According to this story, the New Mexico Libertarian Party will try to qualify three statewide nominees for the November ballot this year. The party has nominees for U.S. Senate, Auditor, and Justice of the Appellate Court. The party is a qualified minor party, but in New Mexico, even when a party is a qualified minor party, it needs a petition of 2% of the last gubernatorial vote in order to nominate anyone except president. The petition deadline is in late June.
On April 17, the California State Appeals Court summarily refused to put Butch Ware, Green Party gubernatorial candidate, on the June 2 primary ballot. Ware v Superior Court of Sacramento County, C106053.
On April 16, New Jersey held a special election to fill the vacancy in the Eleventh District. The results: Democratic 59.5%; Republican 40.0%; independent .5%.
When this district had last voted, in November 2024, the results had been: Democratic 56.5%; Republican 41.8%; Green 1.2%; independent .5%.
In the April 16, 2026 election, the independent candidate’s ballot label was “Hope for Tomorrow.”
The California Secretary of State sends every registered voter a Vote Guide. Candidates for statewide state office can pay to have a statement in the Guide if they promise not to spend more than $11,767,000 on their campaign. Here is the 2026 Guide for the June 2 primary.
Although California won’t let members of unqualified parties list their party on the primary ballot, they can mention their party inside their own statement in the Voters Guide. Margaret Trowe, the Socialist Workers Party candidate, and Duane Loynes Jr, the American Solidarity Party candidate, do mention their party in their statements. By contrast, the Constitution Party member who is running, Don Grundmann, did not mention his party in his statement.
Most of the front-runners did not put a candidate statement in the book, because they did not want to limit their spending to $11,767,000. Frontrunners who do have statements are Katie Porter (Democrat) and Chad Bianco (Republican).
Sixty-one gubernatorial candidates are on the ballot. Thirty-two of them have candidate statements.
On April 8, the Alaska Elections Division posted new voter registration data. The Alaskan Party only has 14 registrants. It was formed by former leaders of the Alaskan Independence Party, which doesn’t exist any longer.
