Daily Brew: November 26, 2018

November 26, 2018

Plus: New newsletter offering: Chicago’s Deep Dish & Cyber Monday: the aftermath of Wayfair   Welcome to the Monday, November 26 Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: 132 third-party candidates who received more votes than the margin of victory between the top two vote-getters New newsletter offering: Chicago’s Deep Dish Cyber Monday: the aftermath of Wayfair 132 third-party candidates received more votes than the margin of victory between the top two vote-getters There were 132 third-party or independent candidates this cycle who received more votes than the margins separating the top two finishers in their election despite losing. This figure includes six candidates for the U.S. Congress, 21 candidates for statewide office, 101 candidates for non-statewide state-level offices, and four candidates from local elections within Ballotpedia's coverage scope. These figures are based on unofficial results that will be certified later this month and next. There were four states with ten or more such noteworthy candidates. The state with the most was Vermont, with 32 third party or independent candidates receiving more votes than the margin between the top two finishers, including eight members of the Vermont Progressive Party and four Libertarian candidates. Vermont was followed by New Hampshire, with 17 noteworthy third-party candidates, 15 of whom were Libertarians. Michigan followed with 16 noteworthy third-party candidates, including five Libertarians, five members of the U.S. Taxpayers Party—a local affiliate of the Constitution Party—and one member of the Green Party. There were 10 noteworthy third party candidates—including four Libertarians—in West Virginia. Across all 50 states, there were 50 noteworthy Libertarian candidates, 43 noteworthy independent candidates, and 12 noteworthy Green Party candidates. Twenty-six of the 50 Libertarian candidates (52 percent) ran in an election won by a Republican, while the remaining 24 ran for a seat won by a Democrat. Twenty-five of the 43 independent candidates (58 percent) ran in an election won by a Democrat, while the remaining 18 ran for a seat won by a Republican. Nine of the 12 Green Party candidates (75 percent) ran for a seat won by a Democrat. Here are a few examples of this from the federal, state, and local levels: U.S. Senate race in West Virginia   Kansas’ 2nd Congressional District   Governor of Connecticut   Massachusetts House of Representatives Nineteenth Middlesex District   Harris County Commissioners Court Judge   Learn more         New newsletter offering: Chicago’s Deep Dish As we recently discussed here, Chicago, the nation's third largest city by population, will hold elections for mayor, all 50 city council seats, treasurer, and city clerk on February 26, 2019. A runoff election is scheduled for April 2 for races in which no candidates receives more than 50 percent of the vote. All offices are nonpartisan. The filing deadline is today. Interested candidates for mayor, city clerk, and treasurer must submit 12,500 valid signatures from registered Chicago voters; city council candidates must submit 473 valid signatures from voters within the wards they seek to represent. Over the next few months, Ballotpedia will be providing in-depth coverage of Chicago's 2019 elections. In our first edition of The Deep Dish, which will arrive hot and ready in your inboxes Thursday, we’ll be giving you the lay of the land. Don't miss an edition. Click here to instantly subscribe→ Cyber Monday: the aftermath of Wayfair I know your inbox is probably clogged up today, so thanks for taking time out of online shopping to hang with me this morning. As I was getting my list ready in preparation to shop today, my mind went to the recent South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. decision. Didn’t yours? The Wayfair case held that states may charge a sales tax, even on purchases made from companies not physically based in the state in which the purchase is made online. Here’s where we are six months after the ruling was issued: As of this month, 35 states had some form of law, directive, or regulation to collect sales taxes from out-of-state sellers. Of those, 21 states had an implementation date in 2018. Six states had a January 1, 2019, effective date. Four states had some other implementation date, and four states had pre-Wayfair implementation dates. Happy shopping.   Learn more about the Wayfair case here→