Kay Hagan is the freshman Democratic U.S. Senator from North Carolina. She was elected in 2008, defeating Republican incumbent Elizabeth Dole. Politico recently carried this story, in which Hagan was asked about the new political party in North Carolina, “North Carolina First”, which is backed by the SEIU and a few other unions.
UPDATE: here is another story on the North Carolina First Party, in the Raleigh version of the Examiner.
The political column for the Des Moines Register of April 22 features Eric Cooper, Libertarian Party nominee for Iowa Governor. See it here. The columnist, Kathie Obradovich, seems impressed that the candidate is an Associate Professor of Neuroscience, and that he performed very well in a recent public appearance. But she seems most impressed with his recent dieting achievement. Thanks to Peter Gemma for the link.
The Alabama legislature adjourns at the end of April 22. This year’s session did not pass any ballot access reform. Nor did it pass the bill to apportion the state’s presidential electors proportionately. And it did not pass any bill to set up a write-in filing procedure for declared write-in candidates.
The only pending activism to improve Alabama ballot access just now is the ballot access case appeal in the U.S. Supreme Court, Shugart v Chapman. The U.S. Supreme Court will probably say whether it will hear this case in June 2010.
The Republican Party of Riverside County, California, has posted Independent Political Report’s Proposition 14 editorial on the party’s website. See the Republican Party’s blog here. Congratulations to IPR!
The Green Party will hold its national committee meeting June 24-27, 2010, in Detroit, Michigan. See here for more details. Thanks to GreenPartyWatch for the link.
