Author: Douglas Kronaizl

  • State legislative candidates won by an average margin of 27.7 percentage points in 2022

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    Welcome to the Friday, February 10, Brew.  Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Average margin of victory in state legislative races continued upward trend in 2022 Five statewide ballot measure certified for 2023, 10 for 2024 #FridayTrivia: How many state legislative chambers had guaranteed majorities in 2022? Have a minute…

  • Mississippi Republicans guaranteed majorities in both state legislative chambers for first time since Reconstruction

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    The major party candidate filing deadline in Mississippi passed on Feb. 1, and, for the first time since Reconstruction, the number of Republicans running without Democratic opponents is large enough to guarantee Republican majorities in both legislative chambers. Following Reconstruction, Democrats controlled the Mississippi Legislature consistently from 1876 until 2007, when Republicans briefly controlled the…

  • 103 state legislative races were decided by fewer than 100 votes last year

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    Welcome to the Tuesday, February 7, Brew.  By: Douglas Kronaizl Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: 103 state legislative elections decided by 100 votes or fewer in 2022 Florida marijuana legalization amendment raised $20 million with eye on 2024 ballot Final reports show Democratic party committees outraised Republican committees in…

  • How 2024’s presidential election timeline compares to 2020 and 2016

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    Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: How 2024’s presidential election timeline compares to 2020 and 2016 President Joe Biden ends January with a 43% approval rating, unchanged from last month #FridayTrivia: How many governors have delivered State of the State addresses so far? Have a minute and an opinion? Take…

  • One week from today—PA House control at stake

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    Welcome to the Tuesday, January 31, Brew.  Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Three Pennsylvania House special elections on Feb. 7 More than 5,000 pages added to the Federal Register so far this year Come work with Ballotpedia Have a minute and an opinion? Take our 2023 reader survey! Three…

  • New year, new state legislative leaders

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    Welcome to the Friday, January 27, Brew.  Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: At least 121 new state legislative leaders elected so far Oklahoma will vote on marijuana legalization in March, Ohio could follow in November #FridayTrivia: What percentage of congressional races were decided by fewer than 10 percentage points…

  • Republican U.S. House candidates outperformed 2020’s presidential results in 327 districts last year

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    Welcome to the Tuesday, January 24, Brew.  By: Douglas Kronaizl Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Republican U.S. House candidates outperformed 2020’s presidential results in 327 districts last year Signatures submitted for Right to Repair initiative in Maine Florida creates new appellate court district Republican U.S. House candidates outperformed 2020’s…

  • Less than 10% of all bills introduced to change ballot initiative processes passed in 2022

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    Welcome to the Friday, January 20, Brew.  By: Douglas Kronaizl Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Less than 10% of all bills introduced to change ballot initiative processes passed in 2022 18% of last year’s congressional elections were decided by fewer than 10 percentage points #FridayTrivia: How many people have…

  • 2022 had second-highest midterm voter turnout in two decades

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    Welcome to the Friday, January 13, Brew.  By: Douglas Kronaizl Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: 2022 had second-highest midterm voter turnout in two decades Two statewide ballot measures certified so far this year #FridayTrivia: How many state legislative districts were renamed or eliminated after the 2020 census? 2022 had…

  • Total partisan composition of state legislatures changed by less than half a percentage point in 2022

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    The partisan composition of all 7,386 state legislative seats in the country remained effectively unchanged as a result of the 2022 elections. After the Nov. 8 elections, Democrats lost a net six seats nationwide compared to the pre-election totals. Republicans gained a net 28 seats and independent or minor party officeholders lost a net of…