A SurveyUSA poll on the all-party primary for the special election in California’s 10th U.S. House District finds several alternative party candidates and write-in candidates, along with minor Democratic and Republican contenders, polling a combined four percent. However, the poll did not initially list the candidates, and the results posted online do not break down the alternative candidates’ support.
SurveyUSA “first asked voters who they would vote for, including by name four Democrats and four Republicans SurveyUSA arbitraged to have the best chance of advancing, and a ninth choice for ‘some other candidate.’ Those choosing to vote for ‘some other candidate’ were then read by name the remaining six candidates and given a seventh choice for selecting a write-in candidate.” (Some of the “some other candidate” options were minor Democratic and Republican contenders.)
Three candidates — the top Democratic, Republican, and alternative party finishers — in the September 1 primary will advance to a November general election. The ballot-qualified alternative candidates from alternative parties are Jeremy Cloward (Green), Jerry Denham (American Independent), and Mary McIlroy (Peace and Freedom). Tiffany Attwood is also running as a write-in candidate.
I know that Mr. Agrella ran with the LP and was on the ballot. I also remembered that the SWP also had a candidate running in that election as a write-in.
The post above is also incorrect.
If no candidate gets 50%+1 in the special Sep. 1 primary, the top vote-getters from each party advance to the run-off (not the top D, R, and third party candidate as the post states).
So for the run-off, if there is one, there will be winner of the 4 Democrats, the winner of the 6 Republicans, and the unopposed Green, P&F, and AIP candidates–5 in all.
TPR, you remember badly.
Chris was the Libertarian candidate, and he branded himself as both independent (in reference to party directives) and Libertarian.
He advanced to the run-off because he had no party opponent in the primary and because no candidate got 50%+1. There were no independent write-ins in that race.
I remembered in the special election in which Christopher Agrella ran that if an independent write-in candidate managed to get 500 votes and still there wasn’t a winner, then he or she would advance to the runoffs and appear on the ballot.
Is it possible for Tiffany Attwood to get on the ballot in the runoff is she manages to get a lot of votes?