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41 changes to the candidate list.
by TheGreenPapers.com Staff

41 changes to the candidate list:

Arizona: Attorney General: Greg Roeberg (Republican) - apparently not a candidate.

California: House CD 1 Special: state Senator Mike McGuire (Democratic) - added. House CD 11: Marie Hurabiell (Democratic) - added.

Colorado: House CD 6: Joshua "Napoleon IX" Abblett (Green) - added.

Florida: Governor: Bill Slater (Write-in [Democratic]) - previously listed as Democratic.

Georgia: House CD 11: Rob Adkerson (Republican) - added.

Hawaii: House CD 1: Ku Lono "Bobby" Cuadra (Libertarian, Republican) - added. House CD 2: Ku Lono "Bobby" Cuadra (Libertarian, Republican) - added.

Idaho: Governor: Maxine Durand (Democratic) - previously listed as Independent; Ethan Giles (Republican) - added; Governor Brad Little (Republican) - added as candidate. Controller: Rakesh Mohan (Democratic) - added.

Maryland: Governor: state Delegate Christopher "Eric" Bouchat (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Douglas Larcomb (Republican) - added. House CD 3: John White (Republican) - added. House CD 4: Anthony Field (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 5: Rushern L. Baker, III (Democratic) - added; Chris Chaffee (Republican) - added; Keith Salkowski (Democratic) - added; Kenneth "Kenny" Simons (Democratic) - added. House CD 8: Boris Kabel Velasquez (Democratic) - added; Michael Yadeta (Republican) - added.

Montana: House CD 2: Jonathan Windy Boy (Democratic) - added.

Nebraska: House CD 2: Melanie Williams (Democratic) - added.

New York: House CD 12: Jami Floyd (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 24: Todd Sloan (Independent) - added.

Ohio: House CD 2: Kenneth Jacob Dietz (Libertarian) - added.

Oregon: Senate Class 2: Joseph C. "Joe" Johnson (Republican) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 1: John Verbeek (Republican) - added. House CD 2: Chris L. Beck (Democratic) - added; Steve William Laible (Democratic) - added.

Tennessee: House CD 1: Christopher T. Campbell (Independent) - added. House CD 5: Micheal O'Leary (Republican) - added.

Texas: House CD 1: Nathan Levin Jackson (Independent) - added. House CD 7: Royce Donald Brough, Jr. (Independent) - added; Roberto Conrado Centeno (Independent) - added. House CD 11: Sean Michael Benson (Independent) - added; John Patrick Fardal (Independent) - added.

Utah: House CD 1: Michael Farrell (Democratic) - added; Riley Montgomery Owen (Republican) - added.

Wyoming: House At-Large: David Giralt (Republican) - added.

40 changes to the candidate list.
by TheGreenPapers.com Staff

40 changes to the candidate list:

Arkansas: Senate Class 2: Jeff Wadlin (Libertarian) - added. Governor: Gary Royce Huskey (Libertarian) - apparently not a candidate; Marc Leon Rosson (Libertarian) - apparently not a candidate. Lieutenant Governor: Michael "Mike" Kalagias (Libertarian) - previously listed as a candidate for Governor. House CD 1: Steve G. Parsons (Libertarian) - added. House CD 3: Bobby Wilson (Libertarian) - added. Secretary of State: Michael Pakko (Libertarian) - re-added. Commissioner of State Lands: Christian Olson (Republican [Libertarian]) - previously listed as Republican.

California: House CD 19: Ana Luz Acevedo-Cabrera (No Party Preference) - added.

District of Columbia: Mayor: Virginia Griggs (Republican) - added.

Florida: Governor: James Walker Shaw (Republican) - added; Yerucham Zvi Winer (No Party Affiliation) - added.

Idaho: Governor: Sean Calvert Crystal (Republican) - added; Paul Sand (Libertarian) - added. House CD 1: Joseph P. Morrison (Republican) - added. House CD 2: Brian Keene (Republican) - added.

Illinois: Secretary of State: Jeff Schiefelbaum (Green) - added. Treasurer: Richard Giovanoni (Green) - apparently not a candidate; Timi Papas (Green) - added. Comptroller: Anna Schiefelbaum (Green) - added.

Maryland: Governor: state Senator Stephen S. "Steve" Hershey, Jr. (Republican) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 2: Nnabu Eze (Republican) - added. House CD 3: Robert Gerald Morrison (Democratic) - added. House CD 5: James Anderson Makle, Jr. (Democratic) - added; Leigha Messick (Democratic) - added; Dave Sundberg (Democratic) - added. House CD 6: A. Mark Wilks (Democratic) - added. House CD 8: Anita Mpambara Cox (Republican) - added.

Nebraska: Treasurer: Daniel Ebers (Democratic) - added.

New Jersey: Senate Class 2: Steve Boston (Republican) - added.

South Carolina: Senate Class 2: Patrick Joseph "Pat" Herrmann (Republican) - added. House CD 7: Branden Paul Brown (Republican) - added.

Tennessee: House CD 1: Richard G. Baker (Independent) - added. House CD 2: Adam Heimerman (Independent) - added. House CD 8: Leif Johnson (Independent) - added. House CD 9: Dennis Clark (Independent) - added.

Texas: Senate Class 2: Robert Daniel Coster (Independent) - added; Ronald Demetrius Evans (Independent) - added; Jonathan Anthony Garza (Independent) - added; William Jeffrey Harper (Independent) - added.

33 changes to the candidate list.
by TheGreenPapers.com Staff

33 changes to the candidate list:

California: House CD 15: Anthony Van Dang (Democratic) - added. House CD 42: Larisa Vermeulen (No Party Preference) - added. House CD 47: Jenny Rae Le Roux (Republican) - added.

Florida: Chief Financial Officer: state Representative Kevin M. Steele (Republican) - apparently not a candidate.

Idaho: House CD 2: Elinor "Ellie" Gilbreath (Democratic) - added.

Illinois: House CD 4: Lindsay Church (Independent) - added.

Maryland: House CD 6: Mariela Roca (Republican) - added. House CD 8: J. D. Kumar (Democratic) - added; Donald L. Lech (Republican) - added.

Massachusetts: House CD 3: Gaige Clark (Democratic) - added. Attorney General: Mike Walsh (Republican) - added.

Michigan: Governor: Kevin Hogan (Democratic) - added; Anthony Hudson (Libertarian) - added; former Cape Coral Florida Mayor Marni Sawicki (Democratic) - added.

Missouri: House CD 5: Jackson County Legislator Sean E. Smith (Republican) - added.

New York: House CD 20: Ralph Ambrosio (Republican) - added.

Ohio: Governor: former state Senator Renea Turner (Republican) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 10: David Esrati (Democratic) - added; Huber Heights (Libertarian) - added; Jan Kinner (Democratic) - added; Thomas F. McMasters (Libertarian) - added; Tony Pombo (Democratic) - added.

Oklahoma: Senate Class 2: Nicky Joe Hankins (Republican) - added; Wayne Lonny Washington (Republican) - added.

Oregon: House CD 4: Justin Filip (Pacific Green) - added.

Tennessee: Senate Class 2: Robert Thomas Jones (Independent) - added; David Sutman, Jr. (Independent) - added. Governor: Taylor Hafley (Independent) - added; Charles Van Morgan (Independent) - added. House CD 1: Christopher Wayne Williams (Independent) - added. House CD 7: Aftyn Behn (Democratic) - added.

Virginia: House CD 2: Ashley Maria Euceda-Mendoza (Write-in) - added.

Washington: House CD 6: Teresa Fox (Republican) - added.

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