Author: Janie Valentine
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Tricia Zunker defeats Lawrence Dale in WI-07 Democratic primary
Tricia Zunker defeated Lawrence Dale in Tuesday’s Democratic primary for the special election to fill the seat representing Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House. With 84% of precincts reporting, Zunker received 88.8% of the vote to Dale’s 11.2%. Zunker advanced to the district’s special general election on May 12. The 7th District seat…
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Tom Tiffany defeats Jason Church in WI-07 Republican primary
Tom Tiffany defeated Jason Church in Tuesday’s special Republican primary for Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District. With 84% of precincts reporting, Tiffany received 57.3% of the vote to Church’s 42.7%. Tiffany advanced to the district’s special general election on May 12. The 7th District seat was vacated by Sean Duffy (R) in September 2019. Church and…
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Florida Supreme Court declines to hear Coral Gables preemption case
On February 12, the Florida Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from the City of Coral Gables of a ruling by the Third District Court of Appeal that upheld the state’s preemption of local bans on plastic packaging. Preemption occurs when law at a higher level of government is used to overrule authority at…
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Fifteen candidates vie for TX-13 Republican nomination next month
Fifteen candidates are running in the Republican primary for Texas’ 13th Congressional District on March 3. Incumbent Mac Thornberry (R), who was first elected in 1994, announced in September 2019 that he would not seek re-election. Thornberry won his last election in 2018 by a margin of victory of 65 percentage points. Media coverage and…
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WI-07 special election primaries less than two weeks away
Primaries for the special election to fill the seat representing Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House will be held on Tuesday, February 18. The seat was vacated by Sean Duffy (R) in September 2019. Tom Tiffany and Jason Church will face off in the Republican primary. Church has received endorsements from U.S. Sens.…
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Virginia legislators propose amendment allowing incarcerated felons and persons judged mentally incompetent to vote
Virginia Sen. Mamie Locke (D) and Del. Kaye Kory (D) are patrons of a bill to amend Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution of Virginia to remove the following text: “No person who has been convicted of a felony shall be qualified to vote unless his civil rights have been restored by the Governor…
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Two states expanded felon voting rights in December
Kentucky and New Jersey both expanded voting rights for convicted felons this past month. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) issued an executive order on December 12 which allows individuals convicted of certain felonies to regain the right to vote upon completion of sentence, including prison time, probation, and parole. Rights are restored at that time…
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Blueford-Daniels and Allen win HISD runoff elections
Runoff elections for the District II and District IV open seats on the Houston Independent School District (HISD) school board were held Saturday, December 14, since no candidate in those districts received more than 50% of the vote during the November 5 general election. Katherine Blueford-Daniels defeated John Gibbs Sr. in District II, and Patricia…
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Four candidates running in WI-07 special election primaries
Four candidates filed for the May 12 special election to represent Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House. Party primaries will take place on February 18. Jason Church and Tom Tiffany are running in the Republican primary. Church, a veteran and former aide to U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), has been endorsed by U.S.…
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Runoff election for open seats on Houston ISD school board this Saturday against backdrop of state takeover
Runoff elections for the District II and District IV open seats on the Houston Independent School District (HISD) school board take place on December 14. The runoffs are taking place because no candidate received more than 50% of the vote during the November 5 general election. Katherine Blueford-Daniels and John Gibbs Sr. advanced in the…