Kansas has released registration totals for April 2024: Republican 874,132; Democratic 503,972; Libertarian 24,151; No Labels 39; independent and miscellaneous 563,482.
Percentages are: Republican 44.47%; Democratic 25.64%; Libertarian 1.23%; independent and miscellaneous 28.66%.
Percentages in October 2023 were: Republican 44.48%; Democratic 25.96%; Libertarian 1.23%; independent and miscellaneous 28.32%.
On April 17, a Michigan state trial court dismissed the intraparty lawsuit filed by one faction of the Michigan Libertarian Party. Judge Aaron Gauthier of the Cheyboygan Circuit Court said the plaintiffs must appeal to the Michigan State Libertarian Judicial Committee before expecting a court to intervene. Saliba v Chadderdon, 2024-9034-cz.
On April 29, Professor Jeffrey Sachs endorsed Jill Stein for president. See his endorsement here.
Here is the wikipedia page for Sachs.
Pennsylvania registration as of April 2024 is 3,895,223 Democrats, 3,499,524 Republicans, 42,919 Libertarians, 10,326 Greens, and 1,273,199 independent and miscellaneous.
Percentages are: Democratic 44.66%; Republican 40.13%; Libertarian .49%; Green .12%; independent and miscellaneous 14.60%.
Percentages in October 2023 were: Democratic 45.07%; Republican 39.91%; Libertarian .48%; Green .11%; independent and miscellaneous 14.43%.
On April 28, the American Independent Party held its state convention in Sacramento and nominated Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for president. The party has been ballot-qualified continuously longer than any state political party in any state, other than the Democratic and Republican state parties and the New York Conservative Party. It was formed in 1967 to help George Wallace get on the ballot. In 2020, its presidential nominee was Rocky De La Fuente, who was also the nominee of the Alliance Party.
The new state chair of the AIP is Victor Marani.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. filmed an announcement about the nomination, and he noted the irony that the party had been a supporter of Wallace in 1968, who, as Kennedy said, at the time opposed everything that Robert F. Kennedy, Sr. believed in. But, as Kennedy said, the party has changed. One of its nominees for the state legislature this year, Andre Sandford, is African-American.
