The Washington Times has this article about the progress of various Republican presidential candidates in getting on primary ballots. None of the candidates discussed in the article are required to ever get more than 5,000 valid signatures.
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The Federal Election Commission has published Federal Elections 2014. The book is 121 pages and has election returns for primary and general elections, for Congress, in 2014. See it here. The same book will be in paper, and the paper version will be available free sometime in December 2015.
The FEC has been publishing similar election return books starting in 1980. In presidential election years the books include presidential election returns.
The Daily Beast has this lengthy story about Lyndon LaRouche. The story is triggered by the news that LaRouche prefers Martin O’Malley for President. LaRouche founded the U.S. Labor Party in 1973, but in 1979 he dissolved it and became a Democrat. He is age 93.
Politico has this essay by Michael Beckel, which looks at campaign spending in 2015 and concludes that just because a candidate has lots of money for advertising does not guarantee success. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.
Fair Vote Canada’s president, Dr. Antony Hodgson, is on a nationwide speaking tour, promoting proportional representation for Canada. See this story.