On October 13, Doug Butzier died in a plane crash. He was an emergency room physician in Dubuque, Iowa, and president of the hospital’s medical staff. See this story. He was the Libertarian Party nominee for U.S. Senate in Iowa. Because ballots have already been printed, his name will remain on the ballot. Thanks to Bill Redpath for the link.
The five candidates on the ballot for Governor of South Carolina will debate each other on October 14 at Charleston Southern University. See this story. The debaters include the nominees of the Republican, Democratic, Libertarian, United Citizens Party, and the independent candidate, Tom Ervin.
See this blog post at Uncovered Politics, which says that Lincoln’s daily newspaper, the Journal Star, has endorsed independent Jim Jenkins for U.S. Senate from Nebraska.
This New York Post story says the Working Families Party of New York is unhappy that Governor Andrew Cuomo earlier this year created the “Women’s Equality Party”. The “Women’s Equality Party” has no statewide nominees except for Governor Cuomo. Because Cuomo created this party, he is listed four times on the November ballot. His other ballot labels are “Democratic”, “Working Families” and “Independence.”
The Working Families Party, according to the story, fears that some voters who often vote WFP will vote “Women’s Equality.” The story also says that the WFP expects the Green Party to outpoll the WFP.
On October 7, David Luntz III, a registered member of the Constitution Party, was elected to the Deltana Community Corporation Board. The Board now has two members of the Constitution Party; the first, whose term was not up this year, is Pam Goode.
The Deltana Community Corporation Board is the local government for inhabitants of the city of Delta Junction and the surrounding area. In Alaska, boroughs and community corporations are somewhat analogous to counties in other states. Thanks to J. R. Myers for this news.
