Author: Joel Williams
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Bloomberg leads in weekly pageviews for the first time; lifetime Democratic leader Yang ends campaign
Each week, we report the number of pageviews received by 2020 presidential campaigns on Ballotpedia. These numbers reflect the time investments of our community of thousands of readers who visit a Ballotpedia because they think the candidate is worth knowing more about, whether they believe the candidate has a strong chance of winning or is…
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Michael Bennet (D) ends presidential campaign
On Tuesday night, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) announced he was ending his presidential campaign. Based on results with 47% of precincts reporting, Bennet received 0.3% of the vote in the New Hampshire Democratic primary. Bennet finished in 10th place in the Iowa caucuses with 4 final votes. He participated in two of the eight…
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Andrew Yang (D) suspends presidential campaign
Shortly after polls closed in the New Hampshire presidential primary on Feb. 11, Andrew Yang (D) announced he was ending his presidential campaign. Yang said, “I’m a numbers guy and if we are below a threshold where we are going to get delegates here in New Hampshire, if we are unlikely to hit that threshold…
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Buttigieg becomes third Dem candidate to get 9k pageviews in a single week; Walsh accumulated 101k pageviews by end of his campaign
Each week, we report the number of pageviews received by 2020 presidential campaigns on Ballotpedia. These numbers reflect the time investments of our community of thousands of readers who visit a Ballotpedia because they think the candidate is worth knowing more about, whether they believe the candidate has a strong chance of winning or is…
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Bernie Sanders receives most, Pete Buttigieg second-most, pageviews during Iowa Democratic caucuses
The Democratic Iowa caucuses were held on February 3, 2020, though the Iowa Democratic Party delayed releasing the caucus results due to quality control issues. Across the three-day period including the caucuses, from February 2 to February 4, Bernie Sanders led all Democratic candidates in pageviews on Ballotpedia with 3,070, which was 16.1% of all…
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No Article III federal judges confirmed in January; Trump has appointed second-most through third year of a presidency
Donald Trump appointed and the Senate confirmed 187 Article III federal judges through February 1, 2020, his fourth year in office. This is the second-most Article III judicial appointments through this point in a presidency of all presidents dating back to Theodore Roosevelt. Only Jimmy Carter (197) had more. The average number of federal judges…
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Democratic field for Montana governor narrows to two as Schreiner suspends campaign
Montana Rep. Casey Schreiner (D) ended his campaign for governor of the state, narrowing the field to two remaining candidates: Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney and Whitney Williams. Schreiner is the second candidate to drop out in as many weeks following Reilly Neill suspending her campaign on January 20. Democrats have held the office of governor…
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Democratic pageviews increase ahead of Iowa caucus; Delaney accumulated 62k pageviews by end of his campaign
Each week, we report the number of pageviews received by 2020 presidential campaigns on Ballotpedia. These numbers reflect the time investments of our community of thousands of readers who visit Ballotpedia because they think the candidate is worth knowing more about, whether they believe the candidate has a strong chance of winning or is an…
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Republican wins runoff for Texas House District 28
Gary Gates (R) defeated Elizabeth Markowitz (D) 58-42 in the runoff election for the District 28 seat in the Texas House of Representatives. Before the runoff, The Hayride, a conservative political commentary site, described the race as “a test case to see if [Republicans] can hold turf in the ‘urban suburbs’ of Houston.” ABC 13…
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Bernie Sanders leads Democratic pageviews for third week as all Democratic pageviews decline
Each week, we report the number of pageviews received by 2020 presidential campaigns on Ballotpedia. These numbers reflect the time investments of our community of thousands of readers who visit a Ballotpedia because they think the candidate is worth knowing more about, whether they believe the candidate has a strong chance of winning or is…