Author: Juan Garcia de Paredes

  • Redistricting litigation updates in five states

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    Welcome to the Thursday, January 19, Brew.  By: Juan Garcia de Paredes Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Updates regarding redistricting litigation in five states 2024 presidential candidate filings currently at the third-highest level in forty years Listen to our interview with pollster and political analyst Scott Rasmussen for On…

  • More than 80% of Americans live in trifecta states

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    Welcome to the Thursday, Jan. 12, Brew.  By: Juan Garcia de Paredes Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Following the 2022 elections, more Americans now live in a Democratic trifecta than a Republican trifecta Aaron Rouse (D) defeats Kevin Adams (R) in the special election for Virginia SD 7, flipping…

  • Twelve delegations become more Republican and nine become more Democratic in the 118th Congress

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    As a result of the 2022 elections, the congressional delegations of 12 states will become more Republican because Republicans in those states gained seats, Democrats lost seats, or a combination of the two. The congressional delegations of nine states will become more Democratic because Democrats in those states gained seats, Republicans lost seats, or a…

  • Turnout in Georgia Senate runoff was 90% of November election turnout

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    The office of Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger reported that 3.5 million Georgians voted in the runoff election for U.S. Senate this year. That number 25% less than two years ago, when 4.5 million Georgians cast their ballots in the runoffs that took place on January 5, 2021. This year, 44.7% of all registered…

  • Warnock (D) defeats Walker (R) in the runoff election for U.S. Senate in Georgia

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    Incumbent Raphael Warnock (D) defeated Herschel Walker (R) in the runoff election for U.S. Senate in Georgia on December 6, 2022. Warnock and Walker were the top-two vote-getters in the November 8, 2022, general election, with Warnock winning 49.4% of the vote to Walker’s 48.5%. Libertarian Chase Oliver won 2.1% of the vote and did…

  • Alaska U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski re-elected to a fourth term

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    Incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R) defeated Kelly Tshibaka (R), and Patricia Chesbro (D) in the general election for U.S. Senate in Alaska on November 8, 2022. The three candidates advanced from the top-four primary held on August 16, 2022, the first time Alaska used such a system in a Senate race since voters there approved…

  • Raphael Warnock (D) and Herschel Walker (R) are running in the runoff for U.S. Senate in Georgia

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    Incumbent Raphael Warnock (D) and Herschel Walker (R) are running in the runoff election for U.S. Senate in Georgia on December 6, 2022. Warnock and Walker were the top-two vote-getters in the November 8, 2022, general election, with Warnock winning 49.4% of the vote to Walker’s 48.5%. Libertarian Chase Oliver won 2.1% of the vote…

  • Raphael Warnock (D) and Herschel Walker (R) are running in the runoff for U.S. Senate in Georgia

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    Incumbent Raphael Warnock (D) and Herschel Walker (R) are running in the runoff election for U.S. Senate in Georgia on December 6, 2022. Warnock and Walker were the top-two vote-getters in the November 8, 2022, general election, with Warnock winning 49.4% of the vote to Walker’s 48.5%. Libertarian Chase Oliver won 2.1% of the vote…

  • Incumbent Kathy Hochul (D) and Lee Zeldin (R) are running for governor of New York

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    Incumbent Kathy Hochul (D) and Lee Zeldin (R) are running in the November 8, 2022, general election for governor of New York. TIME’s Charlotte Alter wrote, “In a normal year, New York Governor Kathy Hochul might be coasting to victory in November. She’s a reasonably popular Democrat running for re-election in a blue state that…

  • Ballotpedia is tracking 377 rematches this year between candidates who last faced each other in 2018 or 2020

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    Ballotpedia is tracking 377 rematches this year between candidates who last faced each other in 2018 or 2020. That’s down from 2020, when there were 402 rematches from 2018 alone. This year’s rematches include: 340 between candidates running for offices with two-year terms who last faced off in 2020; and, 37 between candidates running for…