South Carolina Green Party Nominee for U.S. Senate at 9% in Rasmussen Poll

Posted on by June 15, 2010
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On June 15, Rasmussen Polls released a poll for the U.S. Senate race in South Carolina. See it here. It shows 58% for Republican Jim DeMint, 21% for Democratic nominee Alvin Greene, 9% for “some other candidate”, and 13% undecided.

The only other person on the November ballot is Tom Clements, Green Party nominee. It appears Rasmussen did not actually list him, yet apparently 9% of the voters still opted for “some other candidate”, rather than letting themselves be listed as “undecided.” None of the newspaper stories about this poll even mention Clements.

As California Counts More Votes, Proposition 14 Margin Drops

Posted on by June 15, 2010
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The California Secretary of State’s web page, as of early afternoon, June 15, shows that Proposition 14 passed with 53.8% of the vote. The margin had been reported at 54.2% on the morning of June 14. The change is because more and more votes have been counted. There is no likelihood that the outcome will change, however. UPDATE: on June 16, the margin is 53.7%. UPDATE: on June 18, it is 53.6%.

The closest statewide race for any California June 2010 election is the Republican race for Insurance Commissioner. Currently the total stands at 814,647 for Brian Fitzgerald, and 814,413 for Mike Villines.

Washington Newspaper Column Criticizes Free Choice of Party Label

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The Daily News of Longview, Washington, has this column in its June 15 edition. Written by Don Jenkins, it criticizes Washington state election law for allowing candidates to put any party label they wish on the ballot. The column says some candidates who plainly are really Republicans or Democrats are choosing other labels that disguise their true partisan leanings. Thanks to Krist Novoselic for the link.

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer Tries to Get Both Public Funding and Private Money as Well, but Commission Says “No”

Posted on by June 15, 2010
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According to this story, the Arizona Clean Elections Commission has denied a request from Arizona Governor Jan Brewer to change the public funding law, and let candidates who are receiving public funding also receive private money. Brewer wanted the Commission to implement this change by asking the U.S. District Court that is hearing McComish v Bennett to allow the change.

McComish v Bennett is the pending lawsuit in which the plaintiffs, who are candidates not seeking public funding, have temporarily (at least) won a court ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court, stopping the Commission from giving extra public funding to participating candidates who have privately-funded opponents with a great deal of money.

Illinois U.S. Senate Poll Shows Big Dissatisfaction with Both Major Party Nominees

Posted on by June 15, 2010
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Public Policy Polling released this poll on June 14, for the U.S. Senate race in Illinois.

The poll unwisely listed only the nominees of the Democratic, Republican, and Green Parties. Chances are, there were be several other minor party and/or independent candidates on the ballot for U.S. Senate. The poll shows these results: Alexi Giannoulias, Democrat, 31%; Mark Kirk, Republican, 30%; LeAlan Jones, Green, 14%; undecided 24%.