On October 18, all four candidates for U.S. House in Connecticut’s First District debated each other. They are Democrat-Working Families nominee John Larson, Republican Ann Brickley, Green nominee Ken Krayeske, and Chris Hutchinson, Socialist Action Party nominee. See this story.
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A U.S. District Court in Cincinnati heard five hours of testimony on October 18, in Liberty Township Tea Party v International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. See this story. There will be another hearing on October 20, and probably soon after a quick decision. The issue is whether the zone around polling places (that is beyond the 100 feet no-electioneering restricted area) becomes a public forum on days when voting is occurring.
Thirdpartydaily blog has this interesting link to several articles about leading political consultants who are thinking of helping build a new political party.