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A Pender County man who narrowly lost a primary for county commissioner will be on the November ballot running against U.S. Rep. David Rouzer, R-N.C. David Fallin, who lost a primary challenge to incumbent Republican Pender County Commissioners' Chairman George Brown by a scant 30-vote margin, will be on the ballot for U.S. House as a candidate for ... (more)
In the race for U.S. Senate, Manchin holds a 48% to 39% lead over Morrisey among all potential voters - that is voters who have participated in an election since 2010 or have newly registered to vote . Another 4% support Don Blankenship, who is seeking to run as the Constitution Party candidate after losing his bid for the GOP nomination.
The N.C. State Board of Elections officially recognized the Constitution Party this week after collecting 12,000 valid signatures before a deadline, the Associated Press reported. "This has been 10 years in the making and we are very excited," state Constitution Party Chairman Al Pisano said in a statement.
True to his word, former coal mine magnate Don Blankenship announced he's started collecting petition signatures, one of the obligatory hoops he needs to jump through to get back in the U.S. Senate race. Blankenship, who was defeated in the Republican May 8 primary by state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, two weeks later accepted the Constitution Party nomination.
In this May 8, 2018, file photo, former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship speaks to supporters in Charleston, W.Va. Despite having lost the Republican primary, convicted ex-coal baron Blankenship said he's going to continue his bid for U.S. Senate as a third-party candidate.
Former Massey CEO and West Virginia Senatorial candidate, Don Blankenship, speaks during a town hall to kick off his GOP campaign in Logan, W.Va., on Jan. 18, 2018. After losing the Republican primary, Blankenship says he'll run under the Constitution Party banner.
On February 21, U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence Piersol struck down South Dakota ballot access laws for newly-qualifying parties. Libertarian Party of South Dakota v Krebs, 4:15cv-4111.
Lincoln businessman Todd Watson announced Tuesday he will mount a "conservative Constitutionalist" challenge to Sen. Deb Fischer in the 2018 Republican Senate primary election.
Randy Stufflebeam says the dysfunction in state government presents an opportunity for a third-party run. The former career Marine has declared his candidacy for governor under the Constitution Party.
"As in Jephthah's day, at stake in the upcoming presidential election is the life or death of a nation. Is Trump America's Jephthah? Only if, by the providence of Almighty God, He moves the hearts and minds of the American people to reject America's political elite who would choose global hegemony to an independent American republic."