Author: Juan Garcia de Paredes

  • Every local ballot measure in Virginia on November 7

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    Welcome to the Monday, October 16, 2023, Brew.  By: Juan Garcia de Paredes Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Every local ballot measure in Virginia on Nov. 7 We’re covering every local ballot measure in Virginia on Nov. 7. Voters in seven Virginia counties will decide nine local ballot measures…

  • School board deep dives continued—Minnesota’s largest school district

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    Welcome to the Wednesday, October 11, 2023, Brew.  By: Juan Garcia de Paredes Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Previewing the Anoka-Hennepin County school board races in Minnesota Thousands of school board members will be elected in races across the country on Nov. 7. Over the next few weeks, we’re…

  • Nineteen candidates are running for eight seats on the Prince William County Public Schools school board

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    Nineteen candidates are running for seven districts and the chairmanship on the Prince William County Public Schools school board in Virginia on Nov. 7, 2023. The school district, located west of Alexandria, had approximately 90,070 students as of the 2020-21 school year. Board members are elected to four-year terms. One member—the board’s chairman—is elected at-large.…

  • Private funding of elections ban on the ballot this week in Louisiana

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    Welcome to the Monday, October 9, Brew.  By: Juan Garcia de Paredes Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Louisiana voters to decide amendment that would ban private funding for the administration of elections On Oct. 14 (yes, Saturday), Louisiana voters will decide Amendment 1, a constitutional amendment that would ban…

  • The Grade’s Alexander Russo talks education reporting and school board elections in the latest episode of On the Ballot

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    Welcome to the Thursday, October 5, Brew.  By: Juan Garcia de Paredes Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: The Grade’s Alexander Russo talks education reporting and school board elections in the latest episode of On the Ballot In this week’s episode of On the Ballot, Staff Writer Doug Kronaizl sits…

  • Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #80

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    Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance. In today’s edition, you’ll find: Reply to this email to share reactions or story ideas! Deep Dive: The science of reading debate  Recent reading test score declines in the wake of COVID shutdowns have raised…

  • Previewing Mississippi’s gubernatorial election

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    Welcome to the Thursday, September 28, 2023 Brew.  Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Previewing Mississippi’s gubernatorial election Let’s start today by looking at one of this year’s top races—Mississippi’s gubernatorial election on Nov. 7.  Incumbent Tate Reeves (R), Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley (D), and Independent Gwendolyn Gray are…

  • A deep dive on voter registration

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    Welcome to the Monday, September 25, 2023, Brew.  Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Pennsylvania becomes 24th state to implement automatic voter registration On Sept. 19, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) announced that the state had implemented automatic voter registration (AVR) for all eligible residents. The governor’s office said Shapiro…

  • 14 U.S. House members have announced they will not run for re-election in 2024, below 2018-2022 average

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    Welcome to the Thursday, September 21, Brew.  Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Fourteen U.S. House members have announced they will not run for re-election in 2024, below 2018-2022 average On Tuesday, we looked at U.S. Senate retirements in recent election cycles. Today, we’ll look at retirements on the other…

  • Fourteen U.S. House members have announced they will not run for re-election in 2024, below 2018-2022 average

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    On Sept. 18, U.S. Rep. Jennifer Wexton became the 14th U.S. House member to announce they will not run for re-election in 2024.  Wexton, an attorney and former state senator, was first elected in 2018 after defeating incumbent Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.) 56%-44%. Wexton is retiring from public office following a medical diagnosis.  Including Wexton,…