Year: 2024

  • Eight candidates are running in the general election for mayor of San Francisco, California, on Nov. 5

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    Eight candidates are running in the general election for mayor of San Francisco, California, on Nov. 5. Four candidates lead in polling and media attention: Incumbent Mayor London Breed, Mark Farrell, Daniel Lurie, and Aaron Peskin. Though San Francisco holds nonpartisan elections, all four of the leading candidates are registered Democrats ABC7 News conducted interviews with the…

  • Independent presidential candidate Cornel West completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey

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    Cornel West (Independent) announced his candidacy for the 2024 presidential election on June 5, 2023. As of Oct. 9, West will appear on the ballot in 15 states, including the battleground states of Michigan, North Carolina, and Wisconsin. West completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about…

  • Four candidates are running in the general election for Michigan’s 3rd Congressional District on Nov. 5, 2024

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    Incumbent Rep. Hillary Scholten (D), Paul Hudson (R), Alexander Avery (L), and Louis Palus (Working Class Party) are running in the general election for Michigan’s 3rd Congressional District on Nov. 5, 2024. In 2022, Scholten became the first Democrat to represent the district since 1993. She previously ran unsuccessfully in 2020 as the Democratic nominee.…

  • Three justices on the Oklahoma Supreme Court and three justices on the Oklahoma Court of Appeals face a retention election

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    Three of the nine justices on the Oklahoma Supreme Court and three of the five justices on the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals are up for a retention election on November 5, 2024. Oklahoma is one of two states with two courts of last resort. The Oklahoma Supreme Court is the court of last resort…

  • ICYMI: Top stories of the week

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    Ten states to decide education-related measures this November  This November, voters in 10 states will decide 11 statewide education-related ballot measures—the most since 2018.  In Monday’s Brew, we previewed a few education measures to watch in Colorado, Florida, and Massachusetts that deal with private school choice, partisan school board elections, and standardized testing.  Keep Reading…

  • The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration, October 11, 2024

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    In this week’s Ballot Bulletin, we cover four bills acted on since our last edition. No election-related bills have been approved since our last edition, compared to 20 bills in 2023 during the same week. Legislative highlights No bills were approved last week. Three hundred eighty-six bills have been enacted so far in 2024, compared…

  • Both candidates for Thousand Oaks, Calif., city council complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey

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    Both candidates running in the general election for Thousand Oaks, Calif., City Council District 4—Al Adam and Jeff Schwartz—completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. All survey respondents are asked to tell voters what characteristics or principles they believe…

  • Both candidates for Superior Court Judge in Kittitas County, Wash., complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey

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    Both candidates running in the general election for Kittitas County Superior Court Judge Position 1—Chris Herion and Matt Mills—completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. All respondents running for judicial office are asked to tell voters why they are…

  • 86% of last September’s elections were uncontested

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    Throughout September, Ballotpedia covered 1,312 elections in 12 states, 86% of which were uncontested. That’s up from August, when 79% of the 11,320 covered were uncontested. Ballotpedia defines an uncontested election as one where the number of candidates running is less than or equal to the number of seats up for election. This analysis does…

  • New Hampshire gubernatorial election rated a Toss-Up

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    Welcome to the Friday, Oct. 11, Brew.  By: Mercedes Yanora Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: New Hampshire gubernatorial election rated a Toss-Up  With 25 days to go until the Fall election, we’ll be bringing you coverage of the most compelling elections—the battlegrounds we expect to have a meaningful effect…