Year: 2025
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Idaho will be first state to vote on English as official language ballot measure since 2010
The Idaho State Legislature voted on March 25, 2025, to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot that would make English the official language of the state. Voters will decide on the proposal at the general election on Nov. 3, 2026. Idaho will be the 12th state to vote on such a ballot measure. Currently, English…
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Four candidates are running for two seats on the Wrightstown School Board in Wisconsin
Four candidates are running in the general election for two seats on the seven-member Wrightstown Community School District Board of Education in Wisconsin on April 1, 2025. Incumbents Melinda Lemke and Jeff Nelson and challengers Amber Cox and Jonathan Curtis are running. Lemke and Curtis are running a joint campaign for the two seats up…
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Two candidates are running in the general election for mayor of St. Louis on April 8, 2025
Incumbent Tishaura Jones and Cara Spencer are running in the general election for mayor of St. Louis on April 8, 2025. This contest is a rematch of the 2021 election, in which Jones defeated Spencer 52% to 48%. Both candidates are affiliated with the Democratic Party. In the four-person primary, Spencer received 49% of the…
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Republican party committees lead in cumulative fundraising as of second finance deadline of the 2026 election cycle
As of Feb. 28, 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 $57 million and spent $58 million in the 2026 election cycle, while the three committees associated with the Republican Party have raised $67 million and spent…
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Court strikes down Washington Initiative 2066, related to natural gas, as violating state’s single-subject rule; ruling will be appealed to state supreme court
Washington Initiative 2066, approved on Nov. 5, 2024, was struck down on March 21 as violating the state constitution’s single-subject rule. A single-subject rule is a state law that requires ballot initiatives to address a single subject, topic, or issue. Judge Sandra Widlan wrote, “… the body of the initiative is so broad and free…