Author: Dave Beaudoin

  • Texas enacts legislative district boundaries identical to its previous boundaries

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    Texas enacted legislative district boundaries in June 2023 for use until the 2030 census due to legal concerns that the state’s 2021 districts could not be permanent since they were adopted in a special legislative session. The Texas Constitution requires that redistricting take place during a regular legislative session. The districts the state adopted this…

  • Nine candidates running in Louisiana’s open-seat, all-party gubernatorial primary on Oct. 14

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    Nine candidates are running in the all-party primary in the open-seat election for governor of Louisiana on Oct. 14. Gov. John Bel Edwards (D)—who was first elected in 2015 and re-elected in 2019—is term-limited. Jeff Landry (R), Hunter Lundy (I), John Schroder (R), and Shawn Wilson (D) have the most campaign receipts and media attention.…

  • Texas Senate appoints committee to develop rules for upcoming impeachment trial

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    The Texas Senate appointed a committee on May 29 to develop proposed rules for the upcoming impeachment proceeding against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R). The committee, consisting of five Republicans and two Democrats, was directed to propose rules for the trial by June 20. The Senate also adopted a resolution on May 30 calling…

  • McCaffery defeats Kunselman in Democratic primary for Pennsylvania Supreme Court seat

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    Daniel McCaffery defeated Deborah Kunselman in the Democratic primary for one seat on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on May 16. McCaffery will face Carolyn Tornetta Carluccio—who won the Republican primary—in the general election on Nov. 7. McCaffery was elected to the Pennsylvania Superior Court in 2019. He is an Army veteran and worked as an…

  • Incumbent Adams defeats two candidates to win Kentucky’s Republican primary for secretary of state

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    Incumbent Michael Adams defeated two candidates—2015 Republican nominee Stephen Knipper and former state Rep. Allen Maricle—in the Republican primary for Kentucky secretary of state on May 16. Adams faces former state Rep. Charles Wheatley—the only candidate who ran for the Democratic nomination—in the general election on Nov. 7. Adams was elected secretary of state in…

  • Parker wins Philadelphia’s Democratic mayoral primary

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    Cherelle Parker defeated eight other candidates in the Democratic primary for mayor of Philadelphia on May 16. She faces David Oh—the only candidate who ran for the Republican nomination—in the general election on Nov. 7. Incumbent Jim Kenney (D) was first elected mayor in 2015 and was term-limited. The city’s last 10 mayors were elected…

  • California’s state legislators represent most residents per district

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    After the 2020 census, California’s 40 state Senators represent an average of 989,419 people each. Each Senator in the 31-member Texas State Senate represents an average of 941,396 people. Both of those figures are larger than the average number of people represented by each member of the U.S. House of Representatives—761,169 people per district. The…

  • Nearly 1 million residents per Senate district in California

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    Welcome to the Tuesday, May 16, Brew.  Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Nearly 1 million residents per Senate district in California Ballotpedia is covering elections today in 10 states 42 candidates filed for federal and statewide offices last week Nearly 1 million residents per Senate district in California After…

  • U.S. Supreme Court directs parties to file additional supplemental briefs in Moore v. Harper

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    The U.S. Supreme Court on May 4 directed the parties in Moore v. Harper to file supplemental letter briefs in the case by May 11. The court’s order asked the parties, “What is the effect on this Court’s jurisdiction of the April 28, 2023 order of the North Carolina Supreme Court? On April 28, the North Carolina…

  • Virginia’s legislative elections have most open-seat races since at least 2011

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    Welcome to the Wednesday, May 10, 2023, Brew.  Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Virginia’s legislative elections have most open-seat races since at least 2011 Previewing Pennsylvania’s May 16 statewide primaries Twenty-four upcoming vacancies among Article III judges Virginia’s legislative elections have most open-seat races since at least 2011 Virginia…