Category: State
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Primary competition remains steady in Oklahoma’s legislative races for third straight election cycle
There are 125 seats up for election this year in Oklahoma’s legislature—24 in the Senate and 101 in the House. There are 51 total contested primaries in 2024 (six Democratic and 45 Republican). This is in line with the numbers from the past two cycles (49 in 2022 and 52 in 2020). Incumbents facing primary challengers follow a…
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Incumbent Summer Lee won the Democratic primary election for Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District against Bhavini Patel
Incumbent Summer Lee (D) won the Democratic primary election for Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District on April 23, 2024. Lee received 60.6% of the vote. Bhavini Patel (D) finished in second with 39.4%. Lee was first elected to the U.S. House in 2022 and previously served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Lee said she was…
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Two candidates are running in the Republican primary election for Governor of North Dakota on June 11
Two candidates are running in the Republican primary election for Governor of North Dakota on June 11, 2024: Kelly Armstrong (R) and Tammy Miller (R). Armstrong and Miller announced their candidacies after Incumbent Gov. Doug Burgum (R) said he would not seek re-election on Jan 22. Armstrong and Miller both say they support reducing taxes,…
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Recent votes on county measures in California, Colorado, Oregon, and Illinois to join other states or form new ones; next vote scheduled for May 21 in Crook County, Oregon
Voters in Crook County, Oregon, will be voting on a measure on May 21 that asks whether they support negotiations to incorporate the county into the state of Idaho. Since 2013, voters in California, Colorado, and Oregon have decided on measures regarding counties joining other states or forming new states. Voters in one Illinois county…
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Thirty-six South Dakota state legislative seats are open this year—the most since 2016
There are 105 seats up for election this year in South Dakota’s legislature—35 in the Senate and 70 in the House. Thirty-six incumbents (three Democrats and 33 Republicans) are not running for re-election. This is the highest retirement rate since 2016, when 42 incumbents (10 Democrats and 32 Republicans) retired. The average number of retirements each year…
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All candidates for Georgia House of Representatives District 60 Democratic primary complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey
Both of the candidates running in the May 21, 2024, Democratic primary election for Georgia House of Representatives District 60 — Incumbent Sheila Jones (D) and Diane Clair (D) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. Here are the candidates’ responses to…
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All candidates for Georgia House of Representatives District 98 Democratic primary complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey
Both of the candidates running in the May 21, 2024, Democratic primary election for Georgia House of Representatives District 98 — Incumbent Marvin Lim (D) and Jorge Granados (D) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. Here are the candidates’…
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Texas fund adopts shareholder voting approach opposing ESG
The Texas Permanent School Fund announced last week that it will use a new proxy voting option from Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) referred to as the ESG skeptic option, which was developed by Bowyer Research. The move came after the fund generated headlines last month when it removed $8.5 billion from BlackRock’s asset management over…
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Maine voters to decide on three bond issues in Nov., the first set of state general obligation bonds since 2021
Maine voters will decide on three bond issues on Nov. 5, 2024, in addition to two other measures already on the ballot. On April 22, Gov. Janet Mills (D) signed the three bond issues passed by the Maine State Legislature to place them on the ballot. For a bond issue to qualify for the ballot…
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Louisiana House committee advances unemployment insurance indexing bill (2024)
The Louisiana House Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations advanced a bill on Apr. 18 that would index the length of unemployment insurance benefits to the state’s unemployment rate. House Bill 119 would reduce the maximum number of benefit weeks to 12 when the unemployment rate is at or below 5%. The bill also proposes…