Year: 2021
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Connecticut State Senate District 27 special election set for March 2, 2021
Election officials have scheduled a special election for the District 27 seat in the Connecticut state Senate for March 2, 2021. The seat became vacant when Carlo Leone (D) resigned on Jan. 5 to work for the state Department of Transportation. There is no primary, and candidates will be nominated directly by political parties.
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Weber County Democrats recommend Rosemary Lesser for Utah House
On Jan. 16, the Weber County Democrats recommended Rosemary Lesser (D) to the Utah House of Representatives to represent District 10. LaWanna Shurtliff (D) formerly held the seat until her death on Dec. 30, 2020. Gov. Spencer Cox (R) approved the nomination, and Lesser was sworn in on Jan. 19. She will complete Shurtliff’s term,…
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Manar resigns from Illinois state Senate
On Jan. 17, Illinois state Sen. Andy Manar (D) resigned to become a senior advisor to Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D). He will provide counsel on the state’s economy and plans for the COVID-19 recovery. In Illinois, vacancies in the state Senate are filled within 30 days by appointment by the political party that last held…
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Ballotpedia’s Daily Brew: Looking back—CA voters approved 62% of local measures in 2020
62% approval rate for California’s 2020 local ballot measures Ballotpedia’s annual report on California local ballot measures is out. We’ve been covering all local ballot measures in California since 2008. California voters decided 719 local ballot measures across seven election dates last year. Below are some highlights from the report. Voters approved 62.4% percent of…
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30 state legislative races were decided by fewer than 100 votes in 2020
Thirty (0.5%) of the 5,875 state legislative races in 2020 were decided by fewer than 100 votes. Twenty-nine of the 30 races were in state houses, and one was in a state senate. Partisan control changed in 15 (50%) of the 30 races. Thirteen of the partisan changes (43.3% of the 30 races) were Republican…
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Filing deadline for two Alabama state legislative special elections is Jan. 26
Candidates interested in running in two state legislative special elections in Alabama have until January 26, 2021, to file. The primaries are scheduled for March 30, and the special elections will be held on July 13. The filing deadline for minor party and independent candidates is March 30. The winners of the special elections will…
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SCOTUS hears final arguments in its January sitting
On Tuesday, January 19, 2021, the Supreme Court of the United States heard arguments in three cases to round out the January sitting of the court’s 2020-2021 term. The court heard oral arguments via teleconference and provided live audio of the arguments. SCOTUS began hearing arguments remotely during its October sitting of the current term,…
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Ballotpedia’s Daily Brew: Average MOV in last year’s House races—29 percentage points
Average margin of victory in last year’s U.S. House races was lowest since at least 2012 The average margin of victory (MOV) in last year’s U.S. House elections was 28.8 percentage points, down from 31.8 percentage points in 2018 and the narrowest average MOV in U.S. House elections since at least 2012. Ballotpedia has analyzed…