Author: Ballotpedia staff
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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #134
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Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board governance, the politics surrounding it, and education policy. In today’s edition, you’ll find: Reply to this email to share reactions or story ideas! On the issues: The debate over phonics instruction In this section, we curate reporting, analysis,…
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Republicans pick up one state financial officer position
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In this week’s edition of Economy and Society: In Washington, D.C. Trump election win may bring new ESG rules What’s the story? Changes to federal ESG rules are likely following Donald Trump’s (R) presidential election win. Two regulatory agencies specifically—the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Department of Labor (DOL)—have promulgated significant rules favoring…
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Less than 2% of state legislative incumbents lost (so far)
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Welcome to the Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, Brew. By: Ethan Rice Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Less than 2% of state legislative incumbents lost (so far) Here’s an early glimpse into the state of incumbents defeated in state legislative elections. We’ll be publishing a full report later this month,…
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Robe & Gavel: Federal Judicial Vacancy Count released for November 2024
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Welcome to the Nov. 11 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S. “Honor to the Soldier, and Sailor everywhere, who bravely bears his country’s cause”-Abraham Lincoln It’s time for another edition as SCOTUS enters the second week of its…
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Looking ahead to 2026 U.S. Senate elections
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Welcome to the Monday, November 11, Brew. By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Looking ahead to 2026 U.S. Senate elections As a result of the 2024 U.S. Senate elections, Republicans are projected to have a 53-47 majority in the chamber. So, what does that mean for the…
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ICYMI: Where election results stand
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Where elections stand: U.S. Senate There remain three uncalled races: Arizona, Nevada, and Pennsylvania. So far, Republicans will have a 52-seat majority in the next session. Going into the election, Democrats held a 51-49 majority in the U.S. Senate. Democrats were defending three Senate seats in states Donald Trump (R) won in the 2020 presidential…
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Oklahoma AG appeals ESG ruling to state Supreme Court
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ESG developments this week In this week’s edition of Economy and Society : In the states Oklahoma AG appeals ESG ruling to state Supreme Court What’s the story? Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond (R) filed an appeal with the state Supreme Court seeking to overturn a lower court’s ruling against the state’s anti-ESG law. The…
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A closer look at Tuesday’s election results
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Welcome to the Thursday, November 7, 2024, Brew. By: Lara Bonatesta Good morning! As election results from Tuesday continue to come in, here’s an update on the landscape. Click here to read Wednesday’s Brew if you missed any of those results. The results in this email are current as of 7 p.m. EST. Below, we’ll…
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Election night/morning
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Welcome to the Wednesday, November 6, Brew. By: Samuel Wonacott Good morning! We hope you got some sleep last night. If you stayed up following the results, you likely have a good sense of what happened. If you hit a normal bedtime, this may be one of your first updates and we hope to give…
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Election preparation and results – we’ve got you today and all week
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Welcome to the Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, Brew. By: Ethan Rice Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Election preparation and results – we’ve got you today and all week Election Day is here! We’ll be back Wednesday morning with election results and analysis. In the meantime, if you’re heading to…