The Texas Libertarian Party has 187 candidates for federal and state office this year, and that doesn’t include candidates for county office. The party has 108 candidates for the 166 state legislative seats up this year.
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A federal court will hear Love v Foster on January 23. This is the 11-year old case on whether Louisiana must hold its first round of congressional elections in November (since, because Louisiana uses the “top two” system, if anyone gets 50% in the first round, there is no further election).
The 9th circuit will hear Washington State Republican Party v Logan on February 6 in Seattle. Case no. 05-35774. This is the case over whether the “top two” system passed by the Washington voters in November 2004 is constitutional. The lower court had invalidated it last July, and the state is appealing.
The 9th circuit will hear Washington State Republican Party v Logan on February 6 in Seattle. Case no. 05-35774. This is the case over whether the “top two” system passed by the Washington voters in November 2004 is constitutional. The lower court had invalidated it last July, and the state is appealing.
No Democrat filed in most of the 8 statewide partisan judicial races this year, so there will be 4 statewide judicial races between only a Republican and a Libertarian. This provides a virtual guarantee that the Libertarian nominee for one (if not all) of those offices will poll more than 5% in November, thus keeping the Libertarians on the ballot for 2008.