The Cowboy State Daily has this article about Shawn Johnson, the Libertarian nominee for U.S. House in Wyoming. Johnson is a former two-term city councilmember in Casper, and an attorney. The article says the Republican Party primary for this office is so fractured and so divisive, Johnson might do very well.
On June 1, the Alabama opponents of the new districts passed by the legislature this year filed this brief in Singleton v Allen, 25A1315. It says that setting aside all the legal arguments, it is literally too late for the state to hold primaries in district 1,2,6 and 7 using the legislature’s new maps. The brief is very short. It points out that no work can be done on changing the boundaries again on June 1 because June 1 is a state holiday in Alabama. Alabama celebrates Jefferson Davis’s birth on the first Monday in June, even though his actual birthday is June 3.
This article about the Pennsylvania May 2026 primary exposes a long-standing problem with Pennsylvania vote-counting policies. Every county decides for itself whether to count write-in votes. This has always been true, and it is true for both primaries and general elections. Pennsylvania is the only populous states that allows write-ins, but which has no law on filing as a declared write-in candidate. In theory Pennsylvania law requires that all write-ins be counted. But that isn’t practical, because it is so much work and also because many of the write-ins are frivolous. If Pennsylvania had a law requiring write-in candidates to file a declaration of candidacy if they want their write-ins counted, that would be practical and fair.
Putnam County, New York Republican nominees running for partisan county office have petitioned to list themselves as Libertarian nominees as well. See this story. However, the Libertarian Party does not support them. New York does not provide name protection for unqualified parties. See this story.
Jonathan Makeley is the Prohibition Party’s nominee for Governor of New York this year. He will not attempt to get on the ballot, but will ask for write-in votes. Here is his website.
The last time the Prohibition Party nominated a candidate for Governor of New York was in 1926, when the nominee polled .73% of the vote.
