Which means once a candidate loses a party's primary, he can't then file to run for office as an independent in that year's general election. He would have to withdraw from the race today, before the polls open tomorrow unless is is already to late to withdraw from the primary. If Lugar loses tomorrow, he won't be on the ballot in November.
Texas has a similar law. In fact Texas law makes it quite difficult to get on the ballot as an independent. Not only can the person petitioning not have been a candidate for any position in a party primary, but the people signing the petition must be registered voters who did not vote in any party primary in that election cycle. There is not only a requirement for total statewide signatures, but there is also a requirement for minimum numbers of signatures in each state senatorial district, and there is a pretty short time during which signatures can be collected.
They also have "jobs" and that's where Fritz and Strom in ~ they were both very very very good to South Carolina.
Otherwise it's tarpaper shacks, log cabins and a few people in brick and block.
Don't try to fool me ~ I was there when "Tobacco Road" meant "tobacco road".
He can’t run as an independent if he loses the GOP primary, but could he run as a Democrat if the rat party decided he was their best chance?
(I’m certain Lugar would be agreeable.)