See this news story for an update on the vote count for the Colorado state legislative race involving Kathleen Curry. The race still isn’t decided. It will probably depend on what a judge says about whether write-ins can be counted when the voter who cast the write-in vote forgot, or didn’t know, to fill in the oval next to the write-in line.
On November 5, Ralph Nader’s case against the Democratic Party and its allies, for what was done to the Nader campaign in 2004, was argued in a lower state court in Maine. See this story. The oral argument last two hours.
Preliminary election returns show these national totals for each party, in the November 2010 election, for the office at the top of the ballot. “Office at the top of the ballot” means Governor. If a state had no gubernatorial election, it means U.S. Senate. For the four states that had neither a gubernatorial nor a U.S. Senate election, it means U.S. House of Representatives.
The 2010 results are: Republican 49.1%; Democratic 45.6%; independent candidates 1.2%; Libertarian 1.1%; Constitution 1.0%; Green .6%; all other parties 1.4%.
By comparison, the 2006 results for the office at the top of the ballot were: Democratic 49.3%; Republican 45.7%; independent candidates 2.2%; Green 1.2%; Libertarian 1.0%; Constitution .2%; other parties .4%.
On November 5, the Campaign Finance Institute released an analysis of campaign spending in 2010 congressional races. The report says winning candidates raised less money than losers did, in competitive races. See the press release, and links to the report itself, here.
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski has hired a leading Republican election law specialist to defend her when Alaska Elections officials begin to tally the write-ins. See this story. Thanks to Bill Van Allen for the link.
