Last year, the South Carolina Forward Party made history by winning a partisan race for Mayor of Georgetown. It was the first time any party other than the Democratic and Republican Parties had won a partisan election in South Carolina since the 19th century. Next month the party hopes to win more partisan elections. It has three candidates for Horry County Council. They are in two-candidate races; their opponents are Republican nominees. See this story.
On October 27, the Potter County, Texas Republican Party filed a federal lawsuit to require the state of Texas to count all November 2026 ballots by hand before certifying the results. Potter County Republican Party v Benge, n.d., 2:26cv-215. Here is the Complaint, which ways, among other things, that some vote-counting machines use parts manufactured in China.
Potter County has a population of 117,000 and includes the city of Amarillo. The case is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk, a Trump appointee.
On October 29, the federal government filed an amended Complaint in U.S.A. v State of Alaska, 3:26cv-376, to include the information published in the New York Times that the Mary Peltola campaign recruited the lesser-known Dan Sullivan to run for U.S. Senate this year. That allegation is now on the front page of the Complaint.
The Arizona Secretary of State has posted new registration data. It shows that Libertarian registration is down to 30,150 members, which is only .69% of the state total. If it declines below two-thirds of 1%, the party will lose its qualified status. The total number of registered voters in the state is now 4,374,827, and two-thirds of 1% of that number is 29,166, so the party only has 984 more members than it needs.
This article says the Constitution Party nominee for Wyoming Governor, Rebecca Bextel, has raised $400,000. By contrast, the Wyoming Democratic gubernatorial nominee, Ken Casner, has not raised any money.
