Author: Dave Beaudoin

Today’s Brew highlights tomorrow’s gubernatorial and state executive primaries in Mississippi + the current partisan composition of the nation’s state legislatures     Welcome to the Monday, August 5, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Mississippi voters to decide gubernatorial, other state executive primaries Tuesday Your July state legislative…

Today’s Brew highlights July‘s federal judicial vacancy count + the August 9 deadline for applying to Ballotpedia’s fall internship program     Welcome to the Friday, August 2, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Vacancy rate among federal judges stands at 13.1% Just one week remains to apply for…

Today’s Brew previews the municipal elections in Tennessee’s second-largest city + our upcoming Ballotpedia Insights webinar with Adam Probolsky on market research     Welcome to the Thursday, August 1, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Nashville Mayor seeks re-election today against nine challengers Register for our August 7…

 Today’s Brew highlights Bernie Sanders’ endorsement of a state constitutional amendment in California +  Ballotpedia’s new Learning Journey on deference     Welcome to the Wednesday, July 31, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Sanders endorses 2020 California ballot measure that would change how businesses are taxed Take our…

Today’s Brew previews the next set of Democratic presidential primary debates + the upcoming primaries for governor of Mississippi and Seattle city council   Welcome to the Tuesday, July 30, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Second set of Democratic presidential debates begins tonight One week until August 6…

 Today’s Brew highlights the five charter amendment questions Big Apple voters will decide in 2019 + Idaho continues changes to its state rulemaking process   Welcome to the Monday, July 29, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: New York City voters to decide ranked-choice voting for primaries, other charter…

Today’s Brew highlights an Oregon measure raising cigarette taxes for healthcare programs + an optometry-related veto referendum in Arkansas   Welcome to the Friday, July 26, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Oregon amendment that would increase cigarette taxes goes to voters in 2020 Arkansas group attempts to qualify…

Today’s Brew highlights the prices for the presidential nominees on PredictIt as of yesterday + summarizes mid-year fundraising by each party’s campaign committees   Welcome to the Thursday, July 25, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Trump (R), Harris (D) lead PredictIt markets for their respective party’s presidential nomination…

Today’s Brew identifies those states that have rarely seen recent changes in their trifecta status + announces our newest Learning Journey   Welcome to the Wednesday, July 24, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: One state—Utah—has been a GOP trifecta since 1985 Introducing our newest Learning Journey on deference…

 Today’s Brew debuts Ballotpedia’s fall internship program + provides an overview of Memphis’ municipal elections   Welcome to the Tuesday, July 23, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Let’s be coworkers! Apply to Ballotpedia’s internship program Fewer candidates running for mayor, city council in Memphis compared with 2015 Federal…