Author: Dave Beaudoin

  • Ballotpedia’s Daily Brew: Congressional Democrats try to repeal SALT deduction limits

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    Today’s Brew highlights efforts to use the Congressional Review Act to repeal IRS regulations + an invitation for you— our Brew readers—to provide us with feedback     Welcome to the Monday, July 22, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Congress to consider overturning IRS rules limiting state and…

  • Ballotpedia’s Daily Brew: Lineup set for second Democratic presidential debate

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    Today’s Brew highlights which candidates will appear on each night of the next Democratic debate + the status of three veto referendums in Maine   Welcome to the Friday, July 19, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Candidate lineup determined for second Democratic presidential debate Three veto referendum efforts…

  • Ballotpedia’s Daily Brew: How often do state legislative recalls actually make it to the ballot?

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    Today’s Brew highlights the status of recalls against Colorado state legislators + an appeals court panel reverses a lower court ruling that blocked three presidential executive orders     Welcome to the Thursday, July 18, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Colorado state Senator becomes eighth legislator targeted for…

  • The Daily Brew: Making sense of the 2nd quarter presidential fundraising

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    Today’s Brew compiles all the second-quarter presidential financial reports + highlights our upcoming webinar on SCOTUS’ rulings this term affecting the administrative state     Welcome to the Wednesday, July 17, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: President Trump leads 2020 presidential candidates in second-quarter fundraising One week until…

  • The Daily Brew: Who will be in the next Democratic presidential debate? We’ll know this week

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    Today’s Brew highlights which candidates have qualified for the second Democratic presidential debates + a summary of new state ballot measures from the past month       Welcome to the Tuesday, July 16, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Candidates in second Democratic presidential debates will be announced…

  • The Daily Brew: Trump administration changes approach to obtaining citizenship data

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    Today’s Brew highlights how the federal government will collect information on residents’ citizenship + our Candidate Connection report summarizes last year’s candidate surveys     Welcome to the Monday, July 15, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Trump directs federal agencies to provide citizenship information, ends effort to add…

  • The Daily Brew: Less than one month until Seattle’s City Council elections

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    Today’s Brew highlights Seattle’s upcoming races for seven city council seats + Trump appoints a seventh judge to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals     Welcome to the Thursday, July 11, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Seattle to elect 7 of 9 council members one year after…

  • The Daily Brew: Murphy wins GOP runoff in NC-03 special primary

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    Today’s Brew highlights the outcome of the GOP primary for the special election in North Carolina’s 3rd District + breaks down SCOTUS’ reversal rate during this past term     Welcome to the Wednesday, July 10, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Murphy wins Republican primary runoff in NC-03…

  • The Daily Brew: Nearly half of this year’s state legislative races lack both a Democratic and Republican candidate

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    Today’s Brew highlights the number of elections in 2019 that only feature candidates from one of the two major parties + a special offer on the Almanac of American Politics     Welcome to the Tuesday, July 9, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: 49% of 2019’s state legislative…

  • The Daily Brew: Presidential candidates begin to release Q2 fundraising figures

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    Today’s Brew highlights the money game  among 2020 White House hopefuls + 2019’s ballot measure law changes       Thanks for joining us for last week’s Summer Camp. The other Ballotpedia staff members and I enjoyed looking back at the first six months of the year, previewing the stories we’re curious about in the…