On November 5, Arizona voters defeated two ballot measures that would have curtailed the statewide initiative process. Measure 134 would have required a significant number of signatures in each of the 30 state legislative districts. Currently there is no distribution requirement for initiative petitions.

Measure 136 would have permitted the state courts to decide that a proposed initiative is illegal or unconstitutional, before voters had voted on it. Currently if an initiative gets enough valid signatures, it goes on the ballot, and only if it passes can anyone sue to show that the measure is unconstitutional or illegal.

At the November 5 election, Aaron Starr, a long-time leader of the California Libertarian Party, was elected to the Oxnard City Council. Oxnard has a population of 198,488. It has six city council districts.

All city elections in California are non-partisan, with no party labels, but Starr is well-known in Oxnard as a Libertarian Party member.

On November 5, Libertarian Party nominee Frank Gilbert was elected Constable of Big Rock Township, Pulaski County, Arkansas. Big Rock Township is one of only two townships in Pulaski County. Pulaski County is the most populous county in Arkansas. Big Rock Township contains Little Rock and has about 60% of the county population.

The race was a two-person contest between Gilbert and the Republican nominee, Walter Stoermer. Gilbert received 43,691 votes, or 58.48%.

Big Rock Township is the most populous jurisdiction that has ever elected a Libertarian in a partisan race. The previous high point for Libertarians winning partisan races came in 2019, when Libertarian nominee Michael Korchak was elected District Attorney of Broome County, New York. Korchak was the noominee of no other party in that election. Thanks to Art DiBianca for this news. Here is a link to the election returns. Scroll down to about the middle.

Here is Gilbert’s campaign website.

As far as is known, the last time a minor party won a partisan office in Arkansas was in 2012, when Green Party nominee Fred Smith was elected to the legislature. However, he had no ballot-listed opponents, just a write-in opponent.