A hearings officer for the Iowa Secretary of State will preside on Wednesday, August 28, in the challenge to the Libertarian Party’s nominee for U.S. House, Third District.  The party nominated  Marco Battaglia by meetings, which the law allows.  The Republican Party challenged him because it said the Libertarian Party didn’t hold county conventions, even though it held local meetings and a state convention.

The Libertarian Party says it did hold county conventions.  They were co-terminous with the state convention.  At the state convention, county conventions were convened, and residents of particular counties caucused together.

On August 23, Nancy Dahlstrom withdrew from the U.S. House race in Alaska, following the August 20 top-four primary.  She had placed third.  She is a Republican and the current Lieutenant Governor.  Under a precedent set in 2022, this should mean that fifth-place finisher John Wayne Howe, the Alaskan Independence Party candidate, will appear on the November ballot.

U.S. House is the only statewide office on the ballot in Alaska this year, other than president.

On August 22, the Ohio Secretary of State determined that the petition to recognize the Libertarian Party has enough valid signatures.  As a new party, it does not have its own primary, but essentially nominates by convention or other party meeting, although each nominee needs a tiny petition.