On August 1, the Oklahoma Elections Board issued a press release to reveal the results of the random procedure used to determine order of candidates on the November 2022 ballot. The Libertarian Party nominees for all partisan offices will have the top line, followed by the Republicans and then the Democrats. Thanks to Chris Powell for this news.
UPDATE: here is a link to a you tube of the drawing.
This Hawaii newspaper story relates the political history of Cedric Asuega Gates, who ran as a legislative Green Party nominee in 2014 at a very young age, polling 23.03% of the vote in a two-person race with a Democrat. Then, in 2016, he switched parties and got elected as a Democrat, and he has been re-elected every since. He is running for re-election this year, but is being challenged in the Democratic primary by the former incumbant.
On July 23, the Michigan Constitution Party (which is called the U.S. Taxpayers Party in Michigan, but nowhere else) held a nominating convention. It chose Donna Brandenburg for Governor. She had originally sought the Republican nomination for Governor, but was one of five Republican gubernatorial candidates removed from the ballot for petition deficiencies. Brandenburg had declared for the Constitution Party nomination on July 16.
Her Lieutenant Governor running mate is Mellissa Carone, who had also been removed from the Republican primary ballot earlier this year. She had been intending to run for the legislature. Thanks to David Niggemeyer for this news.
The South Carolina legislature abolished fusion this year, but the bill doesn’t take effect for the 2022 election. The Alliance Party has nominated the Democratic nominee for State Superintendent of Education, so she will appear on the November ballot twice, once under each party label. That will probably be the last fusion example in the state for many years, and perhaps forever. Thanks to Scott West for this news.
The South Carolina Democratic Party has no nominee for several statewide races this year, including Agriculture Commissioner, Comptroller, Treasurer, and Attorney General. Also the party still doesn’t have a nominee for Lieutenant Governor, but it will choose one soon.
On July 29, a Superior Court Judge struck down San Francisco’s law that authorizes certain adult non-citizens to vote in School Board elections. He acted only one day after the hearing. See this story. Thanks to ElectionLawBlog for the link. The case is Lacy v City and County of San Francisco, CPF-22-517714.
