Category: 2024 elections
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Incumbent Justice Jim Kitchens and Jenifer Branning are running in the runoff election for a seat for Mississippi Supreme Court
The seats of four Mississippi Supreme Court justices were up for election on November 5, 2024. One of the four seats is going to a runoff election on November 26, 2024. The other three were decided in the November 5 general election. Judicial elections in Mississippi are officially nonpartisan. Bolts Magazine’s Caleb Bedillion and Daja…
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California, Massachusetts become first states to reject minimum wage increase ballot measures since 1996
Ballot measures to increase the minimum wage were consistently approved from 1998 to 2023, with 24 measures passing during this period. In 2024, voters in California and Massachusetts broke the trend by rejecting proposals to increase minimum wages, the first such defeats since 1996. In California, voters rejected Proposition 32, which would have increased the…
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Shelley Berkley defeats Victoria Seaman for Las Vegas mayor
Shelley Berkley defeated Victoria Seaman in the general election for mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada, on Nov. 5, 2024. Berkley and Seaman were the top-two vote-getters in the June 11, 2024, primary, and both advanced to the general election because neither won a majority of the votes. Incumbent Carolyn Goodman, who was first elected in…
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Republicans pick up one state financial officer position
What’s the story? Republicans gained one state financial officer (SFO) position in the Nov. 5 general election, as Dave Boliek (R) defeated incumbent Jessica Holmes (D), and Bob Drach (L) in the race for North Carolina Auditor. Partisan control did not change for the 17 other SFO positions (10 treasurer and seven other auditor offices)…
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Arizona voters defeat ballot measure to establish REINS-style oversight of agency rulemaking
Voters in Arizona defeated a ballot measure on Nov. 5 related to legislative oversight of agency rulemaking. The measure, Proposition 315, would have required legislative ratification of proposed rules estimated to increase regulatory costs by more than $500,000 over five years before they could take effect. The measure was defeated by a vote of 53.2%…
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Voters in 12 states approved seven and defeated five state education ballot measures on Nov. 5
Voters decided on 12 education-related state ballot measures—the most in 18 years— on the November 5, 2024, general election. Here are some highlights: Measures were on the ballot in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Rhode Island, and Utah. The measures regarded school choice programs and non-public education, standardized testing,…
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All school board recalls on November 5 ballot approved by voters
All five school board recall elections held on November 5, 2024, were approved by voters. The recalls were held in California, Idaho, and Michigan school districts. The recalls in California were held in the Reef-Sunset Unified School District. The names of three school board members were on the ballot: Area 1 representative Claudia Cazares, Area…
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Right-to-abortion amendments adopted in seven states and rejected in three; Nebraska approved constitutional abortion limits amendment
On Nov. 5, 2024, voters in 10 states decided on 11 abortion-related ballot measures—the most on record for a single year, surpassing the record set by 2022, when six abortion measures were decided by voters. In 2024, 10 measures were to establish new constitutional rights to abortion or reproductive healthcare decisions. Voters in seven states—Arizona,…
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63% of elections in Wyoming are uncontested
Of 505 regular elections in Wyoming—320 (63%) are uncontested. An uncontested election is one where the number of candidates on the ballot is less than or equal to the number of seats up for election. Of the 26 states where Ballotpedia is covering every election on Nov. 5, Wyoming has the 13th highest rate of…
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73% of elections in Wisconsin are uncontested
Of 410 regular elections in Wisconsin—299 (73%) are uncontested. An uncontested election is one where the number of candidates on the ballot is less than or equal to the number of seats up for election. Of the 26 states where Ballotpedia is covering every election on Nov. 5, Wisconsin has the fifth highest rate of…