Year: 2021
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Three of the five Virginia House races with the most fundraising resulted in partisan control changes
Elections for all 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates took place on November 2, 2021. Democrats lost their majority in the chamber. Republicans regained their majority, winning 52 seats to Democrats’ 48 seats. Three of the seats that changed party hands were among the five districts with the most fundraising in the 2021…
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Filing deadline approaches for South Carolina State Senate special election
Candidates interested in running in the special election for South Carolina State Senate District 31 have until Dec. 11 to file. A primary election is scheduled for Jan. 25, and the general election is set for Mar. 29. If no candidate earns a majority of the vote in the primary, a primary runoff election will…
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Campaign behind initiative in Mass. to classify app-based drivers as independent contractors submits 260,000 signatures to county administrators
On Nov. 16, the Massachusetts Coalition for Independent Work announced that they had submitted a total of 260,000 signatures to local clerks in their bid to place a ballot initiative on the 2022 ballot that was modeled after 2020’s California Proposition 22. The total number of signatures is split between two different versions of the…
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Redistricting map updates: proposals, advancements, and enactment between Nov. 10 and 17
At least 16 states progressed in either proposing, advancing, or enacting new congressional and state legislative districts maps as part of the 2020 redistricting cycle between Nov. 10 and Nov. 17, 2021. Proposed California: On Nov. 10, five days before its deadline, the California Citizens Redistricting Commission released its first draft maps of the state’s…
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Utah enacts new legislative maps
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) signed new state legislative district maps for both chambers into law on Nov. 16, 2021. After Cox called a special session to begin on Nov. 9, the Utah legislature voted to approve the House and Senate district maps on Nov. 10. The House passed a proposed map of their own…
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General elections held for two Hialeah City Council districts
The city of Hialeah, Fla., held general elections on Nov. 16 for two seats on the city council. Candidates in Group VI and Group VII advanced from the primary on Nov. 2. Elections for the Group V seat and the mayorship were concluded in the primary after a candidate in each race earned more than…
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Texas State Rep. Ryan Guillen leaves Democratic Party, announces bid for re-election as a Republican
On Nov. 15, 2021, Texas State Rep. Ryan Guillen (R) announced he was leaving the Democratic Party. “After much thought and much prayer with my family, today I am announcing that I’ll proudly be running as a Republican to represent house district 31,” Guillen said in a press conference held with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott…
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Documenting America’s Path to Recovery #213: November 18, 2021
Welcome to Documenting America’s Path to Recovery. Today we look at booster shots in ten states, changes in coronavirus restrictions in Washington, and other news since Nov. 10. In observance of Thanksgiving, we will not be sending out an edition of this newsletter on Nov. 25. You can expect the next edition of this newsletter…
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Idaho enacts new congressional and state legislative maps
On Nov. 12, 2021, the Idaho Independent Redistricting Commission formally submitted its final congressional and state legislative maps to the secretary of state, enacting new maps for the state’s two U.S. House districts and 35 legislative districts. The commission voted in favor of the final versions of both the congressional and state legislative maps on…