Year: 2022
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Morgan Luttrell wins TX-08 Republican primary
Morgan Luttrell won the Republican primary for Texas' 8th Congressional District on March 1. As of March 3, he'd received 52% of the vote. Christian Collins was second with 22% and Jonathan Hullihan third with 13%. The Texas Tribune's Patrick Svitek wrote that the race "boiled over into a tense proxy war, with some of…
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Florida enacts new legislative maps
Florida enacted new state legislative districts on March 3, 2022, when the Florida Supreme Court approved a proposal passed by both legislative chambers. The maps will take effect for Florida’s 2022 state legislative elections. On Jan. 20, the Florida Senate passed a joint resolution including both state House and Senate maps in a 34-3 vote.…
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Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 12
March 3, 2022 In this issue: Texas GOP primary results roundup and a Senate leadership disagreement in N.C. Texas results roundup Texas held the nation's first midterm primaries on Tuesday. Races in which no candidate received a majority of the vote are headed to May 24 runoffs. Here's a roundup of results from marquee Republican…
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Heart of the Primaries 2022, Democrats-Issue 12
March 3, 2022 In this issue: Texas Democratic primary results roundup, Oregon county parties change rules to endorse challenger in OR-05 Texas results roundup Texas held the nation's first midterm primaries on Tuesday. Races in which no candidate received a majority of the vote are headed to May 24 runoffs. Here's a roundup of results…
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Voters approve all 15 ballot measures at the town meeting election in Montpelier, Vermont
Ballotpedia covered 15 local ballot measure in Montpelier, Vermont, on March 1, 2022. Voters approved all 15 measures at the city's town meeting election. The voter-approved ballot measures were designed to do the following: *authorize $30,000 to fund the 2022-2023 operating budget of the Central Vermont Public Safety Authority (CVPSA) and the CVPSA's Telecommunications Improvement…
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Paxton, Bush advance to runoff in Texas Attorney General Republican primary
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and George P. Bush advanced to a May 24 primary runoff, after neither candidate received more than 50% of the vote in the March 1 primary election. Paxton won 42.7% of the vote, while Bush won 22.4%. Candidates Eva Guzman and Louis Gohmert received 17.8% and 17.1% of the vote,…
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Cuellar, Cisneros head to runoff in TX-28 Democratic primary
Incumbent Henry Cuellar and Jessica Cisneros advanced to a May 24 runoff in the Democratic primary for Texas' 28th Congressional District. In the March 1 primary, Cuellar received 48.4% of the vote, followed by Cisneros with 46.9% and Tannya Benavides with 4.7%. This year's primary is a rematch of the 2020 primary, which Cuellar won…
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When party control of legislative chambers flips, constitutional amendments requiring votes in two sessions are more often defeated
Thirteen states have multi-year constitutional amendment processes that involve legislatures passing amendments in two successive sessions before they go on the ballot. Since 2010, 66% (60 of 91) of the amendments that passed during the first session in these states were also passed in the second. When partisan control of a legislative chamber changes between…
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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #4
Welcome to Hall Pass. This newsletter keeps you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance. Each week, we bring you a roundup of the latest on school board elections, along with sharp commentary and research from across the political spectrum on the issues confronting school boards in the country’s 14,000 school districts.…