Author: Joel Williams
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Sexual education proposal at center of primary for Nebraska State Board of Education
Three candidates are running in the primary election for Nebraska State Board of Education District 7 on May 10, 2022. Those candidates are incumbent Robin Stevens, Pat Moore, and Elizabeth Tegtmeier. The two candidates to receive the most votes in the primary will advance to the general election on Nov. 8, 2022. Stevens faced no…
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Trump endorses in Penn. Senate primary for second time; former administration official endorsements are split
Seven candidates are running in the Republican primary election for U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania on May 17, 2022. Senator Pat Toomey (R) is not running for re-election. The candidates who performed best in recent polling and have received the most media attention are David McCormick and Mehmet Oz. The general election will take place on…
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Missouri’s 2022 legislative elections will be the first using new district maps
Missouri completed its legislative redistricting on March 15, setting in place district maps that will be in effect for the Nov. 8 elections. Missouri was the 43rd state to complete legislative redistricting. The state’s Judicial Redistricting Commission (JRC) filed the new state Senate district boundaries with the secretary of state, while the House Independent Bipartisan…
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In Idaho’s two congressional districts, there is one contested primary this year
The filing deadline for candidates running for state or federal office in Idaho was March 11, 2022. This year, nine candidates—two Democrats, six Republicans, and one Libertarian—are running for Idaho’s two U.S. House districts. That’s 4.5 candidates per district, less than the 5.0 candidates per district in 2020 and 9.0 in 2018. Here are some…
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Results in the five Texas Senate Republican primaries with the most candidate fundraising
Republican primary elections for 29 of 31 seats in the Texas State Senate took place on March 1, 2022. Of the 29 seats up for election in 2022, nine had a primary election with more than one candidates. Across all contested Republican primary elections, candidates raised $9.0 million. Incumbents raised an average of $663,005 per…
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Results in the five Texas Senate Democratic primaries with the most candidate fundraising
Democratic primary elections for 24 of 31 seats in the Texas State Senate took place on March 1, 2022. Of the 24 seats up for election in 2022, six had a primary election with more than one candidates. Across all contested Democratic primary elections, candidates raised $1.1 million. Incumbents raised an average of $505,196 per…
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Results in the five Texas House Democratic primaries with the most candidate fundraising
Democratic primary elections for 109 of 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives took place on March 1, 2022. Of the 109 seats up for election in 2022, 31 had a primary election with more than one candidates. Across all contested Democratic primary elections, candidates raised $5.3 million. Incumbents raised an average of $167,831…
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Results in the five Texas House Republican primaries with the most candidate fundraising
Republican primary elections for 124 of 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives took place on March 1, 2022. Of the 124 seats up for election in 2022, 56 had a primary election with more than one candidates. Across all contested Republican primary elections, candidates raised $21.6 million. Incumbents raised an average of $362,608…
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Texas Supreme Court ruling effectively ends lawsuits over abortion law
On March 11, 2022, the Texas Supreme Court ruled that state agencies could not enforce Senate Bill 8, bringing an end to the legal challenges that the Supreme Court of the United States had heard in Whole Women’s Health v. Jackson. Senate Bill 8 is a Texas law that banned abortion procedures after six weeks of…
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Thirteen gubernatorial battleground elections to take place in 2022
Thirty-six states will hold elections for governor in 2022. Of those, Ballotpedia has identified 13 as general election battlegrounds: Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin. These battleground races were selected using the following criteria: the results of the 2020 presidential election in each state, whether the…