New Connecticut Registration Data

Posted on by January 14, 2023
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Connecticut is the only state that has registration by party which won’t release any state totals, except once in a two-year election cycle. Connecticut only releases registration totals by party in October of even-numbered years.

When the Connecticut Secretary of State released data for October 2022, for minor parties, an error was made and the totals for the minor parties were far below the true figures. But, because they were official, Ballot Access News used them in the chart in the December 1, 2022 issue. The erroneous figures were: Libertarian 97; Green 241; Constitution (Concerned Citizens) 44; Working Families 26; Independent Party 3,649; Socialist 151; Forward 8; Socialist Action 8; Socialism & Liberation 7; Socialist Workers 2.

The correct figures are: Griebel Frank for Ct. 8; Independent Party 30,947; Working Families 304; Libertarian 3,351; Green 1,251; other minor parties (not broken down) 156.

The Secretary of State released the new corrected figures on November 7, 2022, but BAN only recently learned about them, thanks to Jim Palmer.

The national totals for the two largest minor parties should have been published as: Libertarian 736,119; Green 235,130.

New Mexico Libertarian Auditor Nominee Set a New Record for a Minor Party in a Statewide Office in New Mexico

Posted on by January 13, 2023
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On November 8, 2022, New Mexico elected a State Auditor. The only two candidates were a Democrat and a Libertarian. The Libertarian, Travis Sanchez, polled 38.07% of the vote. That is the highest percentage ever received by a minor party or independent candidate in a New Mexico statewide office. The previous record had been set in 1912 by Theodore Roosevelt, Progressive Party presidential nominee, who got 35.91% in New Mexico.

The 2022 showing for Sanchez was the second highest Libertarian percentage showing in a statewide race, in Libertarian Party history. The record for Libertarians running for statewide office was set in 2012 by Mike Fellows, Libertarian nominee for Montana Clerk of the State Supreme Court. He got 43.13%.

Thirteen Independent Candidates Were Elected to State Legislatures in November 2022

Posted on by January 14, 2023
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On November 8, 2022, thirteen independent candidates were elected to state legislatures. This is similar to other recent election years. Fifteen had been elected in 2020, and thirteen in 2018.

The thirteen elected in 2022 are: Alaska: Daniel Ortiz, Rebecca Himschoot, Calvin R. Schrage, Alyse S. Galvin, Bryce Edgmon, and Josiah Patkotak. The last two were unopposed. Maine: William Pluecker and Walter Riseman. Massachusetts: Susannah Whipps. Rhode Island: Jon D. Brien. Vermont: Jed Lipsky, Kelly Pajala, and Laura Sibilia.

New York Conservative Party Continues To Have Unusual Support in One Corner of Brooklyn

Posted on by January 11, 2023
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The New York Conservative Party generally has its greatest support outside of New York city, yet for the last three elections, its strongest district by far has been in Brooklyn. Starting in 2018, Assemblymember Simcha Eichenstein has been elected in the Borough Park neighborhood as the nominee of the Democratic and Conservative Parties. Republicans have never nominated a candidate in his race, which was in the 48th district in both the old and new redistricting.

The Conservative Party share of the vote in 2018 was 38.59%; in 2020 it was 51.62%; and in 2022 it was 44.57%. Even though Eichenstein is a Democrat, many of his constituents prefer to vote for him on the Conservative line, so much so that in 2022, the Conservative Party polled more votes than the Democratic Party. Eichenstein is a voice for Orthodox Jews.