Author: Mercedes Yanora

  • Abortion measure update: four states confirmed to vote on the issue in November, eight more could join them

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    Welcome to the Friday, May 24, Brew.  By: Mercedes Yanora Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Abortion measure update: four states confirmed to vote on the issue in November, eight more could join them Voters in as many as a dozen states could be voting on abortion-related ballot measures this…

  • Missouri voters to decide on first constitutional amendment to prohibit ranked-choice voting (RCV)

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    Welcome to the Thursday, May 23, Brew.  By: Mercedes Yanora Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Missouri voters to decide on first constitutional amendment to prohibit ranked-choice voting (RCV)  On May 17, the Missouri Legislature voted to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot that would prohibit non-citizen voting and…

  • Five candidates are running in the Republican primary for North Dakota’s At-large Congressional District

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    Five candidates are running in the Republican primary for North Dakota’s At-large Congressional District. Alex Balazs, Rick Becker, Julie Fedorchak, and Cara Mund have received the most media attention and endorsements. Incumbent Kelly Armstrong (R) is running for governor of North Dakota. The primary is June 11, 2024. According to the Grand Forks Herald, the…

  • Retirements among Idaho state legislators reach decade low

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    Welcome to the Thursday, May 16, Brew.  By: Mercedes Yanora Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Retirements among Idaho state legislators reach decade low Yesterday, we looked at what was on the ballot in Georgia on May 21. Today, we are going to look at elections for that same day…

  • Second-lowest number of incumbents defeated in Pennsylvania House primaries

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    Two challengers defeated incumbents in the April 23 primaries for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. This is the second-lowest number of incumbents defeated since Ballotpedia began gathering data in 2010.  The defeated incumbents are: The only other year with fewer incumbent defeats was 2010 when one Republican was defeated. Conversely, a decade-high of 10 incumbent…

  • Busy election month continues with Georgia primaries on May 21

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    Welcome to the Wednesday, May 15, Brew.  By: Mercedes Yanora Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Busy election month continues with Georgia primaries on May 21  Continuing our preview of May’s busy primary season, today we look at Georgia, which is holding primaries for congressional, state legislative, and local offices…

  • Colorado becomes third state to vote on removing same-sex marriage ban from state constitution in November

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    Welcome to the Friday, May 10, Brew.  By: Mercedes Yanora Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Colorado becomes third state to vote on removing same-sex marriage ban from state constitution in November    Colorado voters will decide in November whether to remove a state constitutional provision that says “only a union…

  • 2.5% of state legislative incumbents who ran for re-election have lost in primaries

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    So far this year, 25 state legislative incumbents — eight Democrats and 17 Republicans — have lost to primary challengers. Click here to read our previous report.  Across the eight states that have held primaries, 2.5% of incumbents running for re-election have lost, which is less than at this point in 2022 (4.1%). Republican incumbents…

  • Five days until Nebraska’s primary

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    Welcome to the Thursday, May 9, Brew.  By: Mercedes Yanora Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Five days until Nebraska’s primary  Continuing our preview of May’s busy primary season, today we look at Nebraska, which is holding primaries for congressional, state legislative, state executive, and local offices on Tuesday, May…

  • 71% of the more than 4,500 local elections Ballotpedia covered in April were uncontested

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    Welcome to the Friday, May 3, Brew.  By: Mercedes Yanora Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: 71% of the more than 4,500 local elections Ballotpedia covered in April were uncontested As part of Ballotpedia’s growing coverage of the nation’s local elections (with a goal of eventually covering all of them),…