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Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Arizona Republic article, "Arizona loses No Labels lawsuit, must reject non-presidential candidates from ballot," mentions Richard Grayson's candidacy

An Arizona Republic article by Ray Stern published today, Wednesday, January 17, 2024, "Arizona loses No Labels lawsuit, must reject non-presidential candidates from ballot," mentions Richard Grayson's candidacy for the Arizona Corporate Commission:

Five people are now listed as No Labels candidates on the Secretary of State’s website for offices ranging from state legislator to U.S. senator. One of the candidates, Richard Grayson, has openly stated he’s a Democrat who switched to the No Labels party and ran for office only to protest the new party.

Grayson told The Arizona Republic he thought Tuchi's ruling was "unfair," especially to No Labels voters.

Though he won't be on the ballot now in Arizona, Grayson's still an official No Labels candidate in Alaska for Congress.

"I will use the campaign to expose the scam of No Labels (and to) excoriate the selfish and evil people who have organized this effort and their attempt to make sure that Donald Trump wins in November," Grayson said

Tuesday, January 16, 2024

AP Article, "Judge says No Labels can block candidates from running for offices other than president in Arizona," mentions Richard Grayson's candidacy

An AP article by Jonathan J. Cooper published today, Tuesday, January 16, 2024, "Judge says No Labels can block candidates from running for offices other than president in Arizona," mentions Richard Grayson's candidacy for the Arizona Corporate Commission:

Richard Grayson, one of five No Labels members who have filed to run for office in Arizona, said he was hopeful appellate courts would see the issue differently. Trump, the clear leader of the Republican Party, can’t tell candidates he doesn’t like that they can’t run for state Legislature, he said.

“There’s a lot of people in the various parties that the parties don’t want them to run, and that’s always been true,” Grayson said Tuesday.

Grayson, who likens his perennial losing campaigns to performance art, is a No Labels critic who thinks the party should disclose its donors. He changed his party affiliation to draw attention to what he views as a top-down operation that’s doomed to failure.

Thursday, January 4, 2024

New York Sun Article, "No Labels Goes to Court To Prevent Opponents From Borrowing Its Brand, Protect Secret Donor List," Mentions Richard Grayson

An article by Russell Payne at The Sun of New York, "No Labels Goes to Court To Prevent Opponents From Borrowing Its Brand, Protect Secret Donor List," published today, Thursday, January 4, 2024, mentions Richard Grayson in several paragraphs:

At least one of the candidates that No Labels is attempting to block, Richard Grayson, is a perennial candidate who likens his campaigns to performance art.

Mr. Grayson is also running in the open primary to represent Alaska in the House this year. He has previously run for Congress in Wyoming, citing the law there that only requires House members to live in their districts at the time they assume office.

Mr. Grayson has taken advantage of Arizona laws in the past that allow write-in candidates to win party primaries with as few as one vote, depending on the circumstances of the race.

His decision to run for a state-level office, a utility regulator, could open up No Labels to state-level financial disclosure requirements, something the group has so far said it is not required to do because it is not running in any state-level races.