On August 10, Kentucky independent candidate Drew Curtis submitted approximately 10,000 signatures. He needs 5,000 valid to be on the ballot for Governor of Kentucky. The election is November 3, 2015. UPDATE: the Secretary of State’s office has already determined that his petition is valid.
On August 10, ABC News broadcast this story, saying a senior advisor to Donald Trump has said that Trump is considering soon making a pledge that he will not run for President outside the Republican Party. The story also says he will this week put out position papers on immigration and trade and that he is about to start campaigning in Iowa and New Hampshire.
But, later on August 10, Trump himself said he is not inclined to make that promise at this time. See this story. Thanks to Bill Van Allen for that link.
The New York Times has a story on Donald Trump’s past political activity involving presidential elections. It mentions that Gary Johnson was on the ballot in 48 states in November 2012. Many otherwise well-informed politics reporters in recent weeks have told me that they had no idea the Libertarian nominee was on the ballot in that many states. Some of them didn’t even know that Ross Perot and John Anderson were also on the ballot in all states. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.
Veteran politics reporter Dick Meyer here writes that the U.S. badly needs a three-party system. Thanks to John Carey for the link.
Several reputable sources believe that former Congressman John Hostettler will seek the Constitution Party’s presidential nomination. He represented southwest Indiana as a Republican 1994-2006. He was born in 1961. See this wikipedia article about him. In 2008, he endorsed Chuck Baldwin, the Constitution Party’s nominee that year, for President.
