On June 19, the Montana Newspaper Association hosted a debate for the three candidates on the November 2010 ballot for U.S. House-at-large. See this story. The three candidates are the nominees of the Democratic, Republican and Libertarian Parties.
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.
Atlantic Monthly has this commentary by a legal scholar, Garrett Epps, on why the 7th circuit decision Judge v Quinn is right to say that the U.S. Constitution requires a special election for Barack Obama’s old U.S. Senate seat on November 2, 2010.
As the column says, procedural problems with the lawsuit prevented the 7th circuit from ordering a special election; it is necessary for the U.S. District Court to take that action. For some reason the Epps column refers to the case as Judge v Backer, but the correct name of the case is Judge v Quinn. The decision came out on June 26, 2010.
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.
On June 18, Brian Moore, a long-time resident of Florida, filed to run for Governor in the Democratic Party primary. He will be the only opponent of Alex Sink. See this story, which focuses on the fact that Moore was the Socialist Party presidential candidate in 2008.
Moore’s ties with the Socialist Party have recently ended. Moore was also active in the Reform Party during 2004, the year the Reform Party nominated Ralph Nader for President.
June 18 was the deadline for candidates to file for election in Florida, for state office. The Florida deadline for congressional candidates was last month.
