Currently, only thirteen states don’t have any qualified parties other than the Republican and Democratic Parties. They are Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Virginia, and Washington.
Anyone lobbying state legislators in any of those thirteen states might make use of this statistic, to argue that the definition of “party” in those thirteen states is too severe.
The Eagle-Tribune newspaper, a daily newspaper in the northeast corner of Massachusetts, has this story about the Libertarian Party of Massachusetts.
Libertarian Party member Grant Miller has been elected to the Tulsa, Oklahoma city council. He defeated an incumbent, Mykey Arthrell. However the race was close, and a small number of voters were erroneously denied a ballot that contained that race, so Arthrell plans to appeal the decision. See this story.
The Green Party national website lists 14 Green Party members who were elected or re-elected on November 8, 2022. See here. All are non-partisan races.
As a result of the November 8 election, Democrats have a majority in both houses of the legislature in both Michigan and Minnesota. Both states have a Democratic Governor as well. As a result, Democrats are free in those states to pass laws concerning presidential primaries. Democrats have been dissatisfied with the presidential primary calendar for some time, and feel that Iowa and New Hampshire, the first two states to choose delegates to national conventions, are not good choices.
