Category: State
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Wisconsin Supreme Court issues one opinion from May 8-14
The Wisconsin Supreme Court issued one opinion from May 8-14. As of May 14, the court issued 31 opinions in 2023 — eight more than this point a year ago. The opinion is below: State v. Daimon Von Jackson, Jr., where the court dismissed a case as improvidently granted. From May 8-14, state supreme courts…
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Daniel Cameron defeats eleven other candidates in the Republican primary for governor of Kentucky
Daniel Cameron defeated Ryan Quarles, Kelly Craft, and nine other candidates in the Republican primary for governor of Kentucky on May 16. Cameron will face incumbent Gov. Andy Beshear (D) in the general election on Nov. 7. Cameron received 47% of the vote to Quarles’ 22% and Craft’s 18%. The three led in polling and…
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McCaffery defeats Kunselman in Democratic primary for Pennsylvania Supreme Court seat
Daniel McCaffery defeated Deborah Kunselman in the Democratic primary for one seat on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on May 16. McCaffery will face Carolyn Tornetta Carluccio—who won the Republican primary—in the general election on Nov. 7. McCaffery was elected to the Pennsylvania Superior Court in 2019. He is an Army veteran and worked as an…
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Enactment rate of single-topic versus omnibus-style election bills on par with 2022
The percentage of all enacted election-related bills dealing with single or multiple topics has stayed consistent from 2022 to 2023. As of May 2023, 53.5% of enacted bills address a single topic (61 of 114 bills), compared to 55.6% (158 of 284) of bills enacted by the end of 2022. Enactment of omnibus-style election bills,…
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54.9% of state legislatures are Republican, 44.35% Democratic
At the end of April 2023, 54.9% of all state legislatures in the United States are Republican while 44.35% are Democratic. There are 7,386 state legislative seats in the country. Democrats hold 855 state Senate seats and 2,421 state House seats, losing seven chamber seats since last month. Republicans hold 1,111 state Senate seats and…
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Election legislation roundup: New York State Assembly
As of May 14, Ballotpedia has tracked 163 election-related bills in the New York State Assembly since the beginning of the year. Of the 163, Ballotpedia tracked one from May 8-14. Democrats sponsored the bill. The bill is below: NY A06711: Provides that a candidate who files a certificate of acceptance for an office for…
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Election legislation roundup: New York State Senate
As of May 14, Ballotpedia has tracked 143 election-related bills in the New York State Senate since the beginning of the year. Of the 143, Ballotpedia tracked three from May 8-14. Republicans sponsored two, while Democrats sponsored one. The three bills are below: NY S06653: Prohibits the delivery of an absentee ballot or an application…
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42 candidates filed for federal and statewide offices last week
42 people declared candidacies for federal or statewide offices in the past week, five more than last week. All of these candidates declared before their state’s official filing deadline. Twenty-four of those candidates were Democratic, while 18 were Republican. Thirty candidates are running for Congress, four for governorship, and eight for a lower state executive…
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Missouri voters to decide on ballot measure for property tax exemptions for childcare facilities
In Missouri, a constitutional amendment that would allow childcare establishments to be exempt from property taxes was certified for the Nov. 5, 2024, ballot. On May 12, 2023, the Missouri House of Representatives voted 91-27 to pass the amendment. It previously passed the Missouri State Senate by 33-0 on March 23, 2023. To propose a…
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Louisiana House passes unemployment insurance indexing bill
The Louisiana House of Representatives on May 10 passed a bill that would index the length of unemployment insurance benefits to the state’s unemployment rate. House Bill 340 would reduce the maximum number of benefit weeks to 12 when the unemployment rate is at or below 5%. The bill also proposes capping the maximum benefit…