On the morning of October 29, the three candidates for U.S. Senate from Delaware debated each other at Widener University, School of Law. The debate will probably be broadcast soon on WDEL, a radio station. The three candidates are the nominees of the Democratic, Republican, and Green Parties.

This year, there are only fifteen states in which there were U.S. Senate and/or gubernatorial debates, and all of them that included both major party nominees excluded all minor party and independent candidates (if there are any minor party or independent candidates). Those states are Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.

On October 29, Eliot Cutler, independent candidate for Governor of Maine, called a press conference. Speculation was that he would drop out. However, he said at his conference that he is not dropping out, although he acknowledged that he is unlikely to win, and he seemed to suggest that he would understand if his supporters don’t vote for him. See this story.

Here are four Oregon commentaries opposing Measure 90, the top-two initiative. Oregon Outpost has this article by Richard Burke, explaining the usefulness of minor party general election campaigns. Blue Oregon has this commentary by former Oregon Governor Barbara Roberts, about the dishonesty of some proponents of Measure 90. Here is a link to the Coos Bay World’s endorsements, which explains why the paper opposes Measure 90. Here is a link to the endorsements page of Eugene Weekly; that paper also opposes the measure.