Author: Samuel Wonacott

  • 68 legislative districts were renamed or eliminated via redistricting

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    Welcome to the Monday, January 9, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Sixty-eight legislative districts in five states were either renamed or eliminated after the 2020 census Legislators in 12 states to be sworn in between Jan. 9 and Jan. 17  Twenty-seven upcoming Article III judicial…

  • 94% of incumbents won re-election in 2022

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    Welcome to the Thursday, January 5, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: 94% of incumbents won re-election in 2022 An update on Pennsylvania and Ohio House leadership elections  Learn about upcoming Virginia and Mississippi special elections with On the Ballot, our weekly podcast 94% of incumbents…

  • 2022 sees second-highest level of recall activity since 2012

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    Welcome to the Wednesday, January 4, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: 2022 has second-highest level of recall activity since Ballotpedia began tracking California voters approved 69% of local ballot measures President Joe Biden ends the year with a 43% approval rating, the second-highest rating he…

  • Voters in the country’s top 100 largest cities and state capitals approved 91% of local ballot measures

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    Welcome to the Tuesday, January 3, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Ballotpedia’s analysis of 2022 local ballot measures in top 100 largest cities and state capitals Rouse, Adams running in Jan. 10 special election for Virginia state Senate District 7  Four top-100 mayoral offices changed…

  • Prepare for 2024’s presidential election by looking back at 2016/2020

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    Welcome to the Thursday, December 22, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Here’s the timeline of presidential campaign announcements from 2020 and 2016 Reminder: Polls close tonight in the official Holiday Cookie general election!   SCOTUS January 2023 preview Here’s the timeline of presidential campaign announcements from…

  • Rouse, Adams running in Jan. 10 special election for Virginia State Senate District 7

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    Aaron Rouse (D) and Kevin Adams (R) are running in the January 10, 2023, special general election for Virginia State Senate District 7. The special election was called after the previous incumbent, Sen. Jennifer Kiggans (R), resigned on November 15, 2022, after being elected to represent Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District. Rouse, a former NFL player,…

  • Watson defeats Israel in Austin mayoral runoff election

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    Kirk Watson defeated Celia Israel in the December 13, 2022, nonpartisan general runoff election for mayor of Austin, Texas. Watson received 50.4% of the vote to Israel’s 49.6%. According to KUT Public Media‘s Audrey McGlinchy, “Tuesday’s race was tight. Israel beat out Watson by just 17 votes among Travis County voters, which represent the vast…

  • An update on 153 state legislative leadership roles

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    Welcome to the Thursday, December 15, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: An update on 2022 state legislative leadership elections How 2016 and 2020 Democratic presidential contenders performed in newly proposed early primary states  Look ahead at 2023 ballot measures with On the Ballot, our weekly…

  • Welcome to the 15 Days of Ballotpedia!

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    Welcome to the Monday, December 12, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: The 15 Days of Ballotpedia! The lowest and the highest readability scores for 2017-2022 ballot measures  Texas holding Dec. 13 local runoff elections  The 15 Days of Ballotpedia! In honor of our 15th Anniversary,…

  • Ballotpedia Reports: How hot-button issues affected Nov. 8 school board elections

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    Welcome to the Thursday, December 8, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: In school board elections, conflict issues break along existing party lines, incumbents lose at higher rate Turnout in the Georgia runoffs was nearly 90% of the general election turnout Learn about next year’s elections…