On September 23, the Nevada Republican State Committee voted again to hold a caucus on February 8 to choose delegates to the national convention.  The state, over the party’s opposition, is holding a Republican presidential primary on February 6.  Even though the state party’s lawsuit to block the government-administered presidential primary did not win, the party is effectively blocking the primary from having any meaning.  The party says no presidential candidate who files for the government-administered primary will be eligible to participate in the party-administered caucus.

Three U.S. Supreme Court decisions in the 1970’s and early 1980’s make it clear that a state government may hold a presidential primary, but it is the state party that determines who the delegates are.  Thanks to PoliticalWire for this news.

Sarah Stogner is a Texas attorney who ran for Railroad Commission in 2022.  She placed second in the Republican primary, forcing a primary run-off.  In 2024 she hopes to be the Forward Party nominee for that office.

Here is an article about her and her 2022 race.

Here is an article about her recent announcement about the Forward Party.  Thanks to Steve Snyder for the link.

On September 6, John Anthony Castro filed a federal lawsuit to keep former President Donald Trump off the Oklahoma Republican presidential primary ballot.  Trump v Ziriax, w.d., 5:23cv-781.  “Here is the Complaint.  The case is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Jodi W. Dishman, a Trump appointee.

Castro lives in Texas and is seeking the Republican presidential nomination.  He hopes to avoid standing problems, given that he is a candidate, not just a voter.  He has similar lawsuits pending in some other states.  His Oklahoma Complaint contains a factual error.  He says Oklahoma permits write-in votes, but it does not.