Year: 2021
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Decade-high number of incumbents defeated in Virginia House of Delegates primaries
Challengers defeated a decade-high four incumbents in the June 8 primaries for Virginia’s House of Delegates. Those incumbents are: • Charles Poindexter (R) – House District 9 • Mark Levine (D) – House District 45 • Lee Carter (D) – House District 50 • Steve Heretick (D) – House District 79 These House incumbents were…
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Redistricting review: Illinois enacts state leg., supreme court maps
On June 4, Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) signed into law new maps for the Illinois state Senate, the Illinois House of Representatives, and the Illinois Supreme Court, making Illinois the first state to enact new district maps in this redistricting cycle. Upon signing the maps into law, Pritzker said, “Illinois’ strength is in our diversity…
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Union Station: Unions sue to block West Virginia law prohibiting paycheck deductions
Unions suing to block West Virginia law prohibiting paycheck deductions Twelve unions in West Virginia have filed suit in state court to block a law from going into effect next week that would prohibit public-sector union members from having dues withdrawn from their paychecks. About the law Republican-sponsored House Bill 2009, the ‘Paycheck Protection Act,’…
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Special elections to be held in two Georgia legislative districts on June 15
Special elections are being held on June 15 to fill vacant seats in Districts 34 and 156 in the Georgia House of Representatives. If no candidate earns a majority of the vote in the special election, the top two vote-getters will advance to a general runoff election. The runoff, if necessary, will be held on…
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Virginia cities hold municipal primaries on June 8
The primary election for Norfolk and Richmond in Virginia was on June 8. Candidates competed to advance to the general election scheduled for Nov. 2. In Richmond, Antionette Irving defeated William Burnett in the Democratic primary for sheriff. Irving earned 55% of the vote to Irving’s 45%. No Republican candidates filed to run. In the…
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Val Demings announces she’s running for U.S. Senate from Florida
U.S. Rep. Val Demings (D) officially announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate on June 9. Demings currently represents Florida’s 10th Congressional District. Marco Rubio (R) is Florida’s incumbent U.S. Senator who is up for election in 2022. He was first elected to the Senate in 2010. Demings announced she was running in a three-minute…
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Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 113 special election set for Nov. 2
Election officials have scheduled a special election for the District 113 seat in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for Nov. 2, 2021. The seat became vacant after Martin Flynn (D) was elected to the state Senate on May 18. There is no primary, and candidates will be nominated directly by political parties.
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Two incumbents lose re-election bids in Fort Worth City Council runoffs
The general runoff election for the Fort Worth City Council in Texas was held on June 5. The general election was held on May 1, and the filing deadline to run passed on Feb. 21. Races for City Council Districts 6, 7, 8, and 9 were decided in the runoff. Both incumbents who ran in…