Year: 2021
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Average margin of victory in Pivot Counties has shifted by 25.1 percentage points from Democrats to Republicans since 2008
Ballotpedia is concluding its analysis of Pivot Counties in the 2020 presidential election with a look at the presidential margins of victory in these counties and how they have changed over time. Pivot Counties are the 206 counties nationwide that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and Donald Trump (R) in 2016.…
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Jill Underly, Deborah Kerr advance from Wisconsin superintendent of public instruction primary
The statewide spring primary for Wisconsin was held on Feb. 16, 2021. If two or fewer candidates filed for each seat on the ballot, the primary was canceled and the candidates automatically advanced to the general election on April 6. The primary for the Wisconsin superintendent of public instruction was the only statewide nonpartisan race…
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Voters recall Colorado school board member
A recall election seeking to remove Lance McDaniel from his position as the District A representative on the Montezuma-Cortez School District Board of Education in Colorado was approved by voters on Feb. 16, 2021. Cody Wells was elected to replace McDaniel on the board. The recall effort started in July 2020. Recall supporters said McDaniel…
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Iowa requires public schools to offer full-time, in-person instruction
On Feb. 15, Iowa public schools were required to start offering full-time, in-person instruction for all grades. Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) signed the bill enacting the mandate on Jan. 29. The bill, which passed the state House and Senate with the support of all Republicans and one Democrat, allows parents to request a hybrid or…
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Alaska House of Representatives elects speaker for 2021 session
On Feb. 11, twenty-four days after the 2021 legislative session began on Jan. 19th, the Alaska House of Representatives elected a permanent speaker of the House. Members elected Rep. Louise Stutes (R) in a 21-19 vote. Since the start of the session, House members had been divided between supporters of a Republican-led majority and those…
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Kansas state Senator Bud Estes dies
On Feb. 13, Kansas Sen. Bud Estes (R) died after being hospitalized with an illness. Estes was first elected to state Senate District 38 in 2016, serving until his death. Before that, Estes was a member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing District 119 from 2013 to 2017. Estes ran for re-election to the…
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Analyzing partisan splits in states holding U.S. Senate elections in 2022
Thirty-four Senate seats are up for election on November 8, 2022. Republicans currently hold 20 and Democrats hold 14. For seats up for election next year, we look at party differences between the current Senate incumbent and their state’s other senator, their state’s governor, and their state’s 2020 presidential winner. Split Senate delegations Seven states…