Category: State

The District 57 seat in the New York State Senate was up for special primary election on June 25. Austin Morgan (D) and George Borrello (R) advanced from the primary to the general election, which is scheduled for November 5. Morgan ran unopposed and won the Democratic nomination by default, while Borrello defeated Curtis Crandall…

In Koschkee v. Taylor, the Supreme Court of Wisconsin ruled 4-2 that the DPI must submit new rules to the governor for approval before they go into effect, affirming the state REINS Act, which requires new rules be sent to the governor before they can go into effect.    Governor Tony Evers (D), then the…

In a 4-3 decision, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that the state legislature’s December 2018 lame duck session was not unconstitutional. The League of Women Voters, plaintiffs in the case, had argued that the state’s constitution did not allow lawmakers to call an extraordinary session, making the December session and all actions resulting from…

A new state legislative special election has been added to our list. The special election is for the District 46 seat in the Iowa House of Representatives on August 6, 2019. There is no primary because major-party candidates will be nominated directly by the parties instead, and the filing deadline for independent and third-party candidates…

A new state legislative special election has been added to our list. The special election is for the District 1 seat in the California State Assembly on November 5, 2019. The primary is on August 27, and the filing deadline is on July 3.

A new state legislative special election has been added to our list. The special election is for one of the two Rockingham 9 seats in the New Hampshire House of Representatives on October 8, 2019. The primary is on August 20, unless a primary is not required because only one candidate from each party filed…

The group Rebuild Louisiana began airing a 30-second TV ad Monday praising Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) for “work[ing] with Republicans and Democrats to pass Louisiana’s first teacher pay raise in a decade.” On June 13, the group released a 1-minute ad featuring Edwards speaking in support of a revenue plan that fell six votes…

At the election on November 5, 2019, voters in New Jersey will decide a constitutional amendment to expand the state’s veterans’ property tax deduction to eligible veterans living in continuing care retirement centers.   In New Jersey, veterans who were honorably discharged or released under honorable circumstances from active duty are eligible to receive a…

Voters in Pennsylvania will decide Marsy’s Law, a type of constitutional bill of rights for crime victims, on November 5, 2019. The constitutional amendment was referred to the ballot on June 19, 2019, after a two-session legislative process.   The ballot measure would provide crime victims with specific constitutional rights, including a right to be…

Two seats in the Florida House of Representatives, District 7 and District 38, were up for special general election on Tuesday. The primary was held on April 9, and the filing deadline was on February 14. A third seat, District 97, was originally scheduled to be on the ballot as well, but the election was…