On February 28, Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed SB 107, which changes the independent candidate petition deadline for all offices from January to June 15. This bill only passed because of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s lawsuit filed in December 2023.
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California has two U.S. Senate races on the ballot this year. They are both for the same seat. One race is for the two-and-one-half momth term from election day to January 2025. The other is the full, normal six-year term.
For some reason, the leading Republican in both races has more votes than anyone else for the short term, but not the regular term. In the short term race, Garvey has 1,317,911 votes, whereas Adam B. Schiff, the leading Democrat, has 1,173,917. Of course there are millions of votes left to count, so this may change.
On March 5, the Iowa House passed HF2610, which makes it impossible for any challenge to be filed against a candidate on the grounds listed in Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment. The vote was 62-35.
Here is a link to the California election returns for the five presidential primaries. In the Peace & Freedom presidential primary, Claudia De La Cruz is leading, with 42% of the precincts reporting.
Chase Oliver has won the Oklahoma presidential primary. The results (which are not final) are Chase Oliver 569, Jacob Hornberger 360.