Author: Juan Garcia de Paredes

  • The educational background of the top-4 state executives in each state

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    Welcome to the Wednesday, February 22, Brew.  By: Juan Garcia de Paredes Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: A look at the higher education background of top state executives Campaigns surrounding California’s 2022 ballot measures received the highest average amount in contributions per measure since 2016 An abortion-related constitutional ballot…

  • More U.S. House members and state legislators sought other offices in 2022 than in 2020

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    Welcome to the Thursday, February 16, Brew.  Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: More U.S. House members and state legislators sought other offices in 2022 than in 2020 A look at how the 2024 presidential election timeline compares to 2020 and 2016 Hear from Denver City Auditor candidates in their…

  • More members of Congress and state legislators sought other offices in 2022 than in 2020

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    In 2022, 551 officials in Congress and state legislatures ran for a different office than the one to which they were elected. That’s a 61% increase from 2020, when Ballotpedia tracked 344 officials in Congress and state legislatures who ran for a different office.  At the Congressional level, 17 members of the U.S. House of…

  • A two-decade low for non-major party candidates vote share

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    Welcome to the Monday, February 13, Brew.  Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Third-party and independent candidates received the lowest share of the national U.S. House vote in two decades San Antonio charter amendment regarding abortion, marijuana, and police actions certified for the May 6 ballot Looking back at this…

  • St. Louis set to hold first primaries for downsized Board of Aldermen on March 7

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    The city of St. Louis, Missouri, is holding general elections for the Board of Aldermen on Apr. 4, 2023. All 14 seats on the board and the seat of the president of the board are up for election. A primary is scheduled for March 7, 2023. The filing deadline was Jan. 6, 2023. The Board…

  • The latest from the Wisconsin Supreme Court election

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    Welcome to the Thursday, February 2, Brew.  Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Wisconsin Supreme Court primary is less than three weeks away An update on the partisan composition of state legislature seats around the country Listen to our interview with Richard Wininger for On the Ballot, our weekly podcast…

  • Thirty governors have given their State of the State addresses so far in 2023

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    All 50 state constitutions mandate that the governor give an annual (or regular) report to the state legislature on the condition of the state. This speech is most commonly referred to as the State of the State address, although it is known as the Condition of the State address in Iowa and the State of…

  • More U.S. House elections decided by MOVs of five percentage points or less in 2022 than in 2020

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    In 2022, 40 U.S. House elections were decided by margins of victory of five percentage points (pp) or less, up from 37 in 2020.  Democrats won 22 of those races, up from 19 in 2020. Republicans won 18, the same number as in 2020. California and New York each had five races decided by five…

  • One week until Mississippi’s statewide filing deadline

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    Welcome to the Wednesday, Jan. 25 Brew.  By: Juan Garcia de Paredes Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Filing deadline update in Mississippi Seattle to decide on Social Housing Developer initiative DeSantis currently leads PredictIt’s 2024 presidential general election market One week until Mississippi’s statewide filing deadline Yes, you read…

  • 18% of Congressional elections were decided by fewer than 10 points

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    In the 2022 U.S. Senate and U.S. House elections, the winning candidate’s margin of victory (MOV) was ten percentage points or fewer in 85 races and five percentage points or fewer in 46 races.  Ten of the races decided by ten percentage points or fewer were for the U.S. Senate, and 75 were for the…