Fewer than 3% of Oklahoma school districts held primaries on Feb. 10
Oklahoma school districts hold school board primaries each February. But due to the state’s election rules and the number of candidates running, most voters didn't see school board candidates on their ballots this month.
In Oklahoma, districts hold primaries if more than two candidates run for a seat. If only one candidate runs, the candidate wins the seat outright. If two candidates run, the district cancels the primary, and the candidates automatically advance to the general election.
On Feb. 10, voters in just 15 districts — 2.9% of the state’s 509 districts — decided school board primaries. General elections this year are scheduled for April 7.
Fifty candidates ran for 15 seats across the 15 districts. In 10 of those races, three candidates ran for each seat. In five races, there were four candidates apiece.
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Of the $183 million raised for 2025 statewide ballot measures, 94% went to California Proposition 50
In 2025, campaigns supporting and opposing 30 statewide ballot measures in nine states raised $183.15 million. Ninety-four percent of that fundraising was either for or against California Proposition 50, which authorized the state to use a new congressional district map.
Campaigns supporting and opposing Proposition 50 raised $172.7 million, with $124.9 million going to PACs supporting the proposition and $47.7 million to PACs opposing it.
2025 had fewer total statewide ballot measure contributions than 2023, when there were 41 statewide measures on the ballot across eight states. That was the most statewide ballot measures in an odd-numbered year since 2007.
Since 2015, California Proposition 50 has been the most expensive ballot measure in an odd-numbered year.
Most U.S. representatives in the 119th Congress are part of Generation X, while most U.S. senators are Baby Boomers
For the first time since the 113th Congress, which spanned from 2013 to 2015, a plurality of members of the U.S. House of Representatives is part of Generation X. Meanwhile, a plurality of members of the U.S. Senate are Baby Boomers.
At the start of the 119th Congress, the median age of U.S. senators was 64, and the median age of U.S. representatives was 57.
For the second Congress in a row, the median age of U.S. representatives is 57. From the 115th Congress through the 117th Congress, the median age of U.S. representatives was 58.
From the 113th Congress through the 118th Congress, the median age of U.S. senators increased from 61 to 65. However, in the 119th Congress, the median age of U.S. senators decreased from 65 to 64.