Category Archives: campaigns

“California House Primary Might Not Be Decided Until July (Updated)”

June 5, 2014, 5:07 pmcampaigns, election administrationRick Hasen

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”

June 5, 2014, 8:16 amcampaigns, voter registrationRick Hasen

MSNBC reports.

Democrats Unlikely to Have Supermajorities in Next CA Legislature

June 5, 2014, 7:02 amcampaigns, legislation and legislaturesRick Hasen

So reports the LA Times.

“McDaniel rep, others locked in courthouse”

June 5, 2014, 6:54 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

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”

June 5, 2014, 6:51 amcampaigns, third partiesRick Hasen

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”

June 4, 2014, 4:00 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Political Wire reports.

“After State Lawmaker Comes Out, Campaign Becomes Battle Of Write-ins”

June 4, 2014, 2:35 pmcampaignsRick Hasen

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

June 3, 2014, 11:00 pmcampaignsRick Hasen

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

June 3, 2014, 10:52 pmalternative voting systems, campaignsRick Hasen

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.”

June 3, 2014, 11:11 amcampaignsRick Hasen

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

“Ex-Brooklyn Prosecutor Charles J. Hynes Accused of Misuse of Funds”

June 2, 2014, 7:13 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: A New York City Department of Investigation inquiry has implicated Charles J. Hynes, the former Brooklyn district attorney, in the improper use of money seized from drug dealers and other criminal defendants to pay a political consultant more… Continue reading