Friday, September 12, 2014

New York Has Reverted to a February Presidential Primary for 2016

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FHQ has done some maintenance to our 2016 presidential primary calendar this week. Mostly that meant repairing some broken links to the pri...
Thursday, September 4, 2014

State GOP parties jockey for primary calendar advantage

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This was the headline that greeted FHQ this morning in my inbox from the Washington Times. 1 And it is absolutely true. State parties are t...
Thursday, August 28, 2014

Revisiting the 2016 Republican Delegate Selection Rules

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There are a few points that FHQ left undiscussed -- or perhaps unclear -- when the RNC finalized their delegate selection rules on timing an...
Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Update: 2016 Presidential Primary Calendar (8/26/14)

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With Arizona moving its presidential primary back and back into compliance with the national party rules, there is one less threat to the i...
Monday, August 25, 2014

So, It Turns Out Arizona Has Actually Moved Its Presidential Primary Back on the Calendar

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FHQ is still trying to figure out how and/or why, 1 but Arizona's presidential primary calendar move slipped under our radar back in Ma...
Friday, August 22, 2014

DNC Set to Finalize 2016 Rules at Atlanta Meeting

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The Democratic National Committee has kicked off its summer meeting in Atlanta. The party will meet over the weekend to hear and vote on the...
Tuesday, July 8, 2014

South Carolina Bill to Streamline Presidential Primary Funding Becomes Law

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Back in March the South Carolina state House took up, considered and passed HB 4732 . The legislation sought to clarify the method under whi...
Monday, July 7, 2014

Jindal Signature Nudges Louisiana Presidential Primary Up Two Weeks

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FHQ is late to this, but... On Thursday, June 19, Governor Bobby Jindal (R-LA) signed HB 431 into law. Originally, the bill was intended ...
Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Missouri Presidential Primary Shifts Back to March Following Nixon Signature

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On Wednesday, Governor Jay Nixon (D-MO) signed SB 892 into law. The new law moves the Show Me state presidential primary from the first Tu...
Sunday, June 1, 2014

Louisiana House Concurs on 2016 Presidential Primary Move to Early March

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The Louisiana state House today unanimously concurred ( 96-0 ) with Senate amendments added to a campaign finance bill. The Senate changes w...