with progressive candidates perpetually.
We rediscover this fact in October before Presidential election years and forget it in off years when low turnout could work to our advantage.
The filing deadlines:
Here are the deadlines in each state to file to become a candidate:
Alabama: November 6, 2015 (Source: State Secretary of State’s website)
Alaska: June 2016 (Source: Politics1.com)
Arizona: June 1, 2016 (Source: State Secretary of State’s website)
Arkansas: November 9, 2015 (Source: State Secretary of State’s website)
California: March 11, 2016 (Source: State Secretary of State’s website)
Colorado: March 2016 (Source: Politics1.com)
Connecticut: June 2016 (Source: Politics1.com)
Delaware: May 2016 (Source: Politics1.com)
Florida: June 24, 2016 (Source: State Secretary of State’s website)
Georgia: March 2016 (Source: Politics1.com)
Hawaii: June 2016 (Source: Politics1.com)
Idaho: March 2016 (Source: Politics1.com)
Illinois: November 30, 2015 (Source: State Secretary of State’s website)
Indiana: February 5, 2016 (Source: State Secretary of State’s website)
Iowa: March 18, 2016 (Source: State Secretary of State’s website)
Kansas: June 1, 2016 (Source: State Secretary of State’s website)
Kentucky: January 2016 (Source: Politics1.com)
Louisiana: September 2016 (Source: Politics1.com)
Maine: March 2016 (Source: Politics1.com)
Maryland: February 3, 2016 (Source: State Secretary of State’s website)
Massachusetts: June 2016 (Source: Politics1.com)
Michigan: April 2016 (Source: Politics1.com)
Minnesota: June 2016 (Source: Politics1.com)
Mississippi: January 8, 2016 (Source: State Secretary of State’s website)
Missouri: March 2016 (Source: Politics1.com)
Montana: March 2016 (Source: Politics1.com)
Nebraska: March 2016 (Source: Politics1.com)
Nevada: March 18, 2016 (Source: State Secretary of State’s website)
New Hampshire: June 2016(Source: Politics1.com)
New Jersey: March 2016 (Source: Politics1.com)
New Mexico: March 2016 (Source: Politics1.com)
New York: April 2016 (Source: Politics1.com)
North Carolina: February 2016 (Source: Politics1.com)
North Dakota: March 2016 (Source: Politics1.com)
Ohio: December 16, 2015 (Source: State Secretary of State’s website)
Oklahoma: April 2016 (Source: Politics1.com)
Oregon: March 2016 (Source: Politics1.com)
Pennsylvania: February 2016 (Source: Politics1.com)
Rhode Island: June 2016 (Source: Politics1.com)
South Carolina: March 2016 (Source: Politics1.com)
South Dakota: March 2016 (Source: Politics1.com)
Tennessee: April 2016 (Source: Politics1.com)
Texas: December 14, 2015 (Source: State Secretary of State’s website)
Utah: March 2016 (Source: Politics1.com)
Vermont: June 2016 (Source: Politics1.com)
Virginia: March 2016 (Source: Politics1.com)
Washington: May 2016 (Source: Politics1.com)
West Virginia: January 30, 2016 (Source: State Secretary of State’s website)
Wyoming: May 2016 (Source: Politics1.com)
And why is there not a good reference source of this information for progressives up permanently and edited as states play games with the date?
Alabama, Arkansas and Illinois are on the shortest leash. Texas and Ohio are next.
Florida has the most opportunity. Put together 175,000 committed names on a petition, file in June, keep that number together and add some over the next five months; you might be able to shock an over-confident incumbent.
That’s where a lot of pick-ups happen–incumbents who have not or have been rarely challenged for office. In Alabama and Arkansas, they know the risk and want to know exactly who is on the ballot before the Iowa caucus. Illinois looks like an old pols protection racket. Other are set up just-in-time for the primary date; great setup for Freedom Caucus insurgents with organization and money or for eliminating deadwood.
