Category: Federal
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2,523 major party candidates filed for 2020 Congress elections, no new retirements last week
As of February 10, 2020, 2,523 major party candidates have filed to run for the Senate and House of Representatives in 2020. So far, 355 candidates are filed with the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) to run for U.S. Senate in 2020. Of those, 302—159 Democrats and 143 Republicans—were from one of the two major political…
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Fifteen candidates vie for TX-13 Republican nomination next month
Fifteen candidates are running in the Republican primary for Texas’ 13th Congressional District on March 3. Incumbent Mac Thornberry (R), who was first elected in 1994, announced in September 2019 that he would not seek re-election. Thornberry won his last election in 2018 by a margin of victory of 65 percentage points. Media coverage and…
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Federal Register weekly update; no 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 February 3 to February 7, the Federal Register grew by 1,288 pages for a year-to-date total of 7,190 pages. Over the same…
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Seven Democrats will debate in New Hampshire four days before first presidential primary
The Democratic Party will hold its eighth presidential primary debate in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Feb. 7. Seven candidates qualified for the debate: former Vice President Joe Biden, former Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Sen. Bernie Sanders, investor Tom Steyer, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, and businessman Andrew Yang. Yang was the only candidate to qualify…
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Ballotpedia releases federal judicial vacancy count for January
In this month’s federal judicial vacancy count, Ballotpedia tracked nominations, confirmations, and vacancies from January 3, 2020, to February 3, 2020. Ballotpedia publishes the federal judicial vacancy count at the start of each month. HIGHLIGHTS Vacancies: There have been three new judicial vacancies since the December 2019 report. There are 75 vacancies out of 870…
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Bernie Sanders receives most, Pete Buttigieg second-most, pageviews during Iowa Democratic caucuses
The Democratic Iowa caucuses were held on February 3, 2020, though the Iowa Democratic Party delayed releasing the caucus results due to quality control issues. Across the three-day period including the caucuses, from February 2 to February 4, Bernie Sanders led all Democratic candidates in pageviews on Ballotpedia with 3,070, which was 16.1% of all…
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No Article III federal judges confirmed in January; Trump has appointed second-most through third year of a presidency
Donald Trump appointed and the Senate confirmed 187 Article III federal judges through February 1, 2020, his fourth year in office. This is the second-most Article III judicial appointments through this point in a presidency of all presidents dating back to Theodore Roosevelt. Only Jimmy Carter (197) had more. The average number of federal judges…
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RNC outraises DNC for eighth consecutive month, Democrats lead in national Senate and House committee fundraising
The Republican National Committee (RNC) outraised its Democratic counterpart by more than two-to-one for the eighth consecutive month, while the Democratic House and Senate committees outraised their Republican counterparts, according to year-end 2019 campaign finance reports filed with the FEC Jan. 31. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) raised $7.3 million and spent $6.0 million…
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Presidential candidates have collectively raised over $1 billion
Michael Bloomberg (D) led presidential candidates in fundraising for the fourth quarter of 2019, according to financial reports filed Jan. 31. Bloomberg raised $200 million during the quarter, all self-funded. He was followed by Tom Steyer (D), who raised $156 million, including $155 million self-funded. As of the December 31, 2019, reporting cutoff, President Trump…
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DNC eliminates donor threshold for Feb. 19 debate in Las Vegas
The Democratic National Committee released its criteria for the Feb. 19 presidential primary debate in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Friday. Candidates have three paths to qualify: (1) receive at least one pledged delegate in the Iowa caucuses or New Hampshire primary; (2) receive 10 percent support in four national, Nevada, and/or South Carolina polls; or…