Year: 2022
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Kansas enacts legislative district boundaries after state supreme court approves them
Kansas enacted new legislative district boundaries on May 18 when the Kansas Supreme Court unanimously upheld the maps that Gov. Laura Kelly (D) signed into law on April 15. As specified in the state constitution, the state supreme court had to approve or reject the new boundaries within 10 days of Attorney General Derek Schmidt…
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McGrane wins May 17 Republican Party primary for Idaho Secretary of State
Phil McGrane defeated Dorothy Moon and Mary Souza in the May 17 Republican Party primary for Idaho Secretary of State. Incumbent Lawerence Denney(R), who was first elected in 2014, did not file for re-election. McGrane is the Ada County Clerk, a position to which he was first elected in 2018. On his campaign website, McGrane said,…
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Georgia has the most candidates running for the U.S. House in at least a decade
The filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in Georgia this year was March 11, 2022. Eighty-two candidates are running for Georgia's 14 U.S. House districts, including 31 Democrats and 51 Republicans. That's 5.86 candidates per district, more than the 5.5 candidates per district in 2020 and the 3.42 in 2018. Here are some other…
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Wisconsin Secretary of State raises no money this election cycle
According to the most recent campaign finance reports filed with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission, Wisconsin Secretary of State Douglas La Follette has raised no money between Jan. 1, 2021 and Mar. 21, 2022. La Follette is a member of the Democratic Party and has served in his current office since 1983, with a previous term…
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Davis wins Democratic primary for North Carolina's 1st Congressional District
Donald Davis defeated Erica Smith and two other candidates in the Democratic primary for North Carolina's 1st Congressional District on May 17, 2022. Incumbent G.K. Butterfield (D) did not file to run for re-election. WRAL's Bryan Anderson wrote: "Central to Davis' campaign was an argument about electability, where he sought to persuade Democratic voters that his more…
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4.7% of state legislative incumbents who filed for re-election have lost in primaries
So far this year, 44 state legislative incumbents—11 Democrats and 33 Republicans—have lost to primary challengers. Across the nine states that have held primaries, 4.7% of incumbents running for re-election have lost. This is both the largest number and highest incumbent loss rate in these nine states since 2014. So far this year, the loss…
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Kentucky announces plans to launch mobile unemployment insurance office
The Kentucky Office of Unemployment Insurance (OUI) announced plans on May 11 to launch a mobile office that aims to help citizens access unemployment insurance services. The office aims to help those in poorer communities complete tasks like filing for unemployment benefits, verifying their identities, and determining their eligibility for benefits. The mobile office will…
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Federal Register weekly update: Tops 10,000 total documents
The Federal Register is a daily journal of federal government activity that includes presidential documents, proposed and final rules, and public notices. It is a common measure of an administration’s regulatory activity, accounting for both regulatory and deregulatory actions. From May 9 through May 13, the Federal Register grew by 2,208 pages for a year-to-date…