[EL] nominations settled in conventions

[Sean Parnell]

Great info, thanks!

 

Sean

 

 

From: Richard Winger [mailto:richardwinger at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 5:31 PM
To: Sean Parnell <sean at impactpolicymanagement.com>; 'Election Law Listserv' <law-election at uci.edu>
Subject: Re: [EL] nominations settled in conventions

 

Colorado,Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Mexico, New York, and Utah have somewhat similar provisions.  Also in Michigan and South Dakota, certain state offices have no primary and conventions have all the power to nominate for those offices.  And the law in Alabama, South Carolina, and Virginia lets any party use conventions instead of primaries if they wish.

 

Richard Winger 415-922-9779 PO Box 470296, San Francisco Ca 94147

 

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From: Sean Parnell <sean at impactpolicymanagement.com <mailto:sean at impactpolicymanagement.com> >
To: 'Election Law Listserv' <law-election at uci.edu <mailto:law-election at uci.edu> > 
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 9:52 AM
Subject: [EL] nominations settled in conventions

 

In Iowa, if no candidate in a primary receives more than 35% of the vote, the nomination is settled at a party convention. In 2002, for example, 4 major candidates ran for the 5th Congressional district nomination, the top vote-getter with 30% of the vote was then-State Sen. Steve King, who went on to win the nomination at the district convention.

 

I’m wondering if anybody on the list is familiar with similar laws in other states? And, more specifically, any instances in which the top vote-getter did NOT get the nomination at the convention?

 

Best,

 

Sean Parnell

President, Impact Policy Management LLC

Alexandria, Virginia

571-289-1374

sean at impactpolicymanagement.com <mailto:sean at impactpolicymanagement.com> 

 


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