New Wyoming Registration Data

The Wyoming Secretary of State has released May 2024 registration statistics.  See the numbers here.  No Labels has 14 registered members, whereas in the April 2024, it only had one member.

Percentages are:  Republican 81.28%; Democratic 10.84%; Libertarian .48%; Constitution .16%; independent and other 7.24%.

In October 2023, the percentages had been:  Republican 81.75%; Democratic 10.65%; Libertarian .46%; Constitution .15%; independent and other 6.99%.

New West Virginia Registration Data

On April 26, the West Virginia Secretary of State issued a new voter registration tally.  See the figures here.

Percentages are:  Republican 40.42%; Democratic 30.31%; Libertarian .91%; Green .22%; independent and other 28.14%.

On October 2023, the percentages were:  Republican 39.86%; Democratic 31.49%; Libertarian .91%; Green .21%; independent and other 27.53%.

Utah State Court Rules a Leading Candidate for Lieutenant Governor Does Not Meet Residency Requirement

On May 3, a Utah state trial court ruled that Layne Bangerter cannot run for Lieutenant Governor in the June 25 Republican primary.  Bangerter is the running mate of Phil Lyman, the Republican candidate for Governor who has been endorsed by the state party.  In Utah, candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor run as a team in both the primary and the general election.  Now Lyman was quickly choose a new running mate.  See this story.

The Utah Constitution residency requirement requires five years residence in Utah.  Bangerter argued that means any five years of his life, but the state argued that means the five years immediately before filing for office.  Bangerter lived most of his life in Utah, but he lived in Idaho during most of the past five years.