This story that the Jeb Bush campaign and its supporters failed to line up a full slate of delegate candidates littered the FHQ Twitter stream last night and has picked up some steam this morning.Source: The Extent of Jeb Bush's Alabama "Problem"...
After serving eight terms in Congress, Tom Coleman got used to asking people to vote for him. This Election Day, though, Coleman camped out in front of a Virginia precinct asking for signatures on behalf of another candidate.Source: Presidential Campaigns Use Virginia Elections as Opportunity to Qualify for 2016 Primary...
(KUTV) Just when you thought the 'Count My Vote' war was over, a new battle breaks out within Utah's Republican party. Candidates can start their applications for petitions recently allowed under the Count My Vote compromise on Jan. 4, less than two months away.Source: With deadline coming up Republicans still wrestling with Count My Vote...
WASHINGTON — The speaker has no house. Of all his unusual traits for his new role — relative youth, a love of Clif Bars for lunch and an excessive interest in tax policy — the most notable may be Speaker Paul D. Ryan’s insistence on sleeping in his Capitol Hill office.Source: Even as House Speaker, Paul Ryan Sleeps in His...
Call it a dream for California political consultants, a nightmare for voters or an electoral extravaganza: The November 2016 ballot could feature a bigger crop of statewide propositions than at any time in the past decade. The list of measures is very much a work in progress.Source: California's ballot could be a blockbuster next November...
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee are the first casualties of the winnowing GOP debate field, as Fox Business Network announced Thursday night that they both officially missed the cut for next week’s contest.Source: Christie, Huckabee miss main debate stage cut...
In recent years, as the U.S. Supreme Court has limited its protections of the right to vote, some state courts have stepped in to fill the void.Source: Will State Courts Fill a Void on Voting Rights?...
State senators in Wisconsin may eliminate language in the Assembly-passed overhaul of the state’s campaign finance laws that would do away with donors having to disclose their employers.Source: Wisconsin may strike employer disclosure for campaign donors...
Count FHQ among the skeptics when it comes to the quadrennial parlor game that is "[fill in the blank] party will have a brokered convention and here's why.Source: Karl Rove Tries His Hand at a Brokered Deadlocked Convention Scenario...
If you’ve been following the IRS rulemaking on 501(c)(4) social welfare nonprofit political activity (and really, who hasn’t?), then you know that IRS Commissioner John Koskinen’s latest testimony in front of the Senate Finance Committee was one for the ages.Source: Comments to IRS Offer Spectrum of Substantiveness as New Nonprofit Political Activity Rules Are Anticipated...
