Year: 2025

  • Kannan Srinivasan (D) and Tumay Harding (R) are running in the special election for Virginia’s 32nd Senate District

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    Kannan Srinivasan (D) and Tumay Harding (R) are running in the special election for District 32 of the Virginia Senate on January 7, 2025. Incumbent Suhas Subramanyam (D) is resigning to represent Virginia’s 10th Congressional District. The Downballot’s David Nir and Jeff Singer wrote before the election, “Given Democrats’ slender 21-19 edge in the Senate,…

  • State supreme court vacancy count for December 2024

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    In this month’s state supreme court vacancy update, Ballotpedia tracked announced retirements, nominations, appointments, confirmations, and the swearing-in of justices from December 1 to December 30, 2024. Ballotpedia tracks court vacancies in all 52 state supreme courts. Announced retirements: Following an unsuccessful November 2024 retention election, Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice Yvonne Kauger announced she would retire on December 1, 2024.…

  • In the largest U.S. cities and throughout California voters decided a record number of local ballot measures last year

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    Welcome to the Monday, Jan. 6, Brew.  By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: In the largest cities and throughout California voters decided on a record number of local ballot measures last year Voters in the top 100 largest cities in the U.S. and throughout California decided on…

  • The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration, Jan. 3, 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 38 bills state legislatures acted on in the past week. Weekly highlights The big takeaways from the…