Category: Federal
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President Trump announces intent to nominate two Article III judgeships in New York
On February 12, 2020, President Donald Trump (R) announced his intent to nominate Jennifer Rearden to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and Saritha Komatireddy to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Following nomination by the president, a federal judicial nominee completes a questionnaire that…
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Pennsylvania statewide filing deadline passes on February 18
The filing deadline to run for elected office in Pennsylvania is on February 18, 2020. In Pennsylvania, prospective candidates may file for the following federal and state offices: • 18 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives • State auditor general, attorney general, and treasurer • 25 seats in the Pennsylvania State Senate and 203…
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New York sues federal agencies over new travel restrictions
The state of New York on February 10 filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York arguing that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) when they blocked New York residents from participating in Trusted Traveler…
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Senate confirms sixth Trump nominee to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Andrew Brasher to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit on a 52-43 vote. Overall, the Senate has confirmed 188 of President Trump’s Article III judicial nominees—two Supreme Court justices, 51 appellate court judges, 133 district court judges, and two U.S. Court of International Trade judges—since January 2017.…
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Michael Bennet (D) ends presidential campaign
On Tuesday night, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) announced he was ending his presidential campaign. Based on results with 47% of precincts reporting, Bennet received 0.3% of the vote in the New Hampshire Democratic primary. Bennet finished in 10th place in the Iowa caucuses with 4 final votes. He participated in two of the eight…
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Sanders, Trump win New Hampshire presidential primaries
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) won the Democratic presidential primary in New Hampshire on Tuesday night. With 93% of precincts reporting, Sanders led former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg by 1.6%. Both are projected to win 9 pledged delegates. Sanders also won the New Hampshire primary in 2016. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (Minn.) was the only…
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Andrew Yang (D) suspends presidential campaign
Shortly after polls closed in the New Hampshire presidential primary on Feb. 11, Andrew Yang (D) announced he was ending his presidential campaign. Yang said, “I’m a numbers guy and if we are below a threshold where we are going to get delegates here in New Hampshire, if we are unlikely to hit that threshold…
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Pennsylvania statewide filing deadline is February 18
The filing deadline to run for elected office in Pennsylvania is on February 18, 2020. In Pennsylvania, prospective candidates may file for the following state offices: U.S. House of Representatives (18 seats) Attorney General Auditor Treasurer State Senate (25 seats) House of Representatives (203 seats) The primary is scheduled for April 28, and the general…
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New Hampshire holds first-in-the-nation presidential primary on Tuesday
Former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg is the Democratic delegate scoreboard leader, earning a projected 14 pledged delegates out of Iowa. Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vt.), the popular vote winner in Iowa, follows with 12 pledged delegates. The Sanders campaign requested the Iowa Democratic Party complete a partial recanvass of the results in 25 precincts and…
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Buttigieg becomes third Dem candidate to get 9k pageviews in a single week; Walsh accumulated 101k pageviews by end of his campaign
Each week, we report the number of pageviews received by 2020 presidential campaigns on Ballotpedia. These numbers reflect the time investments of our community of thousands of readers who visit a Ballotpedia because they think the candidate is worth knowing more about, whether they believe the candidate has a strong chance of winning or is…