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

28 changes to the candidate list:

Delaware: Attorney General: Phil Dyer, Jr. (Write-in) - added.

Iowa: Governor: Nicholas "Nick" Gluba (Libertarian) - re-added. House CD 3: Jacob "Jake" Heard (Libertarian) - added.

New Hampshire: Senate Class 2: Aaron R. Day (Independent) - re-added.

Ohio: House CD 1: John David Hancock, Jr. (Libertarian) - lost Primary; Jason Dwight Stoops (Write-in [Libertarian]) - apparently not a candidate, previously listed as Write-in [Libertarian].

Oregon: House CD 2: former state Representative Chris L. Beck (Democratic, Independent Party of Oregon) - previously listed as Democratic. House CD 4: Justin Filip (Pacific Green, Progressive) - previously listed as Pacific Green.

South Dakota: Lieutenant Governor: Lieutenant Governor Tony Venhuizen (Republican) - Renominated.

Texas: Governor: Elliot Charles Chavez (Independent) - apparently not a candidate; Blas Eugenio Padrino (Independent) - apparently not a candidate; Janis Marie Richards (Independent) - apparently not a candidate. Lieutenant Governor: Jeffrey Wayne Marshall (Independent) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 8: Alexander J. Cougar (Independent) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 16: Rene Nicholas Fierro (Independent) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 17: Stanton Joseph Michael Collins, Jr. (Independent) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 19: Michael Ismael Garcia (Independent) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 28: Adriel Ventura López (Independent) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 35: Rafael Alcoser, III (Independent) - apparently not a candidate; Suzanne L. Wynn (Independent) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 36: Hal Justin Ridley, Jr. (Independent) - apparently not a candidate. Attorney General: Omer Wagas Khwaja (Independent) - apparently not a candidate. Commissioner of Agriculture: Alfred Molison, Jr. (Green) - apparently not a candidate.

Washington (4 August primary update): House CD 8: Trinh Ha (Republican) - lost Primary; Bob Hagglund (Republican) - lost Primary.

West Virginia: Governor: Gary Keen (Independent) - added; Brian Wright (Independent) - added. Commissioner of Agriculture: Nathanael Mason (Republican) - added.

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

68 changes to the candidate list:

Georgia: House CD 14: Andrew Paul Underwood (Libertarian) - apparently not a candidate.

New Hampshire: Governor: Jonathan "Jon" Kiper (Independent [Democratic]) - apparently not a candidate.

New York: Governor: Governor Kathleen Courtney "Kathy" Hochul (Democratic, Working Families) - previously listed as Democratic; Larry Sharpe (Coalition Party [Libertarian]) - previously listed as Libertarian; Amy S. Taylor (Working Families) - apparently not a candidate. Lieutenant Governor: former New York City Council Member Adrienne E. Adams (Democratic, Workers Party) - previously listed as Democratic; Shannon Joy Bones (Coalition Party) - previously listed as Independent. Comptroller: Comptroller Thomas P. "Tom" DiNapoli (Democratic, Working Families) - previously listed as Democratic; Sienna M. Fontaine (Working Families) - apparently not a candidate.

Ohio: House CD 1: Nathan Weise (Libertarian) - added.

Oregon: House CD 6: Jason J. Faler (Non Affiliated) - apparently not a candidate.

Pennsylvania: House CD 1: John J. Hoban (Independent American) - apparently not a candidate; Mohammed Rezaur "Reza" Rahman (Green) - apparently not a candidate; Jamie Frost Remmey (Libertarian) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 3: Sheila E. Armstrong (Independent) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 4: Milan Patel (Independent) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 7: Frank Golden (Independent) - apparently not a candidate; Michael Ramon Granados, Jr. (Independent) - apparently not a candidate; Lewis Shupe (Independent [Democratic]) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 8: Leila Hazou (Green) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 10: Isabelle A. Harman (Independent) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 11: Jeffrey Wilder (Independent [Republican]) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 13: Cody Thomas (Independent) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 14: Adam Scott Halfhill (Independence [America's Independent]) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 15: Jacob A. Smith (Green) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 16: Nicholas "Nick" Singelis, II (Independent) - apparently not a candidate.

Texas: Senate Class 2: Joshua Cain (Independent) - apparently not a candidate; Robert Daniel Coster (Independent) - apparently not a candidate; Ronald Demetrius Evans, Jr. (Independent) - apparently not a candidate; Camencia Ford (Independent) - apparently not a candidate; Jonathan Anthony Garza (Independent) - apparently not a candidate; William Jeffrey Harper (Independent) - apparently not a candidate; Rodger Huse (Not readily classifiable) - apparently not a candidate; Hans Truelson (Independent) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 1: Sonia Canchola (None) - apparently not a candidate; Nathan Levin Jackson (Independent) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 3: Anthony Michael Deats (Independent) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 5: Deadra Ann "Dea" Marsh-Foy (Independent) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 7: Royce Donald Brough, Jr. (Independent) - apparently not a candidate; Roberto Conrado Centeno (Independent) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 10: Casey W. Malish (Independent) - apparently not a candidate; Robert Douglas Mills (Independent) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 11: Sean Michael Benson (Independent) - apparently not a candidate; John Patrick Fardal (Independent) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 18: Chance Davis (Independent) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 20: Adam Neil Jonasz (Independent) - apparently not a candidate; Anthony James "AJ" Tristán (Independent) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 22: Demile Andre James (Independent American) - apparently not a candidate; Roderick Kutch (Independent) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 23: Patti Ann Hale-Ashe (Independent) - apparently not a candidate; Matthew Hamilton Schaub (Independent) - apparently not a candidate; Veronica G. Williams (Independent) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 26: William Robert Cunningham, Jr. (Independent) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 27: Travis Daniel McQueen (Independent) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 28: Francisco Javier Martinez (Independent) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 30: Oxford Christian Forbes "Ox" Nordberg (Independent) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 31: Larice Natashia Woods (Independent) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 32: Charles M. Harper (Independent) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 33: Brent Alan Brown (Independent) - apparently not a candidate; Payton Karley Jackson (Independent [Republican]) - apparently not a candidate; William Bradley Tucker (Independent) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 35: Anthony Richard Sissine, Jr. (Independent) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 37: James Nicholas Kinney (Independent) - apparently not a candidate.

Vermont: Governor: Brian Judd (Independent) - added. House At-Large: Phoenix Altair (Independent) - added.

Virginia: House CD 4: Joan E. "Andrews" Bell (Unaffiliated) - added.

Washington (4 August primary update): House CD 5: Nate Powell (Independent) - lost Primary.

Wisconsin (11 August primary update): House CD 6: Amanda H. Bell (Democratic) - lost Primary.

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