Author: Samuel Wonacott

  • Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #33

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    Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance. In today’s edition, you’ll find: On the issues: The debate over sex and gender education and whether it is related to sexual abuse in schools  School board filing deadlines, election results, and recall certifications Here’s…

  • State law in four states requires partisan labels for school board elections

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    Welcome to the Monday, October 3, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Laws in four states require partisan labels for school board elections  Battleground preview—Pennsylvania gubernatorial election  60% of all state legislative seats up for election in South Carolina do not have major party competition Laws…

  • When states can process and count absentee/mail-in ballots

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    Welcome to the Thursday, September 29, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Help Desk: when states can begin processing and counting absentee/mail-in ballots Battleground preview—Minnesota gubernatorial election Arizona voters may determine the partisan balance in the U.S. Senate on Nov. 8 Help Desk: when states can…

  • Chabot, Landsman running in general election for Ohio’s 1st Congressional District

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    Incumbent Steve Chabot (R) and Greg Landsman (D) are running in the November 8, 2022, general election for Ohio’s 1st Congressional District. The Cincinnati Enquirer’s Scott Wartman wrote, “a change in district boundaries through redistricting has given Democrats a slight edge in numbers for what had been a reliably Republican district over the last decade.” Daily Kos calculated…

  • Help Desk answers your general election questions

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    Welcome to the Monday, September 26, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: The answer to your questions about the general election Five party committees report largest spending numbers of 2022 election cycle in August  Vermonters to vote on first ballot measures since 2010 The answer to…

  • Monitor the intersection of politics and business with our Economy and Society newsletter

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    Welcome to the Thursday, September 22, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Monitor the intersection of politics and business with our Economics and Society newsletter Battleground preview: Evers, Michels running for Wisconsin governor   Minnesota’s Democratic triplex at stake with voters deciding gubernatorial, attorney general, and secretary…

  • Incumbent Kildee, Junge, Canny, and Goodwin running for Michigan’s 8th Congressional District

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    Incumbent Dan Kildee (D), Paul Junge (R), David Canny (L), and Kathy Goodwin (Working Class Party) are running in the general election for Michigan’s 8th Congressional District on November 8, 2022. Bloomberg Government’s Emily Wilkins said, “Kildee, first elected a decade ago, is one of a handful of lawmakers who became GOP targets thanks to redistricting.…

  • Part 2 – Analysis of statewide major party candidates on the primary ballot

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    Welcome to the Thursday, September 15, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Part 2 – Analysis of major party candidates on the primary ballot Sept. 13 primary election results  Organized labor amendment on the ballot in Illinois becomes the state’s 12th ballot measure since 1995 Part…

  • Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #30

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    Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance.  In today’s edition, you’ll find: On the issues: The debate over Pennsylvania’s proposed Lifeline Scholarship Program  In your district: Choosing curricular materials and library books Here are the education-related measures voters will decide in November…

  • Here’s where voters will decide six abortion-related measures this year

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    Welcome to the Monday, September 12, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Six abortion-related measures are on the ballot in 2022—the most on record for a single year A look at Rhode Island’s upcoming primaries  North Carolina voters will decide partisan majority on the state supreme…