Ballotpedia completed an inventory of all Ohio ballot measures since 1910. Between 1910 and 2024, Ohioans voted on 306 ballot measures. Voters approved 169 measures (55.2%) and rejected 137 measures (44.8%). In Ohio, measures can be placed on the ballot through the state legislature as well as through citizen initiatives. Between 1910 and 2024, the…
In this month’s edition of Bargaining in Blue: Dear Bargaining in Blue Readers, With this edition, we conclude our journey together. Thank you for your loyal readership. Should our work on police collective bargaining agreements continue in a new form, you’ll be the first to know. For any questions about our research, please contact editor@ballotpedia.org.…
There were 43 vacancies out of 890 authorized federal judicial posts as of February 25, 2025. All of the vacancies were for Article III judgeships. This report is limited to Article III courts, where appointees are confirmed to lifetime judgeships. By February 25, 2025, 36 days in office for his second term, President Donald Trump…
In the Nov. 5, 2024, elections, Republicans gained 55 state legislative seats, Democrats lost 54, and Independents and minor party officeholders lost one. That means the overall partisan composition across all 50 state legislatures changed by 0.7% in favor of Republicans. In 2022, the partisan composition changed 0.4% toward Republicans, with Democrats losing four seats,…
Incumbent Tishaura Jones, Michael Butler, Andrew Jones Jr., and Cara Spencer are running in the nonpartisan primary for Mayor of St. Louis on March 4, 2025. St. Louis Public Radio’s Lara Hamdan and Rachel Lippmann wrote, “The next mayor of St. Louis will come into office with crime numbers mirroring the national downward trend…But he…