On August 17, Betsy Johnson, a former Democratic legislator in Oregon, submitted 48,214 signatures to be on the ballot as an independent for Governor this year. She needs 23,744 valid signatures. See this story.
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The Alaska state Elections office has unofficial, and very preliminary, results at this link. The primary was August 16 and it will be weeks before the vote is completely counted.
For Governor, it appears there will be two Republicans, one Democrat, and one independent on the November ballot.
For U.S. Senate, it appears there will be three Republicans and one Democrat on the November ballot.
For U.S. House (full term), it seems there will be three Republicans and one Democrat in November.
No minor party candidate for any statewide office advanced to the November ballot.
On August 16, the Louisiana Supreme Court held oral argument in the lawsuit over Mayor Adrian Perkins’ attempt to regain his spot on the ballot. He hopes to run for re-election. Louisiana does not permit write-in votes. He was disqualified by the lower courts because he used the wrong residence address on a declaration of candidacy form. See this story.
The Connecticut Working Families Party recently nominated Ned Lamont for Governor. See this story. Lamont is also the Democratic nominee. this nomination is no surprise, because the Connecticut Working Families Party has never nominated anyone for statewide office who was not also the Democratic nominee.
The same story says the Independent Party of Connecticut will makes its gubernatorial nomination on August 23.
For the second day in a row, the Birmingham News has run a lengthy story about the Libertarian Party. The August 16 article focuses on Alabama’s severe ballot access laws.
The article says the 20% vote test for a party to remain on the ballot is the highest in the nation, and that is correct. But it erroneously says Kentucky has the 2nd highest, with 10%. Actually the Kentucky vote test for qualified minor party status is 2%, although it must be polled for President.