Year: 2024
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California initiative to require a personal finance course in high school qualifies for the ballot
The California Secretary of State announced on May 8 that Californians for Financial Education had submitted 693,676 valid signatures—surpassing the signature requirement of 546,651 and qualifying for a place on the Nov. 5 ballot. The initiated state statute would require students graduating during the 2029-2030 academic year to complete a one-semester personal finance course. The…
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One open U.S. House district in Florida this year—the fewest since 2014
This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in Florida was April 26, 2024. One hundred three candidates are running for Florida’s 28 U.S. House districts, including 42 Democrats and 61 Republicans. That’s 3.68 candidates per district, less than in the previous three election cycles. There were 5.43 candidates per district in 2022, 4.22…
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2.5% of state legislative incumbents who ran for re-election have lost in primaries
So far this year, 25 state legislative incumbents — eight Democrats and 17 Republicans — have lost to primary challengers. Click here to read our previous report. Across the eight states that have held primaries, 2.5% of incumbents running for re-election have lost, which is less than at this point in 2022 (4.1%). Republican incumbents…
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Joe Biden (D) maintains lead in PredictIt’s 2024 presidential general election market
As of May 8, 2024, PredictIt’s 2024 presidential general election market shows President Joe Biden (D) at $0.50 and former President Donald Trump (R) at $0.47. Biden has held the lead in this market since March 31, 2024. No other candidate has more than a $0.10 share price. The share price, which rises and falls…
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Pennsylvania Senate approves bill establishing process for reporting refusals to work (2024)
The Pennsylvania State Senate on May 1 passed Senate Bill 1109, which proposes establishing a process for employers to report refusals to work to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry (DLI). The bill would also codify DLI definitions of misconduct that would disqualify a person from claiming unemployment benefits (such as refusals to work…
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U.S. Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind) wins Indiana gubernatorial Republican primary
On May 7, Mike Braun (R) won the Republican primary election for governor of Indiana with 39.5% of the vote. Braun defeated Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch (R), who finished in second with 21.9%, as well as Brad Chambers (R), Eric Doden (R), Curtis Hill (R), and Jamie Reitenour (R). Incumbent Gov. Eric Holcomb (R) was…
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Second Fewest Number of Retiring Incumbents in North Dakota Legislature since 2010
There are 69 state legislative seats up for election this year in North Dakota. Across those, eight incumbents (one Democrat and seven Republicans) did not file to run for re-election. All eight of those retirements came from state senators, while all House incumbents are running for reelection. Since Ballotpedia began tracking this data in 2010,…
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Illinois voters to decide on three advisory questions in 2024
Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker (D) approved three non-binding advisory questions referred by the state legislature to appear on the 2024 ballot. This is the first time since 2014 that Illinois voters will decide on three statewide advisory questions on the ballot, which is the maximum number of advisory questions that can be placed on…
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Colorado voters will decide in Nov. whether or not to allow state to keep additional sports betting tax revenue
The Colorado State Legislature has referred a measure to voters that would allow the state to retain tax revenue collected above $29 million annually from the tax on sports betting proceeds. In 2019, voters approved Proposition DD, which legalized sports betting and enacted a 10% tax on sports betting proceeds. Net sports betting proceeds equal…