Category Archives: political parties
“Anti-Donald Trump Forces See Convention Coup as Within Reach”
WSJ:
Months after Donald Trump appeared to seal the Republican nomination for president, anti-Trump forces still have one last chance to force a vote on the party’s convention floor that would throw open the GOP contest again.
It’s a long… Continue reading
“GOP Delegate Fight to Stop Trump Heats up in Federal Court”
WaPo on the First Amendment challenge to a state law binding delegates.
OpenSecrets.org Denied Credentials to RNC
RNC Delegate Sues to Avoid Having to Vote for Trump
CNN: “Carroll Correll is suing Virginia election officials in federal court, arguing that his right to free speech is infringed upon by legal requirements that he cast his ballot for Trump. His suit comes as efforts to unbind delegates… Continue reading
A Convention Like No Other
“Hardly anybody wants to speak at Trump’s convention,” Politico report after speaking to 50 prominent Republicans.
“Donald Trump and R.N.C. See Common Foe: Rogue Delegates”
NYT reports that the Trump campaign and RNC “are employing hard-nosed tactics, warning delegates that attempting to undermine Donald J. Trump’s claim to the nomination violates party rules, and threatening to deny speaking slots to Republicans they deem disloyal for… Continue reading
“POLITICO Delegate Survey: Dump Trump Lacks the Votes”
No surprise in this survey of Republican rules committee members.
“Why Open Primaries Won’t Change Our Politics Much; Legislators elected from closed primary systems are no more or less extreme than those from open primary systems.”
Seth Masket for Pacific Standard.
“2016 Delegates and Conventions Explained”
Ballotpedia webinar June 16.
“Anti-Trump Republicans seek last-ditch ‘delegate revolt'”
Tal Koppan reports for CNN.
Charles Lane Presses Republican Party to Create Superdelegates
While a number of politicians and commentators are pressuring the Democratic Party to eliminate its superdelegates, Charles Lane in today’s Washington Post has a piece pushing the Republican Party to create a cadre of superdelegates as well.
Defending a role… Continue reading
“Unusual election outcomes are the new normal with California’s top-two primary rules”
Important John Myers for the LAT:
The new system has been especially tough on incumbents in the Legislature. In the five elections preceding the new system, only 8% of Assembly members and 2% of state senators faced a challenge from… Continue reading
US Senate Race Could Be First CA Statewide Race with No Republican on Election Ballot
And very big chance for U.S. Senate to have first African-American woman in U.S. Senate in generation. LAT:
California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris was declared the winner of the primary for the state’s open seat U.S. Senate race on… Continue reading