Category: State
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Indiana statewide filing deadline is February 7
The filing deadline to run for elected office in Indiana is on February 7, 2020. In Indiana, prospective candidates may file for the following offices: • All nine U.S. House seats • Governor • Lieutenant Governor • Attorney General • State Senate (25 seats) • House of Representatives (100 seats) • Supreme Court (one seat…
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Bowman replaces Schindler on the Washington Court of Appeals
Gov. Jay Inslee (D) appointed Bill Bowman to the Washington Court of Appeals on January 24, 2020. Bowman fills the vacancy left by former judge Ann Schindler, who retired effective December 31, 2019. Bowman previously served as a judge for the King County Superior Court. He held several roles as a superior court judge, including…
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Branch appointed to Maryland House of Delegates
Chanel Branch (D) has been appointed to represent District 45 in the Maryland House of Delegates, filling the vacancy left by the resignation of Cheryl Glenn (D) in December 2019. Members of the district’s Democratic Central Committee, which Branch chairs, nominated her for Glenn’s former seat on January 13, 2020. Her nomination was then sent…
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Texas runoffs close out 2019’s special state legislative elections
On January 28, three districts in the Texas House of Representatives held general runoff elections to fill seats that were vacated in 2019. Races in Districts 28, 100, and 148 advanced to general runoffs following the general election on November 5, 2019. None of the seats changed party control as a result of the special…
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Pennsylvania Legislature passes constitutional amendment to end primaries for lieutenant governor
The Pennsylvania State Legislature approved a constitutional amendment that would change how candidates for lieutenant governor are selected. In Pennsylvania, a political party’s candidates for governor and lieutenant governor are elected on a joint ticket at the general election. As of 2020, candidates for governor and lieutenant governor run in separate primaries for their party’s…
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Wilson Resigns from Alaska House of Representatives
Former Rep. Tammie Wilson (R) announced her resignation from the Alaska House of Representatives on January 24, 2020, which took effect at the end of the day on Jan. 25. She left her District 3 seat to take a job as a policy adviser with the Office of Children’s Services at the Alaska Department of…
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Utah referendum effort to repeal tax bill qualifies for the ballot; Utah Legislature votes to repeal it themselves
On January 28, 2020, a veto referendum targeting Utah Senate Bill 2001 qualified for the ballot. A veto referendum is a type of citizen-initiated ballot measure that asks voters whether to uphold or repeal a law passed by the state legislature. There are 23 states that have a process for veto referendums at the statewide…
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Republican wins runoff for Texas House District 28
Gary Gates (R) defeated Elizabeth Markowitz (D) 58-42 in the runoff election for the District 28 seat in the Texas House of Representatives. Before the runoff, The Hayride, a conservative political commentary site, described the race as “a test case to see if [Republicans] can hold turf in the ‘urban suburbs’ of Houston.” ABC 13…
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Governor Newsom appoints Jackson to California Court of Appeal
On January 21, 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom’s (D) appointee to the California First District Court of Appeal—Justice Terri L. Jackson—was unanimously confirmed by the Commission on Judicial Appointments. Justice Jackson is now the first female, African-American justice to sit on the California First District Court of Appeal. Before her appointment, Jackson served as a judge…
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Matthews appointed to fill late Representative’s New Mexico House seat
Bernalillo County commissioners appointed Marian Matthews (D) to the New Mexico House of Representatives on January 7, 2020. She was sworn in that same day to represent District 27, which was represented by the late Rep. William Pratt (D) until he passed away on December 25, 2019. Pratt first assumed office in January 2019 following…