who had been running for president, but who have dropped out, still have not endorsed any other Republican for the nomination. They are Jeb Bush, Jim Gilmore, Lindsey Graham, Mike Huckabee, Rand Paul, and Scott Walker.
Graham had endorsed Bush after Graham dropped out, but then Bush dropped out, and Graham hasn’t made a new endorsement, although he has hinted he might endorse Ted Cruz.
Here are the endorsements made by the other ex-candidates: Donald Trump has been endorsed by Ben Carson and Chris Christie; Ted Cruz has been endorsed by Carly Fiorina and Rick Perry; Marco Rubio has been endorsed by Bobby Jindal, George Pataki, and Rick Santorum. No ex-candidate has endorsed John Kasich.