Author: Samantha Post
-
Ballotpedia releases federal judicial vacancy count for August
In this month’s federal judicial vacancy count, Ballotpedia tracked nominations, confirmations, and vacancies from July 2, 2023, through August 1, 2023. Ballotpedia publishes the federal judicial vacancy count at the start of each month. HIGHLIGHTS Vacancies: There was one new judicial vacancy since the July 1 report. There are 70 vacancies out of 870 active…
-
Chief Justice John Roberts on track to write 2nd-fewest opinions in 2022-2023 term
United States Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has authored two of the 36 opinions for the 2022-2023 term as of June 16, 2023, which is the fewest authored opinions of all justices. Justices Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett have authored five, Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Clarence Thomas, Ketanji Brown Jackson, and Elena Kagan have…
-
Incumbent David Holt wins Oklahoma City mayoral election
The nonpartisan mayoral election for Oklahoma City, Okla., was held on Feb. 8. The candidate filing deadline was Dec. 8. Incumbent David Holt defeated Frank Urbanic, Carol Hefner, and Jimmy Lawson. Holt received 59.8% of the votes. Though the office is nonpartisan, Holt has identified as a Republican. The runoff election, scheduled for April 5, was…
-
Elections to be held March 1 in Montpelier, Vt.
Nonpartisan elections for the mayor and four of the six city council seats in Montpelier, Vt. are scheduled for March 1. The candidate filing deadline passed on Jan. 24. Anne Watson and Stephen Whitaker are competing in the mayoral race. Dona Bate is running unopposed in District 1, and Conor Casey is running unopposed in…
-
Mike Reichenbach advances from Republican primary to South Carolina Senate general election
A special primary election was held for South Carolina State Senate District 31 on Jan. 25. Mike Reichenbach (R) advanced to the special general election and defeated Jay Jordan (R). The special general election is scheduled for March 29. The filing deadline passed on Dec. 11. The special election was called after the seat became…