Category: Federal

  • Incumbent Cindy Axne (D) and Zach Nunn running in Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District election

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    Incumbent Cindy Axne (D) and Zach Nunn (R) are running in Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District election on Nov. 8, 2022. The Gazette’s Liz Mathews said the race was “likely Iowa’s most competitive House election.” In the 2020 election, Axne defeated David Young (R) by 1.4 percentage points. According to a Daily Kos analysis of the 2020 presidential election,…

  • Analysis of major party candidates on the primary ballot for U.S. Senate and U.S. House seats in 2022

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    In 2022, 2,422 major party candidates appeared on the primary ballot for 474 seats in the U.S. Congress. The seats included 34 U.S. Senate seats, the seats of all 435 U.S. Representatives, and the seats of five of the six non-voting delegates to the U.S. House. Of the 2,422 candidates who appeared on the primary…

  • Federal Register weekly update: 575 documents added

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    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 September 12 through September 16, the Federal Register grew by 1,454 pages for a year-to-date…

  • New York’s Democratic-held 3rd Congressional District draws attention following local Republican gains in 2021

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    Robert Zimmerman (D), George Devolder-Santos (R), Mekita Coe (People’s Party), and Melanie D’Arrigo (Working Families Party) are running in the general election for New York’s 3rd Congressional District on November 8, 2022. Incumbent Tom Suozzi (D) is not running for re-election. The 3rd District, located on Long Island including the northern portion of Nassau County…

  • Sharice Davids (D), Amanda Adkins (R), and Steve Hohe (L) are running in Kansas’ 3rd Congressional District

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    Incumbent Sharice Davids (D), Amanda Adkins (R), and Steve Hohe (L) are running in the November 8, 2022, general election for Kansas’ 3rd Congressional District. This race is a rematch of the 2020 general election, when Davids defeated Adkins 53.6% to 43.6%. Hohe also ran that year and received 2.8% of the vote. Davids was…

  • U.S. weekly unemployment insurance claims fall to 222,000

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    New applications for U.S. unemployment insurance benefits fell 6,000 for the week ending September 3 to a seasonally adjusted 222,000. The previous week’s figure was revised down from 232,000 to 228,000. The four-week moving average as of September 3 fell to 233,000 from a revised 240,500 as of the week ending August 27. The number…

  • Tracker: Article III federal judicial nominations by president by days in office since 2001

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    Through Sept. 1, 2022, there were 890 authorized federal judicial posts and 81 vacancies. Seventy-nine of those were for Article III judgeships. This report is limited to Article III courts, where appointees are confirmed to lifetime judgeships. In the past month: Two judges have been confirmed Two judges have been nominated By Sept. 1, 590…

  • Federal Register weekly update: More than 200 presidential documents issued so far in 2022

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    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 September 5 through September 9, the Federal Register grew by 1,386 pages for a year-to-date…

  • Rhode Island sees first open U.S. House seat since 2010

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    The filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in Rhode Island this year was July 15, 2022. Nine candidates are running for Rhode Island’s two U.S. House districts, including seven Democrats and two Republicans. That’s 4.5 candidates per district, more than the 2.5 candidates per district in 2020 and the three in 2018. Here are…

  • Three Republicans and one Democrat are running in ranked-choice voting election for U.S. Senate in Alaska

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    Incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R), Kelly Tshibaka (R), Patricia Chesbro (D), and Buzz Kelley (R) are running for a seat in the U.S. Senate from Alaska on November 8, 2022. The four candidates advanced from the top-four primary held on August 16, 2022, the first time Alaska used such a system in a Senate race…