On November 4, the Daily News (serving the New York city area) carried an op-ed by Peter Lavinia, co-chair of the New York Green Party and a political science professor. It tells readers that New York state was the only state with only two presidential candidates on the ballot. Here is the op-ed, although it is behind a paywall.
On November 13, a bill to enact the National Popular Vote Plan was introduced in the Pennsylvania House. It is HB 2662, and so far it has four Democratic and two Republican sponsors. The lead sponsor is Representative Christopher Rabb (D-Philadelphia).
Last week, voters of Jersey County, Illinois, again chose Ben Goetten as their State’s Attorney. In most states the same office is called District Attorney. The office is a partisan office.
Goetten had already served four terms as a Democrat, but in 2023 he announced that in 2024, when he was up for re-election, he would run as an independent. He did so, and no one ran against him. It is believed that he is the first independent to be elected to that office in any Illinois county in over a century. Thanks to Sam Cahnman for the news.
Here is a 2023 news story about Goetten’s decision to become an independent.
Carolina Journal has this story about the Libertarian Party’s vote totals in North Carolina.
The Arkansas Libertarian Party elected two partisan candidates last week. Besides the race in Little Rock, already mentioned on this blog, the party also elected the Constable of Washington Township, Van Buren County. Libertarian nominee Thomas Turcol defeated Republican nominee Shawna LeMarr with 57.6% of the vote.
The jurisdiction is centered on Dennard, Arkansas, in the north center of the state.
