Author: David Luchs
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Feb. 18 primary to narrow Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate field
A nonpartisan primary will take place on Feb. 18 to narrow the candidate field in the 2020 election of a justice to the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Incumbent Daniel Kelly, Ed Fallone, and Jill Karofsky are running in the primary. Kelly is a member of the court’s 5-2 conservative majority. Fallone and Karofsky have each pledged…
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RNC outraises DNC for eighth consecutive month, Democrats lead in national Senate and House committee fundraising
The Republican National Committee (RNC) outraised its Democratic counterpart by more than two-to-one for the eighth consecutive month, while the Democratic House and Senate committees outraised their Republican counterparts, according to year-end 2019 campaign finance reports filed with the FEC Jan. 31. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) raised $7.3 million and spent $6.0 million…
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Presidential candidates have collectively raised over $1 billion
Michael Bloomberg (D) led presidential candidates in fundraising for the fourth quarter of 2019, according to financial reports filed Jan. 31. Bloomberg raised $200 million during the quarter, all self-funded. He was followed by Tom Steyer (D), who raised $156 million, including $155 million self-funded. As of the December 31, 2019, reporting cutoff, President Trump…
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Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee names initial 12 Red to Blue candidates
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) Chairwoman Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.) named the first round of 2020 congressional candidates to the organization’s Red to Blue program Tuesday. The 12 selected candidates will receive financial and organizational support from the DCCC, which is House Democrats’ official campaign arm. The named candidates include 10 who are running for a…
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Record-long gubernatorial winning streaks are ongoing in 18 states
More than one-third of states are in the midst of a record-long gubernatorial winning streak (when multiple consecutive gubernatorial elections in a state are won by candidates from the same party). The longest-running winning streaks—for Oregon Democrats and Utah Republicans—each go back 10 elections. There are 12 record-long Republican winning streaks and six record-long Democratic…
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In the past decade, two lieutenant governors have challenged their state’s governor for re-election; two more could do so this year
Since 2010, two gubernatorial elections have featured an incumbent governor running against the state’s lieutenant governor. This year, gubernatorial elections in North Carolina and Vermont each have the potential to feature the incumbent and the state’s lieutenant governor. Vermont Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman (Vermont Progressive Party/Democratic) announced Monday that he would run for governor this…
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RNC outraises DNC for seventh consecutive month; fundraising gap between major party House and Senate committees narrows
The Republican National Committee (RNC) outraised its Democratic counterpart by more than two-to-one for a seventh consecutive month, while the Democratic House committee outraised its Republican counterpart, according to December 2019 campaign finance reports filed with the FEC. The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) raised $6.2 million and spent $3.2 million last month, while the…
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Andrew Yang leads in pageviews for a second consecutive week
Each week, we report the number of pageviews received by 2020 presidential campaigns on Ballotpedia. These numbers show which candidates are getting our readers’ attention. Andrew Yang’s campaign page on Ballotpedia received 1,605 views for the week of December 22-28. Yang’s pageview figure represents 14.5% of the presidential campaign pageviews for the week. Bernie Sanders…
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Since 1776, 217 state governors have resigned their office
Since 1776, 217 state governors have resigned before completing their terms. Before serving as president, Andrew Johnson (D) resigned twice as governor of Tennessee (once in 1857 and once in 1865), so there have been 218 gubernatorial resignations. Of the 218 resignations, more than three-quarters (166) happened because the governor was elected or appointed to…
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Andrew Yang leads in pageviews for the first time since October; Amy Klobuchar has highest week-over-week pageview jump
Each week, we report the number of pageviews received by 2020 presidential campaigns on Ballotpedia. These numbers show which candidates are getting our readers’ attention. Andrew Yang’s campaign page on Balloptedia received 2,421 views for the week of December 15-21. Yang’s pageview figure represents 11.7% of the pageviews for the week. Amy Klobuchar had 10.1%…