Businessman Daniel Imperato has been campaiging for president as an independent candidate since early 2006. He now says he will seek the Reform Party nomination. He lives in West Palm Beach, Florida. The Reform Party is ballot-qualified in four states: Florida, Kansas, Louisiana and Mississippi.
On February 26, the New Jersey Assembly Elections Committee passed S2193, to move the presidential primary to February 5. Bills are pending in at least 15 states to move the primary to an earlier date.
According to a USA Today story of February 25, U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel (R-Nebraska) is considering running for president as a Republican, but he is also considering seeking Unity08’s nomination. The story can be seen here. Thanks to Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire for this news.
Washington Post columnist David Broder has a new column on Unity08 in the February 26 issue. It can be read here. As of February 15, Unity08 had 35,000 voters already signed up to participate in its on-line “presidential primary”. Thanks to Jack Dean.
On February 26, the U.S. Supreme Court accepted Washington State’s appeal of the “top-two” primary case. The voters of Washington state had passed that type of primary in November 2004. But in 2005 the U.S. District Court had ruled it unconstituitonal, and the 9th circuit agreed last August. The case is Washington v Republican Party, 06-730.
