Category Archives: primaries

“Republican Officials Brace for Chaos at Convention”

July 13, 2016, 10:04 pmpolitical parties, primariesRick Hasen

NYT: Republicans are bracing for the possibility of a drawn-out fight over Donald J. Trump’s nomination that could stretch into the convention next week, a spectacle party leaders are desperate to avoid. As the party’s governing body convened in… Continue reading

“GOP delegates are legitimately bound, deal with it”

July 8, 2016, 6:42 pmpolitical parties, primariesRick Hasen

Jim Bopp in The Hill.

“Federal judge to hear anti-Trump GOP delegate’s lawsuit”

July 7, 2016, 9:26 ampolitical parties, primariesRick Hasen

WaPo: A federal judge on Thursday will hear a lawsuit brought by a Virginia delegate to the Republican National Convention who says Democrat Hillary Clinton will win the White House “in a landslide” if Donald Trump is the GOP nominee.… Continue reading

“Anti-Donald Trump Forces See Convention Coup as Within Reach”

July 6, 2016, 4:03 pmpolitical parties, primariesRick Hasen

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

“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.”

June 20, 2016, 7:31 ampolitical parties, primariesRick Hasen

Seth Masket for Pacific Standard.

“Reforming Presidential Elections: The Need for a National Primary”

June 16, 2016, 1:36 pmalternative voting systems, primariesRick Hasen

Ned Foley has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Fordham Law Review). Here is the abstract: For presidential elections, America needs a new National Primary, to be held in June. It would be an intermediate stage between, first, the state-based… Continue reading

“2016 Delegates and Conventions Explained”

June 14, 2016, 11:26 ampolitical parties, primariesRick Hasen

Ballotpedia webinar June 16.

“Anti-Trump Republicans seek last-ditch ‘delegate revolt'”

June 10, 2016, 7:31 amcampaigns, political parties, primariesRick Hasen

Tal Koppan reports for CNN.

“Unusual election outcomes are the new normal with California’s top-two primary rules”

June 9, 2016, 12:11 pmpolitical parties, primariesRick Hasen

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

June 7, 2016, 9:52 pmcampaigns, political parties, primariesRick Hasen

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

“Ideas on Reconciling Critics of the Presidential Primary Process”

June 6, 2016, 7:22 ampolitical parties, primariesRick Hasen

Al Hunt: It’s rare that President Obama and Reince Priebus, the Republican National Committee chairman, agree. In recent weeks, they both have said that the presidential nominating process is not rigged. They are right. But that hasn’t stopped those displeased… Continue reading