Bradley in DC
03-28-2008, 11:38 PM
How many--and who--of the 46 are ours?
http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/03/28/few-us-house-candidates-in-california-in-2008-compared-to-2006/
Few US House Candidates in California in 2008, Compared to 2006
March 28th, 2008
Filing has closed for candidates to put themselves on California primary ballots. The primary is June 3. California has 53 U.S. House districts.
All six qualified parties in California will have fewer nominees for U.S. House in 2008 than they did in 2006, except that the Republican Party has the same number in both years. Below is the number of districts in which each party will have a nominee, in 2008; the 2006 number is in parantheses.
Democratic: 51 (52)
Republican: 46 (46)
Libertarian: 20 (25)
Green: 5 (7)
Peace & Freedom: 5 (8)
Constitution: 1 (2)
In theory, the parties could gain nominees by write-ins at the primary, but the law requires a write-in candidate in a partisan primary to poll a large number of votes, in order to be deemed nominated. Even the major parties have trouble with that requirement; no Republican or Democratic was able to gain a write-in nomination in 2006 for U.S. House.
http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/03/28/few-us-house-candidates-in-california-in-2008-compared-to-2006/
Few US House Candidates in California in 2008, Compared to 2006
March 28th, 2008
Filing has closed for candidates to put themselves on California primary ballots. The primary is June 3. California has 53 U.S. House districts.
All six qualified parties in California will have fewer nominees for U.S. House in 2008 than they did in 2006, except that the Republican Party has the same number in both years. Below is the number of districts in which each party will have a nominee, in 2008; the 2006 number is in parantheses.
Democratic: 51 (52)
Republican: 46 (46)
Libertarian: 20 (25)
Green: 5 (7)
Peace & Freedom: 5 (8)
Constitution: 1 (2)
In theory, the parties could gain nominees by write-ins at the primary, but the law requires a write-in candidate in a partisan primary to poll a large number of votes, in order to be deemed nominated. Even the major parties have trouble with that requirement; no Republican or Democratic was able to gain a write-in nomination in 2006 for U.S. House.