Year: 2025
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Seven seats have changed partisan control in state legislative special elections this year
Three Nov. 4 special state legislative elections in Mississippi resulted in changes in partisan control from Republican to Democrat, one in the House and two in the Senate. Now seven special legislative elections in 2025 have resulted in changes in partisan control this year. The other four seats that changed party control this year were:…
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Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman becomes the 36th U.S. House member who is not seeking re-election in 2026
Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.) announced on Nov. 10, 2025, that she will not seek re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2026. On her retirement, Coleman posted on X, “I believe in giving voice to truth, speaking truth to power, and I believe as a consequence of that, we have been able to…
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Signatures submitted for ballot initiative to repeal Alaska’s top-four ranked-choice voting system; would be the state's third ballot measure on RCV
In Alaska, Repeal Now, an organization supporting an effort to repeal the state's ranked-choice voting system, submitted 48,000 signatures to the Division of Elections on Nov. 6, 2025. At least 34,098 signatures must be found valid to appear on the ballot. The initiative would eliminate the state's top-four ranked-choice voting (RCV) system, which combines top-four…
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Ryan Binkley (R), Darrell Day (R), and five other candidates are running in the Republican primary for Texas' 32nd Congressional District on March 3, 2026
Ryan Binkley (R), Darrell Day (R), and five other candidates are running in the Republican primary for Texas' 32nd Congressional District on March 3, 2026. The filing deadline is December 8, 2025. As of November 2025, Binkley and Day led in polling and local media attention. The primary is taking place in the context of…
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President Donald Trump (R) has issued 142 pardons in second term so far
As of Nov. 9, 2025, President Donald Trump (R) has issued a total of 142 pardons during his second term, which is one less than he issued throughout the entirety of his first term (143). Additionally, Trump has issued 28 commutations during his second term. See the chart below for executive clemency figures from 1902…
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Girmay Zahilay defeated Claudia Balducci in nonpartisan general election for King County, Washington, executive
Girmay Zahilay defeated Claudia Balducci in the nonpartisan general election for county executive of King County, Washington, on Nov. 4, 2025. The county executive leads county employees, manages the biennial budget, and delivers services to county residents. This was the first election since 2009 in which former incumbent Dow Constantine was not on the ballot.…
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A look at voting under the age of 18 in the U.S.
On Sept. 30, 2025, the College Park City Council in Maryland voted to lower the minimum voting age in city elections to 16 years old. The change puts them among a small group of jurisdictions that allow 16-year-olds to participate in local elections. So what does youth voting look like nationwide? In 27 states and…