On April 20, Howard Phillips, founder of the Constitution Party, died. He was age 72 and lived in Virginia. Thanks to Darcy Richardson for this news. UPDATE: here is a New York Times obituary.
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On April 21, the Virginia Libertarian Party held a nominating convention and chose Rob Sarvis for Governor. He already has about 4,000 signatures but needs 10,000 valid by mid-June.
If he gets on the ballot, he will be only the second Libertarian ever on the Virginia ballot for Governor. The first was Bill Redpath, in 2001. UPDATE: here is more information about Sarvis, from Uncovered Politics.
The print edition of Libertarian Party News, March 2013 edition, has a complete list of all Libertarian candidates who ran for office in November 2012, including what office each ran for, the vote total, and the percentage. The list completely occupies four full pages of very small type.
Arizona releases a new registration tally every three months. The April 1 data was released on April 19. See the results here. Since the January 1 tally, Republicans have declined in both raw numbers and percentages; the same is true for Democrats. However, all three of the state’s qualified minor parties increased (both in raw numbers and as a percentage), as did independent voters.
The Salt Lake Tribune has this story on former U.S. Senator Jake Garn’s support for the National Popular Vote Plan. Garn was a Republican U.S. Senator from Utah 1974-1992, and is well-respected in his home state of Utah.