The April 22 Pennsylvania primary is April’s only Democratic Party nominating event. After that, the next round is the Guam caucus, which has received little publicity. Guam Democrats will choose 4 delegates on Saturday, May 3 (actually, though, 8 will be chosen, and each will have a half-vote). Caucuses will be held in all 19 municipalities. Any registered Democrat may participate. Voters vote directly for candidates for Delegate, using paper ballots supplied by the party. Filing to run for Delegate closed on April 18.

Republicans held their Guam caucus on March 8. John McCain won that event.

Guam is the only U.S. possession that also votes for president in November. However, since Guam has no electoral votes, the November presidential vote doesn’t actually affect the national outcome. The Guam vote for president in November doesn’t even rate a mention in U.S. newspapers. In 2004, the November vote was: Bush 21,490; Kerry 11,781; Nader 196; Badnarik 67.

On April 19, two former Democratic U.S. Senators, Sam Nunn of Georgia and David Boren of Oklahoma, both endorsed Barack Obama. Both men had been close to Unity08 last year. See here for the Nunn story and here for the Boren story.

According to this Orlando Sentinel newspaper story, Prohibition Party presidential candidate Gene Amondson said he will probably vote for the Republican nominee for president.

It is almost always a mistake for any minor party candidate to say that he or she will vote for a major party opponent. In 2004 the Green Party lost a great deal of status when its vice-presidential candidate, Pat LaMarche, was erroneously quoted as saying she might vote for the Democratic ticket for president. She did not say that.

The newspaper says the Prohibition Party won’t be on the Florida ballot this year, but actually the Prohibition Party presidential candidate probably will be on the Florida ballot this year, the first time that party will have been on in Florida since 1924.