Author: Juan Garcia de Paredes

  • Five mayoral elections decided by fewer than 1,000 votes

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    Welcome to the Monday, July 31, 2023, Brew.  Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Five recent mayoral elections in America’s largest cities have been decided by fewer than 1,000 votes State supreme courts have issued 3,842 opinions in 2023 Democratic party committees lead Republican counterparts in cumulative fundraising Five recent…

  • 15 stories for Ballotpedia’s 15th Anniversary – Day 2

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    Welcome to the Thursday, July 27, Brew.  To celebrate Ballotpedia’s 15th Anniversary, this week, we are highlighting 15 of our favorite 2023 articles and analyses. Yesterday, we brought you five stories (in case you missed it, you can find that first batch here), and today we bring you five more. Enjoy! Here’s what’s in store…

  • Number of enacted donor privacy and disclosure bills has increased each year since 2020

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    Welcome to the Tuesday, July 25, Brew.  By: Juan Garcia de Paredes & Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Number of donor privacy and disclosure bills enacted has increased each year since 2020 Introducing Ballotpedia’s latest newsletter—Bargaining in Blue Winner of Aug. 8 Republican primary will be the…

  • The 10 states with the largest percentages of open seats since 2010

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    Welcome to the Monday, July 24, Brew.  Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: All 10 states with the largest percentages of open seats since 2010 have term limits Recall election roundup: Wisconsin Ohio Issue 1 is the 270th proposed amendment to the Ohio Constitution since the 1912 constitutional convention All…

  • Winner of Aug. 8 Republican primary will be the next Mississippi Public Service Commissioner for the Northern District

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    Chris Brown and Tanner Newman are running in the August 8, 2023, Republican primary for the Mississippi Public Service Commission Northern District. The filing deadline was February 1, 2023. The general election is on November 7, 2023. Incumbent Brandon Presley (D), in office since 2008, is running for governor of Mississippi.  The Mississippi Public Service…

  • Californians to decide on repealing Proposition 8, which prohibited same-sex marriage

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    Welcome to the Thursday, July 20, Brew.  Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Californians to decide on repealing Proposition 8, which prohibited same-sex marriage University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Professor Paru Shah talks school board elections in the latest episode of On the Ballot Despite increase among Republicans, contested primaries in Mississippi…

  • Georgia and Pennsylvania lead in the number of state legislative special elections called

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    Forty-three special elections for state legislative seats have been called in 16 states so far in 2023. Georgia and Pennsylvania have scheduled the most state legislative special elections this year, with six each, followed by Tennessee with five.  The special elections called so far this year are being held for the following reasons: Nine due…

  • State legislative party switches in 2023 occurring at twice the 30-year average

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    Welcome to the Monday, July 17, Brew.  Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: State legislative party switches in 2023 occurring at twice the 30-year average Nine candidates running in nonpartisan primary for mayor of Wichita, Kansas A look at some of this cycle’s presidential campaign managers State legislative party switches…

  • Ohio could become the 12th state to require more than a simple majority to approve a constitutional amendment

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    Welcome to the Thursday, July 13, Brew.  Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Eleven states require more than a simple majority to approve a constitutional amendment. Ohio could become the 12th. Listen to our mid-year report on the state of election administration legislation in the latest episode of On the…

  • Number of U.S. senators not running for re-election in 2024 tied with this point in the 2022 cycle

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    The number of senators not running for re-election in 2024 is tied with the number who had announced they would not run at this point in the 2022 cycle, and higher than the numbers for 2020 and 2018. On the House side, the number of members not running is lower than the number at this…