The New York Times has this lengthy article about Chris Daggett, independent candidate for New Jersey governor. Until this article was published, the New York Times had had little to say about Daggett. Some New York Times articles about the race published in the last few weeks had not even mentioned him.
The November 3, 2009 New York city Mayoral ballot will include these eight candidates, in this ballot order: William C. Thompson (Dem., Working Families), Michael R. Bloomberg (Rep., Independence), Stephen Christopher (Conservative), Francisca Villar (Party for Socialism and Liberation), Dan Fein (Socialist Workers), Billy Talen (Green), Jimmy McMillan (Rent is Too High), Joseph Dobran (Libertarian).
Because New York city imposes a 15-letter limit on party labels, Villar’s ballot label is “Socialism & Lib.”
The 2005 mayoral race also had 8 candidates on the ballot. They were from the same parties as in 2009, except in 2005, the Party for Socialism and Liberation did not have a candidate (the party did not exist back then), and there was an independent candidate in 2005 with the label “Education.”
Two petitioning candidates for Mayor were challenged off the ballot. They were Robert Burck, “Naked Cowboy” and Alan Chusid, “Messianic.”
For the 2009 election, the other two citywide offices have fewer candidates. The Public Advocate race is a 5-way race, with these candidates: Bill de Blasio (Dem., Working Families), Alex Zablocki (Republican), William J. Lee (Conservative), Maura Deluca (Socialist Workers), and Jim Lesczynski (Libertarian).
The Comptroller race also has five candidates: John C. Liu (Democrat, Working Families), Joseph A. Mendola (Republican), Stuart Avrick (Conservative), Salim Ejaz (Rent is Too High), John Clifton (Libertarian).
The Newark Star-Ledger, on October 10, endorsed Chris Daggett, an independent candidate, for Governor. The editorial says this stance is not so much directed against the Democratic and Republican nominees as it is against the Democratic Party of New Jersey and the Republican Party of New Jersey. See it here. Thanks to J. Bradley Jensen for the link. UPDATE: during the first week of October 1998, Jesse Ventura was polling at between 10% and 15% in Minnesota polls, and of course he won the November 3, 1998 election. By coincidence, the 2009 election is also being held on November 3.
The Newark Star-Ledger, on October 10, endorsed Chris Daggett, an independent candidate, for Governor. The editorial says this stance is not so much directed against the Democratic and Republican nominees as it is against the Democratic Party of New Jersey and the Republican Party of New Jersey. See it here. Thanks to J. Bradley Jensen for the link. UPDATE: during the first week of October 1998, Jesse Ventura was polling at between 10% and 15% in Minnesota polls, and of course he won the November 3, 1998 election. By coincidence, the 2009 election is also being held on November 3.
The Ohio House of Representatives Committee that handles election law bills will begin hearing testimony on HB 260 during the week of October 13-16. HB 260 is a very long bill that revises dozens of Ohio election laws. Among other things, it eases ballot access for new and unqualified political parties. Hearings will be held over several days, and it isn’t known yet which days will be devoted to ballot access. Ohio’s Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner and her office wrote the bill.
