Author: David Luchs
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Cabán wins election for Queens District Attorney
Public defender Tiffany Cabán won the Democratic primary election for Queens County District Attorney. Former Queens County District Attorney Richard Brown (D)-who announced in January that he would not run for re-election-died in May after serving in the office for 28 years. Queens County is the state designation for the Borough of Queens in New…
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Former Rep. Sestak (D-Pa.) announces presidential candidacy
Former Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) announced he was running for president, bringing the number of noteworthy declared Democratic candidates to 25. This figure includes current or former elected officials and public figures. The former two-term congressman, who served 31 years in the Navy before retiring as a three-star admiral, said his priority would be addressing…
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Biden leads in total pageviews and week-over-week pageview increase over June 15-22
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. Former Vice President Joe Biden's (D) campaign page on Ballotpedia received 4,624 pageviews for the week of June 16-22. Biden's pageviews represented 8.4% of the pageviews for all Democratic…
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Presidential pageviews update: Buttigieg receives most Ballotpedia pageviews, followed by Biden and Yang
Each week, we report the number of pageviews received by 2020 presidential candidates on Ballotpedia. These numbers show which candidates are getting our readers' attention. South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg racked up 3,771 pageviews for the week of June 9-15. That represents 8.1 percent of the pageviews for all Democratic campaigns during the…
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A new way to look at the presidential field
Long before candidates such as Donald Trump (R) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) won their elections, they had bested their opponents in pageviews on Ballotpedia. What trends might emerge from this year’s political contests? As part of our 2020 election coverage, we will be publishing our weekly pageview statistics for presidential campaigns. These numbers…
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Five Senate and 44 House races in 2018 were decided by less than 5 percent
The average margin of victory in the 2018 elections was the smallest it had been in even-year congressional races since 2012. Margin of victory—or MOV—is the difference between the share of votes cast for the winning candidate and the share cast for the losing one. Since it is June, the sixth month of…
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Incumbent Michael Hancock defeats development consultant Jamie Giellis in Denver mayoral runoff
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock defeated development consultant Jamie Giellis to win a third term Tuesday. At the time of Giellis' concession, Hancock had received 55.6% of the vote to Giellis' 44.4%. Giellis and Hancock were the top two finishers among a six-candidate field on the May 7 general election ballot. Since neither received a…
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What is the minimum age to use tobacco in your state?
On May 20, 2019, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) introduced a bill which would increase the minimum age to purchase or use tobacco from 18 to 21 at the federal level. Less than four years have passed since Hawaii Gov. David Ige (D) signed a similar law in Hawaii, making it the first state in the…
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May 2019 Democrat and Republican party committee fundraising update
The Democrat and Republican Party Senate and House committees, as well as the Democratic National Committee, reported raising less money from April 20 through May 20 than they did in the month period before. The Republican National Committee (RNC) was the only of the major party campaign committees to raise more in May than in…