The November 23 edition of the New York Times has a lengthy and respectful obituary for David Nolan. The obituary is also notable for seeming to suggest that minor parties have an important influence on the free circulation of ideas, even when they are not numerically strong.
UPDATE: the Washington Post obituary also has some of the characteristics of the Times obituary.
The November 23 edition of the New York Times has a lengthy and respectful obituary for David Nolan. The obituary is also notable for seeming to suggest that minor parties have an important influence on the free circulation of ideas, even when they are not numerically strong.
UPDATE: the Washington Post obituary also has some of the characteristics of the Times obituary.
The Washington Post has this summary of the crowded field for the Chicago Mayoral election, including coverage of the legal controversy over whether Rahm Emanuel meets the residency requirement. Twenty candidates filed petitions by the November 22 deadline. The election is set for February 22. Thanks to ElectionLawBlog for the link. One of the candidates is outgoing U.S. Senator Roland Burris. Another is the man who lives in the Chicago home owned by Emanuel.
In 2008, the Independent American Party elected the County Clerk of Eureka County, Nevada, Jackie Berg. She was up for re-election this month. On election night she seemed to have defeated her Republican opponent by 376-373. But a recount was held, and the new results are 373-373. The tie will be settled on Friday, November 26, by a card drawing. See this story. UPDATE: the drawing is Friday, December 3.
The Independent American Party definitely won three other partisan county elections in Nevada this month.
Alabama elects all its state legislators to four-year terms, in midterm years. At the November 2010 election Republicans won majorities in both houses of the Alabama legislature for the first time since the 19th century. Now, four more Democrats have switched parties, even though they had been elected as Democrats just three weeks ago. See this story.
