Author: Mercedes Yanora
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Election legislation roundup: New Jersey State Senate
As of June 25, Ballotpedia has tracked 31 election-related bills in the New Jersey State Senate since the beginning of the year. Of the 31, Ballotpedia tracked one from June 19-25. Democrats sponsored the bill. The bill is: NJ S3594: Requires periodic reporting of election results on night of primary and general election and until…
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Election legislation roundup: New York State Assembly
As of June 25, Ballotpedia has tracked 185 election-related bills in the New York State Assembly since the beginning of the year. Of the 185, Ballotpedia tracked two from June 19-25. Democrats sponsored both bills. The bills are: NY A07783: Relates to recounts of election votes, Assembly Member Jo Anne Simon (D). As introduced, this…
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Election legislation roundup: North Carolina State Senate
As of June 25, Ballotpedia has tracked 14 election-related bills in the North Carolina State Senate since the beginning of the year. Of the 14, Ballotpedia tracked one from June 19-25. Republicans sponsored the one bill. The bill is below: NC S749: No Partisan Advantage in Elections, Sens. Lisa Barnes (R), Kevin Corbin (R), Warren Daniel (R), Ralph…
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Five recent mayoral elections in America’s largest cities have been decided by fewer than 1,000 votes
As Ballotpedia prepares for August’s mayoral elections, we wanted to pause and take a look at some trends we’ve noticed across the top 100 largest cities by population. Analyzing each city’s most recent mayoral election results, ranging from 2019 to 2023, we found that the top five competitive general elections were decided by fewer than…
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Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey: New York roundup
New York is holding elections, including for judicial and municipal offices, on June 27, 2023, and Nov. 7, 2023, 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 selection…
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Election legislation roundup: General Assembly of North Carolina
As of June 18, members of the General Assembly of North Carolina, which includes the North Carolina House of Representatives and the North Carolina State Senate, have passed seven bills related to election administration since the beginning of the year. Of those seven bills, legislators passed one during the week of June 12-18. Republicans sponsored…
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Election legislation roundup: Texas State Legislature
As of June 18, members of the Texas State Legislature, which includes the Texas House of Representatives and the Texas State Senate, have passed 34 bills related to election administration since the beginning of the year. Of those 34 bills, legislators passed zero during the week of June 12-18. Of the 34 bills passed this…
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3.7% of state legislative incumbents who filed for re-election have lost in primaries
So far this year, seven state legislative incumbents—five Democrats and two Republicans—have lost to primary challengers. As of June 21, there were two incumbents in uncalled races. Across the two states that have held primaries, 3.7% of incumbents running for re-election have lost, slightly fewer than in 2021 (3.9%). These totals include data from both legislative…
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State governors issued 49 executive orders from June 5-18
State governors issued 49 executive orders from June 5-18. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) led the field with 15, followed by Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) with seven. Governors in 33 states issued the fewest orders with zero. Governors use executive orders to manage executive branch operations. The last two weeks’ executive orders account for…
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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…