On September 3, Tennessee State Senator Janice Bowling, a Republican, endorsed independent gubernatorial candidate David Hatley. See this story. Senator Bowling is not up for re-election this year. But as a result of her action, it is possible she will be expelled from the Republican Senate caucus next year, and also be barred from the 2028 Republican primary if she runs for re-election.
The Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission hosts a televised debate on Monday, October 5, between the Republican, Democratic, and No Labels Party nominees. See this story.
On September 14, Hot Springs County (Wyoming) Commissioner Bob Aguiar changed his registration from Republican to Constitution. He is Chair of the County Commission. He had been elected to a four-year term in 2024 as a Republican. See this story.
On October 5, Sue Ellspermann endorsed Greg Ballard for Indiana Secretary of State. See this story. She served as Lieutenant Governor 2013-2016, on the same ticket as Governor Mike Pence. Greg Ballard is the Lincoln Party nominee for Secretary of State.
On September 21, Texas filed this brief in Collier v Howden, w.d., 1:26cv-1574. This is the lawsuit in which Michael Collier, an independent candidate for Lieutenant Governor, sued to overturn the law that said he needed 81,030 valid signatures to be collected in only 30 days. The Texas brief claims the lawsuit is moot. The brief doesn’t even mention the U.S. Supreme Court decision Moore v Ogilvie, which said that constitutional ballot access cases are not moot just because the election is over. Nor does the brief mention Kucinich v Texas Democratic Party, a 2009 decision of the Fifth Circuit which held that a Texas ballot access case brought by a candidate who had been denied a spot on a presidential primary ballot was not moot just because the primary was over.
