Category Archives: campaigns
“Will conspiracy trial figure in Mandel’s election?”
Cincinnati Enquirer:
Scandal is again threatening the Ohio state treasurer’s office.
The case – unfolding this month in a Cleveland courtroom – involves a GOP donor, Northeast Ohio businessman Ben Suarez. He’s accused of conspiring to violate federal campaign… Continue reading
“Leland Yee’s startling finish in California election race explained”
Mark Barabak presents this LA Times piece as a kind of justification for the voters voting this way, but the explanation comes down to rational ignorance of the race, just as we all thought. The conventional wisdom is right here.
California’s Meh Primary
SacBee editorial:
Speaking of embarrassing, 287,590 Californians voted on election day for Sen. Leland Yee for secretary of state, the chief elections officer, even though he faces federal corruption charges including allegations of gun-running.
Maybe Yee’s voters were confused.… Continue reading
“California House Primary Might Not Be Decided Until July (Updated)”
Roll Call:
California’s 31st District primary is still too close to call, with the Democratic frontrunner holding a 183-vote lead ahead of the third-place Republican and more ballots yet to be counted.
“Updated 8:18 p.m. | Democrats have claimed… Continue reading
“Democrats unveil new data program to boost voter registration”
Democrats Unlikely to Have Supermajorities in Next CA Legislature
So reports the LA Times.
“McDaniel rep, others locked in courthouse”
Updated story from the Clarion Ledger with the subhead: “An official investigation has been opened into three people who were found locked in the Hinds County Courthouse hours after it was closed by election officials Tuesday after returns had been… Continue reading
“Minor player in GOP Senate race has major impact”
Clarion-Ledger:
A relatively unknown Mississippi man caused a nationally watched primary Tuesday night involving a veteran U.S. senator and a tea party rising star to end with no winner.
His was the third name on the ballot.
The day… Continue reading
“Candidate Arrested After Losing Primary”
“After State Lawmaker Comes Out, Campaign Becomes Battle Of Write-ins”
NPR: “How much does sexual orientation matter to voters in rural Pennsylvania? Incumbent Mike Fleck, who was re-elected three times before he came out as gay in 2012, lost the Republican state house primary to a write-in candidate. But… Continue reading
Hundreds of Thousands of Californians Cast Ballots for Leland Yee
Not bad after indictment on gun charges and withdrawal from the race.
The question is which Secretary of State candidates will poll worse that Yee?
And what does this say about the state of CA democracy, especially in a low… Continue reading
Squeaker in Mississippi Senate Race
Clarion Ledger:
A runoff appeared likely in the GOP Senate primary between six-term incumbent Thad Cochran and tea party challenger state Sen. Chris McDaniel on Tuesday night, with the race tight, neither at over 50 percent and a little-known… Continue reading
“Facebook could decide an election without anyone ever finding out; The scary future of digital gerrymandering – and how to prevent it.”
Jonathan Zittrain:
Now consider a hypothetical, hotly contested future election. Suppose that Mark Zuckerberg personally favours whichever candidate you don’t like. He arranges for a voting prompt to appear within the newsfeeds of tens of millions of active Facebook users… Continue reading