In late March 2026, the American Independent Party, the only qualified party in California without its own candidate for Governor, endorsed Chad Bianco, one of the Republican gubernatorial candidates.
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On April 1, Taiba Sultana, a Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania’s State Senate 18th district seat was removed from the primary ballot earlier this month because she put “self-employed” in the Statement of Economic Interests, in the blank asking for her occupation. See this story. The case is Nomination Petition of Taiba Sultana for the Democratic Party Nomination for Senator in the General Assembly from the 18th legislative District in the May 19, 2026 Primary Election. Commonwealth Court 138 MD 2026.
On April 7, the candidate appealed to the State Supreme Court, which denied the case with no opinion. 27 MAP 2026.
The Maryland Libertarian Party has been circulating a petition to regain its qualified party status. The petition needs 10,000 valid signatures. The party has about 6,800 signatures but has decided to complete the petition after the November 2026 election is over. Therefore, it won’t be on the ballot for the 2026 election.
The Green Party will be the only party on the 2026 ballot, other than the two major parties.
The Black Chronicle has this story about the April 13 decision Peace & Freedom Party v Weber, the minor party case against the top-two system.
On April 21, the New Mexico Supreme Court ordered that Rebecca Dow’s name should be restored to the Republican primary ballot. She had been kept off by the Secretary of State and by a lower state court because she filed screenshots of her petition pages, rather than filing the originals. Jaramillo v Whitehead, S-1-SC-41374. The court ruled orally and said a formal opinion will be written later. See this story.
Dow is an incumbent Republican state representative who is running for re-election.