Year: 2024
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Campaign submits signatures for California initiative that would restrict spending by certain health care providers that participate in Medi-Cal Rx
Protect Patients Now, which is sponsored by the California Apartment Association, submitted over 860,000 raw signatures for verification on April 10, according to the secretary of state. The campaign needs 546,651 signatures to be valid to qualify the initiated state statute for the November ballot in California. The initiative would establish a new category of…
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Hawaii will join California this Nov. in deciding constitutional amendments regarding same-sex marriage
Voters in Hawaii will join those in California in deciding on a constitutional amendment related to same-sex marriage in Nov. 2024. Both states follow Nevada, which decided a constitutional amendment in 2020. While California, like Nevada, will be voting on whether to repeal language defining marriage as between one man and one woman, the amendment…
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City council members continue trend of facing most recalls of all offices
Ballotpedia has tracked recall efforts against 78 city council members this year as of April 12, 2024, which is the most of any office type and accounts for 41.94% of the 186 officials included in recall efforts. City council members also had the highest number of recall efforts started against them from 2010 to 2020…
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All candidates for U.S. House Indiana District 1 Republican primary complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey
All three candidates running in the May 7, 2024, Republican primary election for Indiana’s 1st Congressional District — Mark Leyva (R), Randell Niemeyer (R), and David Ben Ruiz (R) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. Here are the…
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All candidates for North Carolina House of Representatives District 83 complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey
Both of the candidates running in the Nov. 5, 2024, general election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 83 — Grant Campbell (R) and Joanne Chesley (D) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. Here are the candidates’ responses…
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All candidates for Montana House of Representatives District 63 Democratic primary complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey
Both of the candidates running in the June 4, 2024, Democratic primary election for Montana House of Representatives District 63 — John Hansen (D) and Peter Strand (D) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. Here are the candidates’ responses to the…
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All candidates for Georgia State Senate District 32 Republican primary complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey
Both of the candidates running in the May 21, 2024, Republican primary election for Georgia State Senate District 32 — Incumbent Kay Kirkpatrick (R) and Ben Paul Fremer (R) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. Here are the candidates’ responses to…
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Ferguson campaign has received the most contributions in race for Washington governor
Bob Ferguson (D) has received the most contributions in the top-two primary for governor of Washington, taking in $6.3 million since the start of the campaign cycle. Ferguson received $627,629 in March. Dave Reichert (R) has received the next most in the primary, with $2.6 million since the start of the campaign and $459,089 in…