Category: Federal
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LaTurner defeats incumbent Watkins in KS-02 GOP primary
Jake LaTurner won Kansas’ 2nd Congressional District Republican primary with 49% of the vote to incumbent Steve Watkins’ 34% and Dennis Taylor’s 17%, with 57% of precincts reporting. Watkins is the sixth incumbent representative defeated in a primary in 2020. He was first elected in 2018, defeating Paul Davis (D) by less than 1 percentage…
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Federal Register weekly update: Two new significant final rules published
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. From July 27 to July 31, the Federal Register grew by 1,474 pages for a year-to-date total of 46,530 pages. Over the same period…
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Previewing Missouri’s 1st Congressional District Democratic primary
Incumbent William Lacy Clay, Katherine Bruckner, and Cori Bush are running in the Aug. 4 Democratic Party primary in Missouri’s 1st Congressional District. Bush challenged Clay in the district’s 2018 Democratic primary, which Clay won, receiving 57% of the vote to Bush’s 37%. Clay was first elected in 2000, replacing his father, former Rep. William…
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California sues Trump administration for changing census procedures
California is challenging a Trump administration effort to exclude people who reside in the United States without legal permission from the census numbers used to allocate congressional districts. On July 28, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra filed a lawsuit arguing that the July 21 presidential memorandum entitled “Excluding Illegal Aliens From the Apportionment Base Following…
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Tennessee to hold congressional primaries August 6
Tennessee is holding primaries for one seat in the U.S. Senate and nine seats in the U.S. House on August 6. Candidates are competing for a place on the general election ballot on November 3. The filing deadline for candidates to run in this election was April 2. The open race for the state’s U.S.…
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Previewing the Democratic primary for Michigan’s 13th Congressional District
There are three battleground primaries taking place in Michigan on Aug. 4. Battlegrounds are elections that Ballotpedia expects to have a meaningful effect on the balance of power in governments or to be particularly competitive or compelling. Democratic primary for Michigan’s 13 Congressional District Incumbent Rep. Rashida Tlaib and Brenda Jones are running in the…
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Judicial nominee confirmed to federal district court
On July 28, 2020, the U.S. Senate confirmed David Joseph to a federal judgeship on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana by a 55-42 vote. Joseph will join the court upon receiving his judicial commission and taking his judicial oath. Joseph was nominated to the seat by President Donald Trump (R)…
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Previewing Kansas’ August 4 battleground primaries
There are three battleground primaries taking place in Kansas on August 4. Battlegrounds are elections that Ballotpedia expects to have a meaningful effect on the balance of power in governments or to be particularly competitive or compelling. Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Kansas Eleven candidates are running in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate…
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All three Democratic candidates for Florida’s 15th Congressional District complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey
Three Democrats—Alan Cohn, Adam Hattersley, and Jesse Philippe—are running to challenge Rep. Ross Spano (R), the freshman legislator representing central Florida’s 15th Congressional District. All three have completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. Ballotpedia asks all federal, state, and local candidates to complete a survey so voters can discover what motivates them on political and personal…
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Blue Dog Coalition co-chairman O’Halleran faces Our Revolution-backed Putzova in Arizona primary
Rep. Tom O’Halleran faces challenger Eva Putzova in the Democratic primary for Arizona’s 1st Congressional District on August 4. O’Halleran was first elected to the House in 2016 and did not face a primary challenger in 2018. O’Halleran, who served eight years in the state legislature as a Republican before leaving the party in 2014,…