In the 2012 election, among the states that voted for Mitt Romney, only West Virginia and Kentucky have Democratic majorities in either house of the state legislature. Democrats still have a majority in both houses of the West Virginia legislature, and the Kentucky House. Otherwise, all states that voted Republican for president also elected Republican legislative majorities in both houses, if they had legislative elections up in 2012.

For more details, see this link to The Thicket, on-line journal of the National Conference of State Legislatures.

The Liberal Party of Canada is choosing the party leader with a party-funded primary that uses ranked-choice voting. Canadians who are members of the Liberal Party, and Canadians who have signed up as “supporters” of the party, are able to vote on-line or by telephone. Six candidates are running. If the Liberal Party wins the next Parliamentary election, then whoever has been chosen as party leader will become Prime Minister. See this story. The vote lasts a week and will be over by April 13. The winner will be announced on April 14. Thanks to Thomas Jones for the link.

On April 10, the Maine Supreme Court again heard oral arguments in Nader v The Maine Democratic Party, Wash-10-678. Here is an article about the arguments. The issue is still whether or not Ralph Nader is entitled to a trial in his case against the Democratic Party and its allies for its behavior in 2004, trying to keep him off the ballot in as many states as possible. Here is another article.