On September 16, Georgia filed this brief in Graham v Carr, n.d., 1:22cv-3613. This is the Libertarian Party case that challenges the law that lets individuals give unlimited amounts of campaign contributions to Democratic and Republican nominees for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, but caps donations from individuals to the nominees of other parties.
On September 16, a New Mexico state trial court kept Jeremy Gay on the November 2022 ballot. He is the Republican nominee for Attorney General. His eligibility had been challenged over duration of residency in New Mexico. The judge said the lawsuit had been filed too late.
See this story.
On September 14, Congressman Andy Harris of Maryland’s First District said he would not participate in a general election debate with his Democratic opponent, Heather Mizeur, unless the third candidate in the race, Libertarian Daniel Thibeault, is also included.
Harris is Maryland’s only Republican member of Congress.
The website 270towin has this interesting article about U.S. House elections this year. The article says in 36 districts, there is only one major party on the ballot.
On September 15, a state trial court in Connecticut ruled that Rob Hotaling, not Bob Stefanowski, is the Independent Party’s nominee for Governor. See this story. The ruling says the Independent Party nominating convention did not follow its own party rules, but also says that state law doesn’t require parties that nominate by convention to follow their own rules.
There will be five nominees on the Connecticut ballot for Governor: Democratic, Republican, Independent Party, Libertarian, and Green.
