Author: Dave Beaudoin

  • Missouri completes state legislative redistricting

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    Missouri completed its legislative redistricting on March 15 when the state’s Judicial Redistricting Commission filed new state Senate district boundaries with the secretary of state. Missouri was the 43rd state to complete legislative redistricting. The House Independent Bipartisan Citizens Commission unanimously approved state House’s district boundaries on Jan. 21. These maps take effect for Missouri’s…

  • Democrats defending seven vulnerable trifectas this year, Republicans defending six

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    Thirteen state government trifectas are vulnerable in 2022, according to Ballotpedia’s annual trifecta vulnerability ratings. Democrats are defending seven vulnerable trifectas and Republicans are defending six. The Democratic trifectas in Delaware and Washington are highly vulnerable. Neither of those two states are holding gubernatorial elections in 2022 but in both states, Democrats have a five-seat…

  • Louisiana enacts state legislative maps

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    Louisiana enacted new legislative district boundaries on March 14 when the bill detailing those boundaries took effect without Gov. Jon Bel Edwards’ (D) signature or veto. Louisiana holds regular state executive and legislative elections in odd-numbered years, so these maps take effect for the state’s 2023 elections. On Feb. 18, the legislative redistricting plan passed…

  • Garza, Jaworski advance to May 24 runoff in Democratic primary for Texas attorney general

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    Rochelle Garza and Joe Jaworski advanced from the March 1 Democratic primary for Texas attorney general when third-place finisher Lee Merritt conceded his spot in the runoff on March 10. Garza finished first in the primary with 43.0% of the vote and Jaworski received 19.7%. Merritt finished in third place with 19.4%, Mike Fields was…

  • Louisiana governor vetoes legislature-approved congressional map

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    Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) vetoed the state’s new congressional district boundaries on March 9. Edwards released a statement which said, in part, “I have vetoed the proposed congressional map drawn by Louisiana’s Legislature because it does not include a second majority African American district, despite Black voters making up almost a third of…

  • U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez Jr. wins Democratic primary in Texas’ 34th Congressional District

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    U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez Jr. advanced from the Democratic Party primary in Texas’ 34th Congressional District on March 1. Gonzalez, who currently represents Texas’ 15th Congressional District, elected to run in the 34th District after redistricting. As of 11:15 pm E.T. on March 1, Gonzalez had received 65% of the vote, and Laura Cisneros was…

  • McGarvey, Scott face off in Democratic primary for Kentucky’s 3rd Congressional District

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    Morgan McGarvey and Attica Scott are running in the Democratic primary for Kentucky’s 3rd Congressional District on May 17. Incumbent Rep. John Yarmuth (D) announced on Oct. 12, 2021, that he was not running for re-election. McGarvey is a member of the Kentucky State Senate, having first been elected to the legislature in 2012. He…

  • Minnesota adopts new congressional district boundaries

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    Minnesota enacted new congressional district boundaries on Feb. 15 when a special judicial redistricting panel issued an order adopting final maps. Minnesota was apportioned eight seats in the U.S. House of Representatives after the 2020 census, the same number it received after the 2010 census. This map will take effect for Minnesota’s 2022 congressional elections.…

  • Minnesota enacts new legislative district boundaries

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    Minnesota enacted new state legislative district boundaries on Feb. 15 when a special judicial redistricting panel issued an order adopting final maps. These maps will take effect for Minnesota’s 2022 legislative elections. Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Lorie Gildea established the five-judge special redistricting panel in June 2021 to hear legal challenges regarding redistricting and…

  • Connecticut enacts new congressional district boundaries after state supreme court adopts special master’s proposed plan

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    Connecticut enacted new congressional district boundaries on Feb. 10 when the Connecticut Supreme Court adopted the redistricting plan submitted by a court-appointed special master. Connecticut was apportioned five seats in the U.S. House of Representatives after the 2020 census, the same number it received after the 2010 census. This map will take effect for Connecticut’s…