The Daily Caller has this story about Kristin Davis, who wants to run for Governor of New York state, outside of the major parties, possibly as the Libertarian Party nominee. The Daily Caller is an electronic news service founded by Tucker Carlson and Neil Patel.
On March 5, two Montana corporations filed a lawsuit in state court to overturn a 1912 state law that makes it illegal for corporations to make expenditures in election campaigns. The lawsuit does not attack the law that makes it illegal for corporations to make contributions. The new Montana lawsuit is, of course, based on the January 2010 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, Citizens United v Federal Election Commission. Here is the Montana complaint, which is Western Tradition Partnership v Attorney General, Montana First Judicial District, Lewis and Clark County, BDV 2010-238.
Pat Saunders, a Green Party member running in the Ohio Green Party primary for the legislature, has been removed from the ballot. One of his circulators is considered to be ineligible to circulate a petition for a candidate running in a Green Party primary, because in 2008 she voted in a Democratic primary. See this story.
Saunders could still be the Green nominee if he receives 25 votes write-in votes in the Green Party primary. However, he must file as a declared write-in quite soon, in order to attempt that.
On March 5, a debate was held among six candidates who are running in the North Carolina 11th U.S. House Republican primary. Afterwards, the sponsors of the debate conducted a straw poll, using Range Voting. This blog post explains how it worked.
The Arkansas filing deadline for candidates to file in a primary closed on March 8. Here is the list of candidates for the Republican and Democratic primaries. No Republican filed for three statewide offices: Auditor, Treasurer, and Attorney General.
Independent candidate petitions are not due until May. Petitions for new or previously unqualified parties are not due until July. Newly qualifying parties nominate by convention, not in the May primary.
