Year: 2025

  • A look at elections for downballot state offices in 2025

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    Welcome to the Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, Brew.  By: Lara Bonatesta Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: A look at elections for downballot state offices in 2025 There is one week to go until Election Day, and Ballotpedia will cover more than 10,000 elections on Nov. 4. To help our…

  • Signature validity for 2025 Maine initiatives was 93.0%, surpassing the 2017-2025 state average of 88.4%

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    Two citizen-initiated ballot measures will appear on the Nov. 4, 2025, ballot in Maine—Question 1 and Question 2. Proponents of a ballot initiative collect petition signatures from a certain minimum number of registered voters in a state. For 2025, the average signature validity rate was 93.0%. Sponsors of Question 1 submitted 4,410 petition forms containing…

  • A look at the 188 local ballot measures we're covering on Nov. 4

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    Welcome to the Monday, Oct. 27, Brew.  By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: A look at the 188 local ballot measures we're covering on Nov. 4 There's about a week to go until Election Day, and Ballotpedia will cover more than 10,000 elections on Nov. 4. To…

  • ICYMI: Top stories of the week

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    Our top 10 ballot measures to watch on Nov. 4 With two weeks to go until Election Night, our staff is busy preparing to cover 24 statewide ballot measures in six states, along with 188 local ballot measures. Voters will decide 24 statewide ballot measures on Nov. 4. We published our list of the 10…

  • The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia's Weekly Digest on Election Administration, October 24, 2025

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    Welcome to The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration. Every Friday, we deliver the latest updates on election policy around the country, including nationwide trends and recent legislative activity.  In this week’s Ballot Bulletin, we cover 25 bills state legislatures acted on in the past week. Weekly highlights The big takeaways from the…

  • Voters in six states will decide on 24 statewide ballot measures on Nov. 4

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    Welcome to the Friday, Oct. 24, 2025, Brew.  By: Lara Bonatesta Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Voters in six states will decide on 24 statewide ballot measures on Nov. 4 There are less than two weeks to go until Election Day, and Ballotpedia will cover more than 10,000 elections…

  • John E. Sununu is the third former Senator running in 2026

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    On October 22, 2025, former U.S. Senator John E. Sununu (R) announced his campaign for U.S. Senate in New Hampshire in 2026. Incumbent Jeanne Shaheen (D), who defeated Sununu in 2008, is retiring from public office. In the Republican primary, Sununu will face two other candidates, former U.S. Sen. Scott Brown and Tejasinha Sivalingam. On…

  • Republican party committees maintain fundraising lead over Democratic party committees in September

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    As of Sept. 30, 2025, the end of the most recent party committee campaign finance filing period, the three committees associated with the Democratic Party have raised a cumulative $251 million and spent $234 million in the 2026 election cycle, while the three committees associated with the Republican Party have raised $291 million and spent…

  • North Carolina the third state to redraw congressional districts ahead of the 2026 elections

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    North Carolina became the third state to officially redraw its congressional map ahead of the 2026 elections. The new map aims to shift District 1, currently represented by U.S. Rep. Donald Davis (D), toward Republicans. That means the redraw could change the state’s representation in the U.S. House of Representatives from 10 Republicans and four…

  • This year's statewide ballot measures were written at the highest reading level since 2017

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    Welcome to the Thursday, Oct. 23, Brew.  By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: This year's statewide ballot measures were written at the highest reading level since 2017 Voters in nine states are deciding on 30 statewide ballot measures this year. According to our new report, voters in…