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March 1, 2016

Volume 31 Number 10

SOUTH DAKOTA IMPROVES NEW PARTY DEADLINE

IMPROVEMENT ONLY HELPS FOR CERTAIN OFFICES

On February 26, the South Dakota

Attorney General issued a ruling that
changes the deadline for new parties
to submit a petition for party status.
The old deadline was March 29; the
new deadline is July 11.
However, parties that qualify using
the later deadline may only nominate
candidates for President, and for the
statewide executive offices other than
Governor. They cant run for Congress, Governor, or state legislature.
This ruling was issued because the
Libertarian and Constitution Parties
have been suing the state over the
March 29 petition deadline for full
party status. That petition requires
6,936 signatures. The parties had
submitted much evidence showing
how difficult that petition is, because
either the signatures must be collected in the odd year before the election year, or else they must be collected in winter weather. The lawsuit
is Libertarian Party of South Dakota
v Krebs, 4:15cv-4111.
To defend itself from that lawsuit, the
state re-interpreted its election law.
State law says qualified parties nominate by convention for presidential
elector, and for all the statewide executive offices except Governor. The
ruling reasons that because state party
conventions for those offices arent
held until August, there is no reason
to have the petition deadline earlier
than mid-July.

KENTUCKY DEBATE
PROCEDURAL WIN
On February 5, U.S. District Court
Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove, a
George W. Bush appointee, issued an
order in Libertarian National Committee and Kentucky Libertarian
Party v Holiday, e.d., 14-63.

The issue is whether Kentucky Educational TV excluded the Libertarian

Party nominee for U.S. Senate in
Kentucky, David Patterson, because
of prejudice against him and his
view. The debate sponsor had tried
to get the lawsuit dismissed, but the
judge kept it alive and said the party
can take depositions from the broadcasters, to see if they deliberately
changed the rules for getting into the
debate in order to exclude him. The
station changed the polling requirement from 5% to 10% after a poll
showed Patterson above 5%.

UTAH LEGISLATURE
REPEALS STRAIGHTTICKET DEVICE
On February 24, the Utah legislature
passed SB 25, which repeals the
straight-ticket device. The straightticket device lets voters vote for all
the nominees of one party with a single mark at the top of the ballot.
Voters who use it dont need to look
at the rest of the ballot, for partisan
offices. But many votes who use the
device then fail to vote on ballot
measures and non-partisan races.
The vote was unanimous in both
houses of the legislature, so it seems
extremely likely that Governor Gary
Herbert will sign it.
A straight-ticket device is very harmful to independent candidates, and it
also hurts minor parties. In 2010,
when Wisconsin still had the device,
Green Party nominee Ben Manski
polled 31.1% of the vote for Assembly, 77th district, in a race against
both major parties. An analysis of
the election returns showed Manski
won the election among the voters
who did not use the device. But
when straight-ticket voters weighed
in, he lost. Eight other states still
have the device.

ILLINOIS BALLOT
ACCESS WIN
On February 12, U.S. District Court
Judge Andrea Wood, an Obama appointee, struck down the Illinois law
that says newly-qualifying parties
must run a full slate of candidates.
This means if the party circulates a
statewide petition, it must have a
nominee for every statewide office.
If it circulates a petition for county
executive office, it must run for each
of those offices. The law has no impact on U.S. House or state legislative petitions. Libertarian Party of
Illinois v Board of Elections, n.d.,
1:12cv-2511.
When the law was passed in 1931,
Illinois state house districts elected
three members with cumulative voting. That means a party was free to
run either one, two, or three candidates. Voters could vote for three
candidates, or they could give one
candidate two votes and a second
candidate one vote, or they could
give all three of their votes to just one
candidate. This made it easier for
parties that werent in the majority to
elect at least one representative. For
example, the Republican Party might
just run one candidate in a strongly
Democratic district.
That would be a signal to the Republican voters in that district to give all
three of their votes to that one Republican, giving him or her a good
chance to win.
But the full-slate law spoiled that
strategy for newly-qualifying parties;
they were forced to run three candidates, thus diluting their votes. The
law was passed because of fear that
Claude Lightfoot, a very popular
Communist Party activist in Chicago,
might get elected to the legislature.
He only polled 33,337 votes for State
House.

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INDEPENDENT PARTY
SUES CALIFORNIA
On February 16, the Independent
Party filed a federal lawsuit against
the California Secretary of State, over
his refusal to let the Independent
Party qualify as a political body.
Independent Party v Padilla, e.d.,
2:16cv-316. A political body is a
group that desires to qualify as a
party, and groups file for political
body status to obtain a tally of how
many registered voters they have.
The Secretary refuses their request
because he says the name Independent Party is too similar to the name
of the already qualified American
Independent Party. In 1896 the State
Supreme Court approved putting the
National Democratic Party on the
ballot even though the Democratic
Party was already on.

MISSOURI BALLOT
ACCESS WIN
On January 27, the Constitution Party
won its lawsuit, Constitution Party of
Missouri v St. Louis County, e.d.,
4:15cv-207. The issue was a county
rule that only the two largest parties
(as measured by the last gubernatorial
vote) could run nominees for County
Council. The county agreed that its
law is unconstitutional and signed a
consent decree.

MISSISSIPPI BALLOT
ACCESS WIN
On February 25, the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Willie
Wilson should be put on Democratic
presidential primary ballots. The
primary is March 8 and many ballots
had already been printed, and must
now be reprinted. Wilson v Hosemann, 2016-IA-148. Wilson needed
500 signatures and submitted 1,050,
but the officials erroneously thought
he needed at least 100 signatures
from each U.S. House district. The
law does not require that, but when
Wilson pointed out the error, he wa
told it was too late. But, the Court
said Wilson was blameless and must
not be penalized for a mistake made
by others.

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ARKANSAS DEFEAT
On February 25, U.S. District Court
Judge James Moody refused to enjoin
a 2015 Arkansas law that new parties
must choose all their nominees (except President) at least one year before the election. Libertarian Party v
Martin, e.d., 4:15cv-635.
Old parties nominate by primary in
March. The judge says the state has
any interest in preventing voter confusion by limiting ballot access to
serious candidates. He also said that
since the Libertarian Party nominated
17 candidates in October, the party is
not harmed. He said that the law is
fair because Democrats and Republicans must file to run in the March
primary by November of the year
before the election. However, four
times, the U.S. Supreme Court has
struck down similar laws, and has
said that deadlines for new parties
and independent candidates cant be
earlier than the date of primaries.
Those cases are from Ohio, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Arkansas.
Also in 1996 a U.S. District Court in
Arkansas struck down the January
petition deadline for new parties.
The Moody decision does not mention those cases. The party nominated some more candidates on February 27 and will return to court.

BALLOT ACCESS BILLS

Maryland: on February 24, Delegate
Jill Carter introduced HB 1301,
which eases the definition of party
from a group that has registration of
approximately 38,000, to a group that
has exactly 10,000 members.
New York: on February 4, the Assembly passed SB 9108, which
moves the independent petition deadline from August to June 7, which
would be the second-earliest presidential deadline in the nation.
Oklahoma: on February 17, the State
Senate Rules Committee passed SB
896, which eases the definition of
party from a group that polled 10%
of the vote for the office at the top of
the ballot, to 2.5%.

South Dakota: on February 8, the

State Senate defeated SB 95. It
would have let candidates on a primary ballot with a fee. Currently primary candidates need petitions.
Virginia: on February 9, the House
Elections Subcommittee defeated HB
82, which would have eased the definition of party from a group that
had polled 10% for any statewide
race at either of the last two elections,
to 5%.
West Virginia: four Delegates have
introduced HB 4477, which eases the
definition of Party. Current law
defines it as a group that got 1% for
Governor. The bill says a party is
also recognized if it has registration
of one-tenth of 1%, which would be
1,218 registrants.

CHART ON PAGE THREE

The chart on page 3 shows the number of registered voters in each party,
in each state that has registration by
party. In almost every case, the data
is from February 2016, but in a few
states such data is not available and
the data is from the end of 2015.
Parties in the other column are:
Alaska, 16,499 Alaskan Independence; 1,124 Veterans. California,
American Independent 472,019;
Peace & Freedom 75,579. Colorado,
Unity. Connecticut, Independent
Party. Delaware, 4,033 Independent
Party; 134 Socialist Workers. Florida, Independent Party 258,914; Independence Party 45,042; Americas
Party 681; Ecology 264; Socialism &
Liberation 155. Kentucky, Socialist
Workers. Louisiana, Conservative
825; Americans Elect 528; Socialist
69; Modern Whig 10; Prohibition 1.
Massachusetts, United Independedent; New Jersey, Conservative 703,
Natural Law 38, Socialist 25. New
Mexico,
Independent American
2,168. New York, Independence
431,787; Conservative 147,833;
Womens Equality 602. Oregon,
Independent Party 110,358; Progressive 1,906; Americans Elect 454.
Rhode Island, Moderate. Utah, Independent American.

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FEBRUARY 2016 REGISTRATION TOTALS

Dem.
Alaska
Arizona
Calif.
Colorado
Conn.
Delaware
Dt. Col.
Florida
Idaho
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louis'na
Maine
Maryland
Mass.
Nebraska
Nevada
N. Hamp.
N. Jersey
N. Mex.
N. York
No. Car.
Okla.
Oregon
Pennsyl.
Rhode Is.
So. Dak.
Utah
W. Va.
Wyo.

Rep.

Indp, misc

Libt.

Green

Consti.

Wk Fam

Reform

other
17,623
461
547,598
185
16,847
4,167
-305,056
--0
77
1,433
--16,476
---766
2,168
580,222
-9
112,718
-2,583
-9,684
---

70,596
933,883
7,438,655
904,913
714,519
309,007
332,561
4,569,788
70,549
586,835
410,881
1,678,947
1,331,510
308,987
2,042,296
1,490,335
349,613
471,342
229,202
1,745,680
555,443
5,281,140
2,630,534
882,686
825,282
3,982,559
294,146
167,064
114,010
580,294
38,708

136,229
1,113,991
4,767,259
941,108
406,082
182,983
27,472
4,276,104
298,211
615,763
763,153
1,277,605
828,206
262,571
974,602
468,295
555,709
423,308
260,896
1,058,583
373,603
2,541,267
1,964,806
886,153
642,552
3,005,080
77,556
238,222
581,186
359,642
139,020

280,246
1,167,083
4,267,297
1,002,653
795,409
155,480
73,903
2,878,468
364,355
727,112
535,879
251,668
739,367
363,245
726,581
2,282,845
235,703
241,392
383,834
2,628,726
261,899
2,260,515
1,825,151
261,429
547,228
1,063,110
379,049
107,493
506,271
272,434
21,150

7,486
26,706
120,578
24,201
1,710
1,191
897
23,513
4,661
5,896
13,444
4,987
11,835
4,513
16,866
8,352
6,984
9,758
?
2,599
3,160
5,856
27,903
?
17,242
48,075
?
1,415
7,616
2,802
1,004

1,716
5,051
102,688
6,943
1,466
631
3,540
5,193
?
1,690
0
947
2,007
40,005
8,324
5,285
?
2,100
?
1,248
3,661
23,653
?
?
9,270
13,830
?
?
1,103
1,672
?

266
?
338
6,850
146
332
?
1,084
2,265
0
0
276
124
?
?
98
?
56,005
?
173
209
?
?
?
3,550
1,497
?
529
3,712
185
277

?
?
?
?
? est 15,000
?
?
314
167
454
77
?
?
?
1,542
?
?
0
0
0
0
?
80
0
1,402
?
?
?
?
16
133
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
62
?
?
43,490
78
?
?
?
?
11,416
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?

TOTAL

41,341,965

30,447,217

27,606,975

411,250

242,023

77,916

55,690

18,541

1,618,073

Percent

40.60%

29.90%

27.11%

.40%

.24%

.08%

.05%

.02%

1.59%

Totals October 2014 were: Dem. 42,755,625 (41.17%); Rep. 30,938,676 (29.79%); indp. & misc. 27,688,850 (26.67%);
Libt. 399,302 (.38%); Green 253,267 (.24%); Consti. 78,434 (.08%); Wk. Fam. 58,757 (.06%); Americans Elect 5,294
(.005%); other parties 1,661,179 (1.60%).
Totals October 2012 were: Dem. 43,512,746 (41.85%), Rep. 31,298,863 (30.10%), indp. & misc. 26,808,810 (25.79%),
Libt. 330,811 (.32%), Green 250,682 (.24%), Constitution 77,918 (.07%), Reform 22,880 (.02%), Americans Elect 6,408
(.01%), other parties 1,659,537 (1.60%).
Totals October 2008 were: Dem. 43,933,901 (43.62%), Rep. 30,944,590 (30.72%), indp. & misc. 24,157,259 (23.98%),
AIP/Constitution 438,222 (.44%), Green 255,019 (.25%), Libt. 240,328 (.24%), Reform 32,961 (.03%), other parties 675,980
(.67%).
Totals October 2004 were: Dem. 37,301,951 (42.19%), Rep. 28,988,593 (32.79%), Indp. & misc. 20,471,250 (23.15%),
Constitution 320,019 (.36%), Green 298,701 (.34%), Libt. 235,521 (.27%), Reform 63,729 (.07%), Natural Law 39,670
(.04%), other parties 695,639 (.79%).
Totals October 1992 were: Dem. 35,616,630 (47.76%), Rep. 24,590,383 (32.97%), indp. & misc. 13,617,167 (18.26%),
Green 102,557 (.14%), Libertarian 100,394 (.13%), other parties 554,668 (.74%).
See page three for a breakdown of the other column.
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2016 PETITIONING FOR PRESIDENT

STATE

REQUIREMENTS
FULL PARTY

CAND

SIGNATURES COLLECTED
LIB'T

GREEN

CONSTI

THREE TYPES OF DEADLINES

Full Party

Pres Party

Pres. Indp.

Ala.
35,413
5,000
0
0
0
Mar. 1
Mar. 1
Aug. 18
Alaska
(reg) 8,399
#3,005 already on
*1,030 already on
May 2
Aug. 10
Aug. 10
Ariz.
20,119 (est) #36,000 already on already on
0
March 3
Sep. 9
Sep. 9
Ark.
10,000
#1,000 already on already on already on
Sep 2 15
Aug. 1
Aug. 1
Calif.
(es) (reg) 61,000
178,039 already on already on
355
Jan. 4
July 11
Aug. 12
Colo.
(reg) 1,000
#pay $1,000 already on already on already on
Jan. 8
Aug. 10
Aug. 10
Conn.
no procedure
#7,500
*0
*200
0
-Aug. 10
Aug. 10
Del.
(reg) *653
*6,526 already on
*631
*332
Aug. 20
Aug. 20
July 15
D.C.
no procedure (est.) #4,600
cant start already on
cant start
-Aug. 10
Aug. 10
Florida
be organized
119,316 already on already on already on
April 15
Sep. 1
July 15
Georgia
51,912
#49,336 already on
in court
in court
July 12
July 12
July 12
Hawaii
707
#4,347 already on already on *already on
*Feb. 25
Aug. 10
Aug. 10
Idaho
13,047
1,000 already on
0 already on
Aug. 30
Aug. 30
Aug. 24
Illinois
no procedure
#25,000
cant start
cant start
cant start
-June 27
June 27
Indiana
no procedure
#26,700 already on
0
0
-June 30
June 30
Iowa
no procedure
#1,500
*100
1,200
0
-Aug. 19
Aug. 19
Kansas
16,960
5,000 already on
0
0
June 1
June 1
Aug. 1
Ky.
no procedure
#5,000
*in court
0
*in court
-Sep. 9
Sep. 9
La.
(reg) 1,000
#pay $500 already on already on
*124
May 21
Aug. 19
Aug. 19
Maine
(reg) 5,000
#4,000
in court already on
0 Dec 1 2015
Aug. 1
Aug. 1
Md.
10,000 (est.) 38,000 already on already on
0
Aug. 1
Aug. 1
Aug. 1
Mass.
(est) (reg) 45,000
#10,000
*0 already on
*0
Feb. 2
Aug. 2
Aug. 2
Mich.
31,519
30,000 already on already on already on
July 21
July 21
July 21
Minn.
98,770
#2,000
0
0
0
May 2
Aug. 23
Aug. 23
Miss.
be organized
1,000 already on already on already on
Feb. 1
Sep. 9
Sep. 9
Mo.
10,000
10,000 already on
800 already on
July 25
July 25
July 25
Mont.
5,000
#5,000 already on
0
0
Mar. 17
Aug. 17
Aug. 17
Nebr.
5,395
2,500 already on
*475
0
Aug. 1
Aug. 1
Aug. 1
Nev.
5,431
5,431 already on
*600 already on
June 3
June 3
July 8
N. Hamp.
*14,866
#3,000
0
*260
0
Aug. 10
Aug. 10
Aug. 10
N.J.
no procedure
#800
0
0
0
-Aug. 1
Aug. 1
N. M.
2,565
15,388 already on already on already on
June 30
June 30
June 30
N.Y.
no procedure
#15,000
cant start already on
cant start
-Aug. 23
Aug. 23
No. Car.
89,366
89,366 already on
*10,000
0
May 17
May 17
June 9
No. Dak.
7,000
#4,000 already on
0
*1,000
Apr. 16
Sep. 5
Sep. 5
Ohio
30,560
5,000
in court already on
0
July 6
July 6
Aug. 10
Okla.
24,745
40,047
*finished
*0
0
March 1
July 15
July 15
Oregon
22,046
17,893 already on already on already on
Aug. 30
Aug. 30
Aug. 30
Penn.
no procedure
*21,775
*0
*100
*0
-Aug. 1
Aug. 1
R.I.
16,203
#1,000
0
0
0
Aug. 1
Sep. 9
Sep. 9
So. Car.
10,000
10,000 already on already on already on
May 8
May 8
July 15
So. Dak.
6,936
2,775
*4,000
0
*7,000
Mar. 29
*July 11
Aug. 4
Tenn.
33,816
275
0
in court
in court
Aug. 10
Aug. 10
Aug. 18
Texas
47,086
79,939 already on already on
*0
May 16
May 16
May 9
Utah
2,000
#1,000 already on
*0 already on
Feb. 15
Aug. 15
Aug. 15
Vermont
be organized
#1,000 already on
0
0 Dec 31 15
Aug. 1
Aug. 1
Virginia
no procedure
#5,000
0
0
0
-Aug. 26
Aug. 26
Wash.
no procedure
#1,000
cant start
cant start
cant start
-July 23
July 23
West Va.
no procedure
#6,705 already on already on
9,650
-Aug. 1
Aug. 1
Wisc.
10,000
#2,000 already on already on already on
April 1
Aug. 2
Aug. 2
Wyo.
3,302
3,302 already on
cant start already on
June 1
June 1
Aug. 30
STATES ON
31
*21
*16
#partisan label is permitted on the ballot (other than independent). CONSTI = Constitution Party. The number of signatures
for new parties is in court in Georgia and Tennessee; for independents, in New Mexico. The definition of political party is in
court in Kentucky. * = change since January 1, 2016 issue.
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PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY CANDIDATES WHO GOT ON BALLOTS IN FEBRUARY

DEMOCRATS
Hillary Clinton, New York
Rocky De La Fuente, California
Paul T. Farrell, West Virginia
Henry Hewes, New York
Keith Judd, Texas
Bernie Sanders, Vermont
Michael Steinberg, Florida
Mark Stewart, New Hampshire
Willie Wilson, Illinois
REPUBLICANS
Jeb Bush, Florida
Ben Carson, Florida
Chris Christie, New Jersey
Ted Cruz, Texas
Carly Fiorina, Virginia
Jim Gilmore, Virginia
David E. Hall, Florida
Mike Huckabee, Florida
John Kasich, Ohio
Rand Paul, Kentucky
Marco Rubio, Florida
Rick Santorum, Virginia
Donald Trump, New York

CA.
X
X
X
X
X
X

CT.
X

DEL.
X

MD.

X
X

NEB.
X

N.M.

N.Y.

PA.

X
X

R.I.

X
X

X
X

GREENS
Darryl Cherney, California
William Kreml, South Carolina
Kent Mesplay, Texas
Sedinam Moyowasifa-Curry, Ca.
Jill Stein, Massachusetts

X
X
X
X
X

LIBERTARIANS
Marc Allen Feldman, Ohio
John David Hale, Kentucky
Cecil Ince, Missouri
Gary Johnson, New Mexico
Steve Kerbel, Colorado
John McAfee, Alabama
Darryl Perry, New Hampshire
Austin Petersen, Missouri
Derrick Reid, California
Jack Robinson, South Carolina
Rhett Smith, Texas
Joy Waymire, California

X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X

PEACE AND FREEDOM

Lynn Sandra Kahn, Maryland
Gloria LaRiva, California
Monica Moorehead, New York

X
X
X

AMERICAN INDEPENDENT
Wiley Drake, California
Arthur Harris, Maryland
James Hedges, Pennsylvania
Tom Hoefling, Michigan
J. R. Myers, Alaska
Robert Ornelas, California
Alan Spears, California

X
X
X
X
X
X
X

W.VA.
X
X
X
X
X

X
X

X
X
X
X
X
X
X

X
X

X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X

X
X

X
X
X
X
X

X
X

X
X

X
X
X
X
X
X

X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X

X
X
X
X
X
X

X
X
X
X
X

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REPUBLICAN PARTY DONORS ASK

CONSULTING FIRM TO ANALYZE BALLOT
ACCESS LAWS FOR INDEPENDENT RUN
On January 26, Politico revealed that a group of large donors to the Republican Party had commissioned a study of
how independent presidential candidates can get on the
ballot. The study was done by a Florida group called Data
Targeting. These donors do not support Donald Trump for
the Republican nomination and want to know if they could
get behind a potential independent candidate.

SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY TICKET

On February 12, the Socialist Workers Party announced
that its national ticket this year is Alyson Kennedy for
President, and Osborne Hart for Vice-President. The party
has run a ticket in every presidential election starting in
1948. The only other minor parties in U.S. history that
have such an unbroken string are the Prohibition Party and
the Socialist Labor Party. The SLP stopped after 1976.

NEW PARTY QUALIFIES IN HAWAII

A new party called the American Shopping Party has
qualified for the Hawaii ballot. It opposes consumerism
and takes some of its beliefs from eastern religions. It is
not known if it intends to be involved in the presidential
race.

CALIFORNIA SECRETARY OF STATE

WONT PUT JILL STEIN ON PEACE &
FREEDOM PARTY PRIMARY
On February 8, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla
announced which presidential candidates would appear on
the six presidential primary ballots. See the chart on page
five to know which candidates he accepted. He refused to
list Jill Stein on the Peace & Freedom Party presidential
primary ballot, even though PFP had asked him to do that.
He did not explain why he left Stein off, and his office refused to release any internal memos on the subject. California has no law preventing a presidential candidate from
running in the primary of two parties. In 2008, both Cynthia McKinney and Ralph Nader were on both the California Green Party primary, and the Peace & Freedom primary. Nader won both of those primaries, and he became
the nominee of the Peace & Freedom Party.

BERNIE SANDERS CRITICIZES BALLOT

ACCESS RESTRICTIONS
On February 18, Bernie Sanders criticized U.S. election
laws that bolster the two major parties and discourage all
other parties: I think we should welcome competition.
The occasion was a forum in Las Vegas sponsored by
MSNBC and Telemundo.

JIM WEBB WONT RUN FOR PRESIDENT

On February 11, former U.S. Senator Jim Webb said that
he will not run for President as an independent candidate.

ILLINOIS GREEN PARTY PRIVATE

PRIMARY RESULTS
The Illinois Green Party is not ballot-qualified, but it holds
its own presidential primary, at party expense, for duespaying party members. The results, announced February
19, are: Jill Stein 119; William P. Kreml 5; Kent Mesplay
2; Sedinam Christin Kinamo Moyowasifza-Curry 1; Darrly
Cherney 0; uncommitted 10.

FEC 2014 ELECTION RETURNS BOOK

The Federal Election Commission has published its 2014
election returns book. It covers all U.S. Senate and House
races, including primaries, and can be obtained free by
calling 800-424-9530. The title is Federal Elections
2014

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