Ty Markham, the Justice Party nominee in November 2012 for State House, 73rd district, was in a two-person race with the incumbent Republican, Michael Noel. She polled 28.01% in the district, which contains part or all of six rural counties in the southern end of the state. In Kane County, Markham carried five precincts, three of which are in or near the city of Kanab, and also the precinct that contains Bullfrog. One of the precincts that Markham carried is the precinct in which Noel lives. Markham does not live in Kane County.

Markham also carried three precincts in San Juan County, all of which are on or adjacent to the Navajo Reservation: Bluff, Aneth, and Mexican Hat.

This article describes a meeting that Maine Governor Paul LePage held with the three independent members of the Maine legislature who do not caucus with either major party. Although the thrust of the article is that the meeting did not go very cordially, a more important point is that the Governor at least met with the independents. Also it is significant that three of the four independents in the Maine legislature have their own caucus, and do not caucus with either major party. Thanks to Thomas MacMillan for the link.

This Los Angeles Times story explains that almost 4,000,000 Californians live in areas with no State Senate representation, due to redistricting and the fact that California, like most states with four-year State Senate terms, doesn’t elect the entire State Senate in years following redistricting.

A few states that don’t normally elect more than half their State Senators in any given year make exceptions for years after redistricting, and elect the entire State Senate. And many states have two-year State Senate terms.