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Tue 31 Jan: OR CD 1

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Tue 21 Feb: WA-D
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AZ Gov calls Special 17 Apr Primary, 12 June General to fill former Rep Giffords (D) vacant seat
by Tony Roza

On 27 January 2012, Arizona Governor Janice K. "Jan" Brewer called a Special U.S. House CD 8 Primary for Tuesday 17 April 2012 and a Special Election for Tuesday 12 June 2012 to fill the Seat vacated by the 25 January 2012 resignation of Congressman Gabrielle "Gabby" Giffords (Democratic). Congressman Giffords was first elected in 2006. The Congressman is recovering from a gunshot wound received at an 8 January 2011 constituent meeting at a grocery store in Tuscon.

NY Statewide Primary rescheduled
by Tony Roza

On 27 January 2012, U.S. District Court Judge Gary L. Sharpe ruled that the New York 2012 primaries for U.S. House and U.S Senate races will be held on the 4th Tuesday in June, beginning on 26 June 2012. The primary was previously scheduled for 11 September. The MOVE act requires 45 days between the Primary and the General Election for overseas ballots to be sent and returned. [Case 1:10-cv-01214-GLS-RFT]

19 changes to the candidate list
by Tony Roza

California: House CD 12: John Dennis (Republican) - added.

Florida: House CD 27: Mark Anthony Oxner (Republican) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 15.

Kentucky: House CD 5: Kenneth S. Stepp (Democratic) - added. House CD 6: Curtis Kenimer (Republican) - added.

Missouri: Attorney General: Edward R. "Ed" Martin, Jr. (Republican) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 2.

North Carolina: Governor: Governor Beverly Eaves "Bev" Perdue (Democratic) - Open Chair - not running for re-election; Lieutenant Governor Walter H. Dalton (Democratic) - added. Lieutenant Governor: Lieutenant Governor Walter H. Dalton (Democratic) - Open Chair. House CD 4: Congressman Ralph Bradley "Brad" Miller (Democratic) - no longer a candidat - retiring. House CD 13: Congressman Ralph Bradley "Brad" Miller (Democratic) - Open Seat - retiring. Attorney General: Attorney General Roy Cooper (Democratic) - added as candidate. Treasurer: Treasurer Janet Cowell (Democratic) - added as candidate. Superintendent of Public Instruction: Wake County School Board Member John Tedesco (Republican) - added.

West Virginia: House CD 2: Dugald Brown (Democratic) - added; William McCann (Democratic) - added; Howard Swint (Democratic) - added. Secretary of State: state Delegate Brian Savilla (Republican) - added. Treasurer: Steve Connolly (Republican) - added.

Presidential Candidates: Roseanne Barr (Green) - previously listed as Unaffiliated.

Commentary: UH WHAT JUST HAPPENED? Republican presidential nomination now officially a mess
by Richard E. Berg-Andersson

Commentary:
UH... WHAT JUST HAPPENED?
The Republican presidential nomination
race is now officially a "mess"
by Richard E. Berg-Andersson TheGreenPapers.com Staff

A week ago, as of this typing, it all looked so simple.

Former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman had already dropped out of the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination (which was not altogether unexpected: I myself thought that, having put all his proverbial "eggs in one basket" entitled New Hampshire Presidential Primary, he had to win the Granite State canvass merely to stay in-- he did not and I was rather surprised that he was going to fight on. That he was out less than a week later was only a postponing of the inevitable, really);

U.S. Senator Kirk [R-Illinois] recovering from an apparent stroke
by TheGreenPapers.com Staff

We at The Green Papers wish to extend our best wishes and sincerest hope for a speedy and healthful recovery for United States Senator Mark Kirk [Republican-ILLINOIS] who suffered an apparent stroke over this past weekend and has, today (Monday 23 January 2012), undergone surgical treatment at Northwestern Regional Medical Center.

Senator Kirk was elected to the Senate in both a Special Election (to fill out the final two months of the term in the Class 3 seat vacated by Barack Obama when Mr. Obama was elected President of the United States in 2008) and the General Election (held at the same time [November 2010] for the full six-year term in that same seat); Kirk had previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives.

UPDATE: South Carolina Republican Primary returns not being reported by Congressional District
by TheGreenPapers.com Staff

We have it on good authority that- this evening- the vote from the SOUTH CAROLINA Republican Primary is not being displayed by Congressional District by the South Carolina Election Commission because the District boundaries are still not set due to court challenges over Reapportionment after the 2010 Census (a reminder: the presidential candidate with the most votes in each Congressional District in South Carolina is to be pledged 2 National Convention delegates [while the Statewide winner in South Carolina gets the pledges of 11 National Convention delegates in addition to any Congressional District delegates he might also win])

This is being noted in order to remind interested persons that any report of delegates per candidate per Congressional District in South Carolina you might see in various sources right now may well be subject to future change; and this may also prove to also be an issue in States holding primaries and/or caucuses later on!

We estimate that Gingrich won 44 of South Carolina's 46 counties with Charleston and Richland going to Romney. CD 1 is dominated by Charleston so Romney will have won CD 1 and Gingrich CDs 2 through 7. That gives Romney 1 × 2 = 2 delegates and Gingrich 6 × 2 = 12. Gingrich received the most votes statewide (40%) giving him the 11 statewide delegates. All in all, a split of Gingrich 23, Romney 2. More when the smoke clears.

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