Author: Samuel Wonacott
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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,…
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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #79
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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: Email us at editor@ballotpedia.org to share reactions or story ideas! On the issues: The debate over content in school libraries In this section, we curate reporting, analysis, and commentary on…
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Ballotpedia releases 13th annual state legislative competitiveness report
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Welcome to the Tuesday, September 24, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: State legislative competitiveness in 2023: Open seats, major party competition, and incumbents in contested primaries Every year, Ballotpedia publishes our State Legislative Competitiveness Report, a comprehensive look at competition in state legislative elections. This year, the 13th…
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Special elections in state legislatures—back to Pennsylvania
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Welcome to the Friday, September 22, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Democrats regain narrow majority of Pennsylvania House of Representatives On Sept. 19, Lindsay Powell (D) defeated Erin Connolly Autenreith (R) 65.1% to 34.7% in the special election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 21. Powell’s victory in…
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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #78
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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: Email us at editor@ballotpedia.org to share reactions or story ideas! On the issues: The debate over the Department of Education The existence and role of the U.S. Department of Education…
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Utah Sen. Mitt Romney (R) is sixth U.S. Senator to decline to run
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Welcome to the Tuesday, September 19, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Utah Sen. Mitt Romney (R) becomes 6th Senator not to seek re-election in 2024 Three vacancies announced in state supreme courts in third quarter of 2023 70 candidates filed for federal and statewide offices last week Utah…
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A brief history of ranked-choice voting measures
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Welcome to the Friday, September 15, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Ranked-choice voting measures have been on the ballot in four states and 45 localities since 1970 Colorado initiative to limit state property tax revenue may appear on 2024 ballot #FridayTrivia: How many states have a secretary of…