Year: 2022
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Vermont’s only U.S. House seat is open for the first time since 2006
The filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in Vermont this year was May 26, 2022. Seven candidates filed to run for Vermont's At-Large U.S. House district, a decade-high. That’s one more than the six candidates who ran in 2020 and two more than the five who ran in 2018. Here are some other highlights…
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$2.8 million spent with USPS from Pennsylvania campaign accounts
In Pennsylvania, state-level candidates and PACs have spent $2.8 million from their campaign accounts on services from the United States Postal Service in the 2022 election cycle so far. USPS received 0.53 percent of all $520.3 million in reported expenditures. According to Pennsylvania Department of State reports, here are the top candidates and PACs that…
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$58,235 spent with USPS from Ohio campaign accounts
In Ohio, state-level candidates and PACs have spent $58,235 from their campaign accounts on services from the United States Postal Service in the 2022 election cycle so far. USPS received 0.1 percent of all $71.4 million in reported expenditures. According to Ohio Secretary of State reports, here are the top candidates and PACs that have…
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Voting in Missouri's Aug. 2 primary election
Missouri's statewide primary election is scheduled for Aug. 2, 2022. Here is what you need to know about voting in the primary: Hours: Polling places are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Election Day. Anyone who is in line at the time polls close has the right to cast a ballot. Polling places:…
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President Joe Biden’s approval rating remains at 39%, according to recent polling averages
Recent approval polling averages show President Joe Biden (D) at 39% approval, the same rating he received at the end of June. Fifty-six percent of voters disapprove of his performance. Biden first received this rating on June 29. In July, approval for his presidency hit a new low of 38%, which he last received on…
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Primary watch: number of contested state legislative primaries is up 25% compared to 2020
There are 25% more contested state legislative primaries this year than in 2020, including 55% more Republican primaries and 8% more top-two/four primaries. Democratic primaries are down 9%. These figures include elections in 37 states that account for 4,672 of 6,166 state legislative seats up for election this year (76%). A primary is contested when…
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33% of Washington state legislative incumbents face contested top-two primaries
Thirty-one of the 95 Washington state legislators who filed for re-election—22 Democrats and nine Republicans—will face contested primaries on Aug. 2. This represents 33% of incumbents who filed for re-election, lower than in 2020 but a higher rate than other recent election cycles. Washington is one of three states holding top-two state legislative primaries this…
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Incumbent Galvin faces Sullivan in Massachusetts' secretary of state Democratic primary on Sept. 6
Incumbent William Galvin and Tanisha Sullivan are running in the Democratic primary for Massachusetts secretary of state on September 6, 2022. Galvin won his first term in 1994 and was re-elected six times before the 2022 election. In this period, he faced Democratic primary opposition twice. In the 2018 primary, he defeated Josh Zakim, 67%…