Author: Samuel Wonacott
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A deep dive into the Lake Washington School District
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Welcome to the Friday, October 27, Brew. By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: All candidates for Lake Washington School District School Board District 5 complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey Janel Schermerhorn and Lindsey Yocum are running in the Nov. 7 nonpartisan general election for District 5 on…
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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #83
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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: Help us improve Ballotpedia and our newsletters by sharing your media preferences with us: take this short survey to give your feedback. Deep Dive: The science of reading debate Part…
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Our top 15 elections to watch in November
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Welcome to the Tuesday, October 24, Brew. By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Ballotpedia presents 2023’s top 15 elections to watch in November Nov. 7 is the biggest election day of the year—and we’ll be covering tens of thousands of races up and down the ballot. Our…
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The latest from Kentucky’s gubernatorial race
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Welcome to the Friday, October 20, Brew. By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Kentucky voters will pick their next governor on Nov. 7 Louisiana, Kentucky, and Mississippi are holding gubernatorial elections this year. Louisiana just held its gubernatorial election last Saturday, on Oct. 14. We covered that…
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Louisiana will have a Republican trifecta in January
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Welcome to the Tuesday, October 17, Brew. By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Louisiana will have a Republican trifecta in January Last Friday, we gave you a preview of Louisiana’s Oct. 14—Saturday!—statewide primaries. Now that the dust has settled, let’s look at some election results. As a…
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Abortion, marijuana, and ranked-choice voting—our top 10 ballot measures to watch in 2023
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Welcome to the Friday, October 13, Brew. By: Samuel Wonacott In Wednesday’s edition, we mistakenly said we are covering all school board elections in 10 states on Nov. 7. While we are covering all school board elections in 10 states throughout 2023, only seven of those states are holding school board elections on Nov. 7.…
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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #81
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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: Reply to this email to share reactions or story ideas! Deep Dive: The science of reading debate Part two of our deep dive into the debate over the science of…
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School board deep dives continued—Virginia edition
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Welcome to the Tuesday, October 10, Brew. By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: School board battleground preview: Prince William County Public Schools Thousands of school board members will be elected in races across the country on Nov. 7. Over the next month, we’re bringing you in-depth coverage…
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School board deep dives – let’s start in Colorado
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Welcome to the Tuesday, October 3, Brew. By: Samuel Wonacott & Joseph Greaney Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Seven candidates running for three districts on Douglas County school board in Colorado On Nov. 7, Ballotpedia will cover school board elections in 16 states—including all school board elections in seven…
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Biden has nominated 181 federal judges, behind Trump, Obama, and Bush at this point
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Welcome to the Friday, September 29, Brew. By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Biden has nominated 181 federal judges, behind Trump, Obama, and Bush at this point in his first term Between Aug. 1 and Sept. 24, President Joe Biden (D) nominated seven new Article III judges,…