Twenty candidates filed to run in the Florida Tea Party primary for state legislative races. This story says that some of the candidates are, or have recently been, registered Democrats. The story also quotes Republican Party officials as saying that they suspect the motivations of some of these candidates were to injure Republican nominees.

In 2008, it appears that all five Green Party legislative candidates were not bona fide Greens, but individuals who were motivated to run by Republican political consultants. The lawsuit filed in 2008 to find out who paid the filing fees for these Green Party candidates is still going on. However, in all five districts in 2008 that had Green Party nominees, the vote margin between the two major parties was such that the winner won with an absolute majority of the vote.

On March 2, 2010, Texas held its partisan primaries. Kesha Rogers won the Democratic primary for U.S. House, 22nd district. See this story. She is part of Lyndon LaRouche’s organization.

The LaRouche organization has participated in Democratic primaries ever since 1980. This is not the first time a LaRouche supporter has won a Democratic U.S. House primary. However, it is the first time in over a decade.

LaRouche himself ran in Democratic presidential primaries in 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004.

Candidates for the Florida legislature qualify by paying a filing fee of $1,781.82. Neil Combee, a Republican running in the 64th district, state House of Representatives, was removed from the primary ballot because his filing check was made out for $1,781.81, by mistake. See this story.

Combee is running against an incumbent. He expects to file a lawsuit on June 21. Thanks to Political Wire for the link.