Year: 2024

  • Democrats and Republicans endorse competing candidates in Kentucky’s nonpartisan Supreme Court election

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    Welcome to the Friday, Oct. 25, Brew.  By: Mercedes Yanora Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Democrats and Republicans endorse competing candidates in Kentucky’s nonpartisan Supreme Court election  In Tuesday’s edition of the Brew, we previewed the elected state supreme court seats on the ballot this year. Today, we’ll look…

  • One seat could determine Republican supermajority in North Carolina state House elections

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    All 120 seats in the North Carolina House of Representatives are up for election on Nov. 5, 2024. Heading into the election, there are 70 Republicans, 48 Democrats, and two vacancies in the House. Three incumbents — one Democrat and two Republicans — lost in the primaries. Click here to learn more. After the 2022…

  • Six presidential tickets will appear on the ballot in Hawaii this November

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    Hawaii’s Nov. 5, 2024, general election ballot will feature six presidential candidates and their running mates. They are: There are the same number of candidates on Hawaii’s presidential ballot compared to 2020. In 2020, Hawaii’s ballot had six candidates: Joe Biden (D), Donald Trump (R), Jo Jorgensen (L), Howie Hawkins (G), and two other minor…

  • Four presidential tickets will appear on the ballot in Georgia this November

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    Georgia’s Nov. 5, 2024, general election ballot will feature four presidential candidates and their running mates. They are: This is the most candidates on Georgia’s presidential ballot since at least 2008. In 2020, Georgia’s ballot had three candidates: Joe Biden (D), Donald Trump (R), and Jo Jorgensen (L).  Biden won Georgia that year with 49.5%…

  • Wisconsin to hold state legislative elections for the first time since redistricting

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    The general election for the Wisconsin Senate will take place on Nov. 5, 2024. Sixteen out of 33 Senate seats are up for election, including eight districts with Republican incumbents running, four districts with Democratic incumbents running, and four open districts. Republicans hold a 22-10 majority, with one vacancy. Democrats would need to gain seven…

  • California Proposition 5, proposed to reduce supermajority requirements for some local bonds, would apply to this November’s measures

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    Voters in California will decide on 10 statewide ballot propositions, including Proposition 5, on Nov. 5. Proposition 5 would lower the vote threshold requirement for local bond measures to fund affordable housing and public infrastructure projects, as defined in the text. Heading into November, a two-thirds vote (or about 66.67%) is needed for voters to…

  • Democrats and Republicans endorse competing candidates in Kentucky’s nonpartisan Supreme Court election

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    Pamela R. Goodwine and Erin Izzo are running in the general election for the Kentucky Supreme Court 5th District on Nov. 5. Kentucky is one of 13 states to elect state supreme court judges in nonpartisan elections. Goodwine and Izzo are running to replace retiring incumbent Chief Justice Laurance VanMeter. The winner will not replace…

  • Bargaining in Blue 

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    In this month’s edition of Bargaining in Blue:  On the beat Voters in Lafayette, Colorado consider ballot measure to allow police collective bargaining  Voters in Lafayette, Colorado, will decide on a ballot initiative on November 5 determining whether the city’s police officers should be allowed to engage in collective bargaining.  If voters approve the measure,…

  • Cities join states in deciding on abortion and ranked-choice voting ballot measures

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    Welcome to the Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, Brew.  By: Lara Bonatesta Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Cities join states in deciding abortion and ranked-choice voting ballot measures Voters will decide on a record number of statewide ballot measures regarding both abortion and ranked-choice voting in November. A number of…

  • Three of five seats on the Montana Public Service Commission are up for election in 2024

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    Six candidates are running for three of five seats on the Montana Public Service Commission on Nov. 5, 2024. Districts 2 and 3 are open. An incumbent is running in District 4. The Daily Montanan’s Keila Szpaller wrote, “The PSC has been in the public eye recently because commissioners have approved significant rate hikes requested by both NorthWestern and Montana-Dakota Utilities.” Opposition to the rate increase…