Year: 2024
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Seven candidates are running for two seats on the Tallahassee City Commission
Seven candidates are running for two seats on the Tallahassee City Commission in nonpartisan primaries on Aug. 20, 2024. Four lead in endorsements, fundraising, and local media attention: incumbent Jacqueline Porter and Rudolph Ferguson in the election for Seat 1, and incumbent Curtis Richardson and Dorothy Inman-Johnson in the election for Seat 2. According to…
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Court blocks Missouri anti-ESG rules
A federal court last week threw out two 2023 Missouri rules that limited ESG in investment plans. The court argued the rules conflicted with federal law. Ballotpedia tracks support for and opposition to the environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) investing movement. To learn more about arguments for, against, and about ESG, click here. For…
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U.S. weekly unemployment insurance claims fall to 227,000
New applications for U.S. unemployment insurance benefits fell 7,000 for the week ending Aug. 10 to a seasonally adjusted 227,000. The four-week moving average as of Aug. 10 decreased by 4,500 from the previous week’s revised average to 236,500. The average number of initial claims per week since August 2023 was 218,717. The number of…
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136 state legislative incumbents have been defeated in primaries this year – four of which were legislative leaders
In the 37 states that have held primaries so far this year, 136 state legislative incumbents—3.4% of all incumbents seeking re-election—have lost. That’s less than at this point in 2022, when 174, or 4.6%, of incumbents had lost in primaries. Four of the 136 defeated incumbents were legislative leaders: three Republican state senators and one…
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New Hampshire has fewer state legislative primaries as national committees target state
New Hampshire has 52 contested state legislative primaries on September 10, the fewest since Ballotpedia started tracking in 2010. The 52 contested primaries are 11.5% of all possible state legislative primaries. Ballotpedia defines a contested primary as one with more candidates than nominations available. There are 18 contested Democratic primaries and 34 contested Republican primaries.…
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Incumbent Matt Cartwright (D) and Rob Bresnahan Jr. (R) are running in the general election for Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District
Incumbent Matt Cartwright (D) and Rob Bresnahan Jr. (R) are running in the general election for Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District on November 5, 2024. Neither candidate faced a primary challenger. Cartwright was first elected to the U.S. House in 2012, defeating incumbent Tim Holden in the Democratic primary. In 2020 and 2022, Cartwright defeated Jim…