Year: 2024

  • Two candidates are running in the Republican primary for governor of Utah on June 25, 2024

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    Two candidates are running in the Republican primary for governor of Utah on June 25, 2024—incumbent Gov. Spencer Cox (R) and Phil Lyman (R). Candidates in Utah may qualify for a primary ballot through a petition process or by winning at least 40% of delegates’ votes at a convention. Cox qualified through the petition process.…

  • A closer look at today’s elections in 11 states

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    Welcome to the Tuesday, May 21, 2024, Brew.  By: Ethan Rice Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: A closer look at today’s elections in 11 states As the 2024 primary season continues, 11 states are holding primaries and elections today, including presidential, state legislative, special elections, recalls, judicial elections, and…

  • Eleven incumbent legislators are in contested primaries in Oregon this year—a decade high

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    Welcome to the Monday, May 20, Brew.  By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Oregon voters to decide primaries for congressional and state offices Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, and Oregon are holding statewide primaries tomorrow (May 21). In previous editions of The Brew, we reported on what will be…

  • South Dakota voters to decide on constitutional right to abortion in Nov. 2024, joining Colorado, Florida, and Maryland

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    In South Dakota, a citizen-initiated constitutional amendment to provide a state constitutional right to abortion will be on the ballot at the general election on Nov. 5, 2024. On May 17, the secretary of state’s office reported that an estimated 46,098 valid signatures were submitted for the initiative. The campaign supporting the amendment, Dakotans for…

  • The Food and Nutrition Service issues proposed rule for SNAP work requirements (2024)

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    The Food and Nutrition Service and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published a proposed rule on April 30, 2024, to incorporate the new Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) work requirements that passed in June as part of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023. Two of the proposed rule’s provisions deal with exceptions to the SNAP…

  • ICYMI: Top stories of the week

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    Voting trends in the country’s richest and poorest counties Ballotpedia reviewed voting patterns from 2016-2022 of the 50 richest and 50 poorest counties in the United States to look at how partisanship and voter participation relate to county income. Using data from the U.S. Census Bureau Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates Program’s 2021 estimates…

  • Incumbent Eli Crane (R) and Jack Smith (R) are running in the Republican primary in Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District

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    Incumbent Eli Crane (R) and Jack Smith (R) are running in the Republican primary in Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District on July 30, 2024. Crane was one of eight House Republicans who voted to remove Kevin McCarthy (R) as Speaker of the House in Oct. 2023. According to Politico, McCarthy allies identified Crane as one of three…

  • Incumbent Jamaal Bowman (D) and George Latimer (D) are running in the Democratic primary in New York’s 16th Congressional District

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    Incumbent Jamaal Bowman (D) and George Latimer (D) are running in the Democratic primary in New York’s 16th Congressional District on June 25, 2024. According to Spectrum News NY1, the “war between Israel and Hamas is a defining issue in the race.” The Washington Post describes Bowman as “one of the most outspoken critics of Israel’s military response…

  • Georgia Governor Brian Kemp (R) signs legislation making significant changes to state election laws

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    Image of the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, Georgia.

    States have adopted 50 new election laws since the beginning of May. Nearly half of these bills come from Georgia, where Gov. Brian Kemp (R) has signed 24 election-related bills, including several that have garnered national attention for how they change the state’s voting laws.  One of these bills was SB 189, an omnibus election bill that changed several areas of…

  • SCOTUS upholds Consumer Financial Protection Bureau funding structure

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    The U.S. Supreme Court on May 16, 2024, held 7-2 in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Association of America, Limited that Congress statutorily authorized the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to draw money directly from the Federal Reserve System. The court ruled that the CFPB’s funding structure therefore does not violate the…