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

15 changes to the candidate list:

Arizona: Governor: Carlos Melendez (Write-in [Green]) - re-added, previously listed as Green. House CD 6: Gary Swing (Write-in [Green]) - re-added, previously listed as Green. House CD 8: Jessie Martines (Arizona Independent Party) - re-added, previously listed as Democratic.

Florida: House CD 22: Herbert Wertheim (Republican) - added. Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services: Richard Earl Olle, Jr. (Republican) - added.

Minnesota: House CD 4: Paul Xiong (Republican) - added.

Missouri: House CD 1: Carl Earnest Henderson (Democratic) - added. House CD 4: Heather Shelton (Republican) - added.

New Mexico: Senate Class 2: Toby Smith (Independent) - apparently not a candidate.

New York: House CD 15: Dalourny Nemorin (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate.

Oregon: House CD 4: Melvin Smith (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate.

South Carolina: Commissioner of Agriculture: DeShawn Lavar Blanding (Democratic) - added; Danny Lee Ford, II (Republican) - added. Superintendent of Education: Lisa E. Ellis (Democratic) - added.

Wyoming: House At-Large: Frank Chapman (Republican) - added.

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

36 changes to the candidate list:

Arizona (this list is expected to be finalized circa 6 April): Governor: Risa Lombardo (Green) - re-added; Hugh Lytle (Arizona Independent Party) - re-added. House CD 1: Christopher Ajluni (Arizona Independent Party) - previously listed as Independent. House CD 2: Curtis Goodwin (Libertarian) - added. House CD 4: Tisha Benoit (Arizona Independent Party) - added; Paul Thomas Burton (Independent) - apparently not a candidate; Andromeda Crum (Independent) - apparently not a candidate; Jerone Davison (Republican) - re-added; former state Representative John Fillmore (Arizona Independent Party [Republican]) - re-added, previously listed as Republican; Herby Kay (Libertarian) - apparently not a candidate; Kai Newkirk (Democratic) - re-added. House CD 5: Richard Grayson (Green) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 6: Iman Bah (Arizona Independent Party [Democratic]) - re-added, previously listed as Democratic; Trevor Dickerson (Independent) - apparently not a candidate; Jereme Lance Peters (Libertarian) - added; Gary Swing (Green) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 7: Daniel Francis Butierez, Sr. (Republican) - added. House CD 9: Earl Guy (Green) - apparently not a candidate. Secretary of State: state Representative Alexander "Alex" Kolodin (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Gina Swoboda (Republican) - re-added. Treasurer: Michael Zepeda (Arizona Independent Party) - added. Mine Inspector: Alvin "Gene" Archunde (Republican) - apparently not a candidate. Superintendent of Public Instruction: Stephen Neal, Jr. (Arizona Independent Party) - apparently not a candidate.

California: Governor: David Serpa (Republican) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 2: Angelita Valles (Republican) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 1. House CD 35: WH Lane (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate.

Colorado: House CD 3: Steven Michael Winget (Democratic) - added.

Florida: Governor: Kevin Cichowski (Democratic) - added; Kenneth Stephann Norman (Democratic) - added.

Michigan: Attorney General: Matthew S. "Matt" DePerno (Republican) - apparently not a candidate.

New Jersey: Senate Class 2: Vic Kaplan (Libertarian) - added.

Oklahoma: House CD 1: Jackson Lahmeyer (Republican) - added.

Pennsylvania: House CD 4: Milan Patel (Independent) - added.

South Carolina: Governor: Billy Webster (Democratic) - added.

Utah: House CD 1: Adam Clayton (Republican) - apparently not a candidate.

Virginia: House CD 7: Jonathan Peter Schmeelk (Democratic) - added.

159 changes to the candidate list. Oklahoma Governor Stitt (R) appoints Alan S. Armstrong (R) to fill the Senate Class 2 Seat of Senator Markwayne Mullin.
by TheGreenPapers.com Staff

159 changes to the candidate list:

Arizona (draft for the 21 July Primary): Governor: Christopher Ames (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Jake "Qanon Shaman" Angeli-Chansley (Independent) - apparently not a candidate; Lisa Castillo (Green) - apparently not a candidate; Patrick Dampare (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Nirosh DeSilva (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Tyson Draper (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Isiah Gallegos (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Dave Graff (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Christian "Maverick" Grey (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Barry Hess (Write-in [Libertarian]) - previously listed as Libertarian; Peter Hessing (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; SaintOmer Kakou (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Risa Lombardo (Green) - apparently not a candidate; Hugh Lytle (Arizona Independent Party) - apparently not a candidate; Robert McVeigh (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Carlos Melendez (Green) - apparently not a candidate; Bryce Miller (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Donald Douglas Muchek (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; George Nicholson (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; William Pounds (Write-in [Green]) - previously listed as Green; Tolleson Union School Board Member Leezah Sun (Independent [Democratic]) - apparently not a candidate, previously listed as Independent [Democratic]; G. Tapia (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Alan White (Republican) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 1: Tempe Union High School District Governing Board Member Andres Adan Barraza (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Administrative Law Judge Brian A. Del Vecchio (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Brandon Donnelly (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Jason S. Duey (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Derrick Gallego (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Daniel Lee Lucio (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Tammi Medlin (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Angie Montoya (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Kaitlin Purrington (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Paul C. Reevs (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Joe Russell (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Brandon Sowers (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Brandon Sproles (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Adrienne Valenti (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 2: former state Representative Eric Descheenie (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 3: Kirt Burgess (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Sandy Cano-Bravo (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Kevin Engholdt (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Jarrett Barton Maupin, Jr. (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Scotty Russell (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 4: Jerone Davison (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; former state Representative John Fillmore (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Mark Fisher (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Bradley J. Honer (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Wiley Larsen (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Kai Newkirk (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Elizabeth "Beth" Reye (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Jeremy Riley (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Tre Rook (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Paul Singh (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Alex Nicolas Stovall (Republican) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 5: Omar Chaudhry (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Bhargav Chirravuri (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Mike Gross (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Gary Robert Johnson, Jr. (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Chris Lee (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Blake Lynch (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Kelley Mackaig (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Will McDermott (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Evan Andrew Olson (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Justin Poff (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Eddie SanMarco, Jr. (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Manuel Vega (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 6: Fernando Alvarez (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Iman Bah (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Andrew Becerra (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; David "Doc" Bellows (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Johnathan Curtis Buma (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Dean Dill (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Abdul Hadi Ghulam Habib (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Victor Longoria (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Tyler Newman (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Lori Reid (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Samantha Severson (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Jason Stanhibel (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Austin Unruh (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Carter Jordan Weeks (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 7: Sam Alegria (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Member of Congress Adelita Grijalva (Democratic) - added as candidate. House CD 8: Jillian Barfield (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Maria Flores (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Jessie Martines (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Rossci Ojeda (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Amanda Dawn Rose (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Alexander Smothers (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 9: Lisa Schaefer (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Gene Paul Scharer (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Teresa Volesky (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Camelia Ward (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; James Brady Winter (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. Secretary of State: Josh Cosby (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Gina Swoboda (Republican) - apparently not a candidate. Attorney General: David Hardy (Libertarian) - apparently not a candidate; John Lazzaro (Libertarian) - apparently not a candidate. Treasurer: Katherine Haley (Republican) - apparently not a candidate. Superintendent of Public Instruction: Roosevelt School Board Member Michael D. Butts (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Sam Huang (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Josh Levinski (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Jennie Paperman (Republican) - apparently not a candidate.

District of Columbia: Delegate to the House of Representatives: former Chicago Alderman Sandi Lee Stevens (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate.

Hawaii: Governor: Dickey L. "Frank" Ling (Democratic) - added. House CD 1: Zachary B. Burd (Republican) - added.

Idaho: Governor: Jacob Burnett (Write-in [Independent]) - added.

Missouri: House CD 2: Brandon Coulter Daugherty (Libertarian) - added; Elizabeth Sparks-Holmes (Republican) - added. House CD 4: Thomas Holbrook (Libertarian) - added. House CD 5: Randall "Randy" Langkraehr (Libertarian) - added. Auditor: Dustin Coffell (Libertarian) - added.

New Jersey (filing has closed for the 2 June Primary): Senate Class 2: Steve Boston (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Saxon Callahan (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Chris Fields (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Alex Hammerli (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Lisa McCormick (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Natalie Rivera (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Gregory Richard "G.R." Tomaini (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 1: Lonnie Affrime (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 2: William Joseph "Bill" Finn, III (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 3: Linda Diane McMahon (Republican) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 4: Robert Joseph English (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Julie Susan Flynn (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Peter Alexander "Pete" Linardakis (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Nicholas Small (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 5: John Aslanian (Republican) - added; Chandiha Gajapathy (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Nicholas "Nick" Gebo (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 7: Beth Ellen Adubato (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; James Filippatos (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Michael Joseph Garth (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Megan O'Rourke (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Felipe Santos (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Giancarlo Simonetti (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 8: Ana Rivera (Republican) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 9: Samuel "Sam" Buccola (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 10: Shana Melius (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Lawrence D. Poster (Democratic) - added. House CD 11: former Morristown Mayor Donald Cresitello (Democratic) - added; Randolph Township Mayor Joe Hathaway (Republican) - added; Kennedy Pivnick (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Justin Strickland (Democratic) - added. House CD 12: Michael "Mike" Anderson (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Millstone Borough Mayor Raymond "Ray" Heck (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Darius Mayfield (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Richard "Rick" Morales (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Iziah Thompson (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Andrew Joseph Zaborney (Republican) - apparently not a candidate.

Oklahoma: Senate Class 2: Governor J. Kevin Stitt (Republican) appointed Alan S. Armstrong (Republican) to fill the remainder of the term, which ends in January 2027, of Senator Markwayne Mullin, who resigned. Senator Markwayne Mullin has been sworn as Secretary of Homeland Security.

South Carolina: Senate Class 2: Mark J. Hackett (Constitution) - added. Governor: Walid N. Hakim (Green) - added; Gary M. Votour (Workers Party) - added. House CD 1: Cynthia Wagers "Cindy" Riley (Republican) - added. House CD 6: Joseph P. Oddo (Alliance Party) - added; John A. Peterson (Republican) - added.

Texas: Senate Class 2: Rodger Huse (Not readily classifiable) - added. House CD 19 (3 March Primary update): Matthew "Fat Matt" Smith (Republican) - lost Primary. House CD 24 (3 March Primary update): Jon Buchwald (Democratic) - lost Primary.

Wisconsin: House CD 4: Amy Donahue (Democratic) - added.


 
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