Category: Federal
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April McClain-Delaney (D) defeated 15 other candidates in the Democratic primary in Maryland’s 6th Congressional District
April McClain-Delaney (D) won the Democratic primary for Maryland’s 6th Congressional District on May 14, 2024. McClain-Delaney received 39.1% of the vote. Joe Vogel (D) finished in second place with 26.7%. Peter Choharis (D), George Gluck (D), Geoffrey Grammer (D), Ashwani Jain (D), Lesley Lopez (D), Tekesha Martinez (D), Stephen McDow (D), Mohammad Mozumder (D),…
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Jim Justice (R) defeated six other candidates in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in West Virginia
Jim Justice (R) won the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in West Virginia on May 14, 2024. Justice received 61.8% of the vote. Alexander Mooney (R) finished in second place with 26.6%. Bryan Bird (R), Zane Lawhorn (R), Don Lindsay (R), Bryan McKinney (R), and Janet McNulty (R) also ran in the primary. Justice and…
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FEC ruling allows federal candidates to raise unlimited funds for ballot measure campaigns
The Federal Election Commission (FEC) released an opinion on May 1 determining that federal officeholders and candidates are allowed to solicit funds for ballot measure committees without regard to the amount limitations and source restrictions in the Federal Election Campaign Act. Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom, sponsors of an initiative that would create a state constitutional…
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Federal Register weekly update: Documents added this year tops 10,000 (2024)
The Federal Register is a daily journal of federal government activity that includes presidential documents, proposed and final rules, and public notices. It is a common measure of an administration’s regulatory activity, accounting for both regulatory and deregulatory actions. From May 6, 2024, through May 10, 2024, the Federal Register grew by 4,228 pages for…
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Ballotpedia releases federal judicial vacancy count for May 2024
In this month’s federal judicial vacancy count, Ballotpedia tracked nominations, confirmations, and vacancies from April 2, 2024, to May 1, 2024. Ballotpedia publishes the federal judicial vacancy count at the start of each month. HIGHLIGHTS New vacancies There were 43 vacancies out of 870 active Article III judicial positions, a total vacancy percentage of 4.9,…
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President Biden has appointed 194 federal judges through May 1 of his fourth year
The U.S. Senate has confirmed 194 of President Joe Biden’s (D) Article III federal judge nominations through May 1, 2024, his fourth year in office. This is the most Article III judicial appointments a president has made by this point in his term according to Ballotpedia’s data on the subject, which starts with the presidency…
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Federal Register weekly update: Nearly 100 final rules added this week (2024)
The Federal Register is a daily journal of federal government activity that includes presidential documents, proposed and final rules, and public notices. It is a common measure of an administration’s regulatory activity, accounting for both regulatory and deregulatory actions. From April 29, 2024, through May 3, 2024, the Federal Register grew by 3,876 pages for…
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U.S. ESG funds see record outflows
In the first quarter of 2024, U.S. investors removed nearly $9 billion of net capital from funds promoting ESG investing strategies. The move marked the largest ESG outflow recorded. Ballotpedia tracks support for and opposition to the environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) investing movement. To learn more about arguments for, against, and about ESG,…
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Biden issued one executive order about public health in April
President Joe Biden (D) issued one executive order in April, bringing his total to 138. The one order he issued in April was: Biden issued 25 executive orders in January 2021, more than any other month of his presidency. He did not issue any executive orders in November 2022, January 2023, and January 2024. Biden…
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Article III federal judicial nominations by president by days in office since 2001
There were 43 vacancies out of 890 authorized federal judicial posts through April 30, 2024. Forty-two of those were for Article III judgeships. This report is limited to Article III courts, where appointees are confirmed to lifetime judgeships. From March 2 through April 30: By April 30, 2024—1,197 days in office—President Joe Biden (D) had…