Nadia Milleron, Ralph Nader’s niece, is an independent candidate for U.S. House in the Massachusetts First District. She is in a two-person race against the incumbent Democrat, Richard Neal. She also ran in 2924. That race was also a two-person race. In 2024, Milleron got 34.7% of the vote. See this story.
In New York, every year, some major party nominees for Congress and state office submit general election petitions to run under other designations besides their major party designations. They seem to feel that this tactic will net them extra votes that they wouldn’t have received otherwise. See this story.
a University of Massachusetts Lowell/You Gov poll released on October 28 shows that Question Three is now trailing slightly. “Yes” is at 41% and “No” is at 45%, with undecided at 15%. See here.
The Boston Globe has this lengthy analysis of how top-two has affected elections in California and Washington.
Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) almost always runs its members in Democratic primaries. However, this year, in Rhode Island, it is running one of its members as an independent. She is Brittany Kubicek. According to the Secretary of State’s website, her ballot label is “Independent – Socialist.” She is on the November ballot for State House, 5th district. Her only opponent is the Democratic incumbent. See this story.
