Author: Mercedes Yanora
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Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey: Texas roundup
Texas is holding elections, including for municipal offices and school boards, on Nov. 7, 2023. A number of candidates running in these elections completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. Below is a selection of responses from the candidates…
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Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey: New Jersey roundup
New Jersey is holding elections, including for state legislative offices, on Nov. 7, 2023. A number of candidates running in these elections completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. Below is a selection of responses from the candidates who…
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Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey: Colorado roundup
Colorado is holding elections, including for school boards and state legislative offices, on Nov. 7, 2023, and Nov. 5, 2024, respectively. A number of candidates running in these elections completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. Below is a…
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Two new candidates declare in Texas
Ballotpedia tracked two new state-level candidates in Texas between Oct. 23-29. This was two fewer candidates than the prior week. Both of the candidates are Republicans running in 2024 for the state legislature. Details on these candidates are below: Since the beginning of the year, Ballotpedia has identified 51 candidates for state-level office in Texas.…
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Two new candidates declare in Colorado
Ballotpedia tracked two new state-level candidates in Colorado between Oct. 23-29. This was one more candidate than the prior week. One of those candidates is a Democrat and one is a Libertarian. Both candidates are running in 2024 for state legislature. As of this writing, Ballotpedia identified campaign materials for one of the two candidates.…
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Election legislation roundup: Texas State Senate
As of Oct. 29, Ballotpedia has tracked 118 election-related bills in the Texas State Senate since the beginning of the year. Of the 118, Ballotpedia tracked two from Oct. 23-29. Republicans sponsored both bills. The two bills are below: During the week of Oct. 23-29, Ballotpedia tracked 11 Senate election-related bills nationally. As of Oct.…
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Governor Kathy Hochul (D) vetoes one bill from Oct. 16-22
Governor Kathy Hochul (D) vetoed one bill from Oct. 16-22. She vetoed SB 6218, which would have enacted the Planned Offshore Wind Transmission Act and required the New York State Energy and Research Development Authority to establish a plan for improved transmission planning and coordinating systems for an offshore grid, and required that the Authority…
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State supreme courts issue 247 opinions from Oct. 9-22
State supreme courts issued 247 opinions from Oct. 9-22. The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia led the field with 30 opinions issued, followed by Delaware with 23 and Pennsylvania with 18. The 247 opinions account for 5% of the year-to-date total of 5,339. West Virginia, again, leads with 439 opinions issued since Jan.…
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All candidates for School District 27J Board of Education District 3 complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey
Both of the candidates running in the Nov. 7, 2023, general election for School District 27J Board of Education District 3 — Melinda Carbajal (nonpartisan) and Shawna Hirter (nonpartisan) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. Here are the candidates’ responses to the…
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Election legislation roundup: Texas House of Representatives
As of Oct. 22, Ballotpedia has tracked 195 election-related bills in the Texas House of Representatives since the beginning of the year. Of the 195, Ballotpedia tracked two from Oct. 16-22. Republicans sponsored both of the bills. The two bills are below: During the week of Oct. 16-22, Ballotpedia tracked 14 House election-related bills nationally.…