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  • All candidates for Alabama House of Representatives District 3 complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey

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    Both of the candidates running in the November 8, 2022, general election for Alabama House of Representatives District 3 —Wesley Thompson (D) and Kerry Underwood (R) —completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. Eighty-eight of the country's 99 state…

  • All candidates for Alabama Auditor complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey

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    Both of the candidates running in the November 8, 2022, general election for Alabama Auditor —Andrew Sorrell (R) and Leigh LaChine (L)—completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. The Alabama State Auditor is a state executive position in the…

  • ICYMI: Top stories of the week

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    How close races in 2020 might affect state legislative elections in 2022 To better understand this year’s state legislative elections, we took a look back at 2020. In 2020, the average margin of victory in state legislative elections was 27 percentage points, meaning most winning candidates won by a fairly large margin.  But for 928…

  • Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #28

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    Welcome to Hall Pass. This newsletter keeps you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance. Each week, we bring you a roundup of the latest on school board elections, along with sharp commentary and research from across the political spectrum on the issues confronting school boards in the country’s more than 13,000…

  • Economy and Society, August 30, 2022: Texas lists 10 funds ineligible for business with state over ESG policies

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    Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics. ESG Developments This Week In the States  Texas issues list of funds ineligible for business with the state over…

  • ICYMI: Top stories of the week

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    Ballotpedia report provides first-ever comprehensive breakdown of U.S. school board members A new Ballotpedia report provides objective, comprehensive data about all public school districts in the country. Here’s what we found: There are 13,194 public school districts in the country Around 82,423 elected school board members represent those districts.  The average number of school board…

  • Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #27

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    Welcome to Hall Pass. This newsletter keeps you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance. Each week, we bring you a roundup of the latest on school board elections, along with sharp commentary and research from across the political spectrum on the issues confronting school boards in the country’s more than 13,000…

  • Checks and Balances- August 2022

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    The Checks and Balances Letter delivers news and information from Ballotpedia’s Administrative State Project, including pivotal actions at the federal and state levels related to the separation of powers, due process, and the rule of law. This edition:  In this month’s edition of Checks and Balances, we review the United States Supreme Court’s (SCOTUS) decision…

  • Economy and Society, August 23, 2022: Attorney General ESG push back across the states

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    Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics. ESG Developments This Week In Washington, D.C. BlackRock warns SEC about its proposed ESG rule Last week, BlackRock –…

  • ICYMI: Top stories of the week

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    We’ve got Aug. 16 election results On Tuesday, we covered elections in Alaska and Wyoming. Final results for Alaska may not be available until Aug. 31. Here are some highlights: Alaska U.S. Senate: Nineteen candidates ran in the top-four Senate primary, including Incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R). As of Aug. 17, Murkowski led, followed by…