Missouri has two statewide offices on the ballot this year, U.S. Senator and Auditor. The Missouri Press Association has invited all candidates on the statewide ballot to debate their opponents, on September 16.
The U.S. Senate race has a Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, and Constitution Party nominee. The Auditor race has Democratic, Republican, and Libertarian. Thanks to Ken Bush for this news.
No Labels Party is currently petitioning for party status in approximately ten states. Like Americans Elect in 2011-2012, it holds itself out as a supporter of a centrist independent presidential ticket in 2024.
The No Labels website invites people to hear from the group’s leaders. If one clicks on the “play” button, one sees and hears about 65 individuals, one at a time, each expressing support for No Labels and what it wishes to do. Each individual is only seen and heard for about six or seven seconds.
One of the individuals is former North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory, who was elected Governor as a Republican in 2012. He appears toward the end.
On September 7, the Griebel-Frank for Connecticut Party announced that it has nominated Ned Lamont for Governor of Connecticut. Lamont is also the Democratic nominee.
the Griebel-Frank for Connecticut Party is ballot-qualified in Connecticut, for Governor only, because in 2018 it polled over 1% of the gubernatorial vote. Connecticut permits disaggregated fusion, so the Griebel-Frank Party was free to nominate a Democrat.
The Griebel-Frank for Connecticut Party affiliated itself with the SAM Party last year, but the Connecticut Secretary of State refused to let it change its name. The party furnished the Secretary of State will precedents from a dozen other states that have let ballot-qualified parties change their names, but the Secretary still wouldn’t yield. Thanks to Joshua Van Vranken for the news about the party’s nomination decision.
The Atlanta Press Club has invited all three ballot-listed U.S. Senate candidates into its October 16 debate. Also the Merceer University Center for Collaborative Journalism has invited all three into its October 13 debate.
So far, the Democratic nominee, Senator Raphael Warnock, has agreed to participate in these two debates, but the Republican nominee, Herschel Walker, has not.
The Working Families Party will not have its own nominee for U.S. House in New York’s Tenth District. See this story.
