Category: Local
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Beshear appoints judge to Fayette County District Court
Kentucky Gov Andy Beshear (D) appointed prior Fayette County commonwealth’s attorney Melissa Moore Murphy to serve on the Fayette County District Court on April 16. Murphy was a candidate for the vacant seat on the Fayette County Court created by Judge Julie Goodman’s appointment to the Fayette County Circuit Court. Murphy has served as a…
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Filing deadline for St. Louis special elections is April 20
St. Louis, Missouri, is holding special elections for two of the city’s 29 board of aldermen seats on May 19, 2020. The filing deadline is April 20. Winners of the special elections will serve until the next regularly-scheduled general election on April 6, 2021. The two seats are up for special election due to the…
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Wisconsin local spring election results published April 13
Although Wisconsin held spring elections for municipal, county, and judicial offices on April 7, results from those elections were not released until April 13 due to court orders made regarding the coronavirus outbreak. Ballotpedia covered 86 seats across the nonpartisan general elections in Madison, Milwaukee, Dane County, and Milwaukee County. Milwaukee held elections for mayor,…
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Incumbent Spencer Coggs defeats Brandon Methu in Milwaukee City Treasurer race
Spencer Coggs defeated Brandon Methu in the general election for city treasurer of Milwaukee, Wisconsin on April 7. According to unofficial results released April 13, Coggs received 66.8% of the vote to Methu’s 32.9%. Coggs was first elected city treasurer in 2012. He was a Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Senate representing District 6 from 2003 to 2013.…
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Coronavirus daily update: April 14, 2020
As part of Ballotpedia’s coverage on the coronavirus pandemic, we are compiling a daily summary of major changes in the world of politics, government, and elections happening each day. Here is the summary of changes for April 14, 2020. Debate over government responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic Read more: Arguments in support of and…
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Coronavirus daily update: April 13, 2020
As part of Ballotpedia’s coverage on the coronavirus pandemic, we are compiling a daily summary of major changes in the world of politics, government, and elections happening each day. Here is the summary of changes for April 13, 2020. Debate over government responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic To date, 20 states have made temporary…
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Changes to rent, mortgage, eviction, and foreclosure policies in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
State and local governments have implemented a range of policies affecting evictions and foreclosures in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Some governors have issued executive orders affecting evictions and foreclosures. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) and Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D), for example, issued executive orders suspending evictions and foreclosures for a set period of…
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Three recall efforts fail in Westminster, California
Recall elections against Mayor Tri Ta and council members Kimberly Ho and Chi Charlie Nguyen were on the April 7 ballot in Westminster, California. Unofficial results show all three officials surviving their recall elections. In-person voting was canceled due to concerns about the coronavirus pandemic. Westminster residents were required to postmark their mail-in ballots by…
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Coronavirus daily updates: April 10, 2020
As part of Ballotpedia’s coverage on the coronavirus pandemic, we are compiling a daily summary of major changes in the world of politics, government, and elections happening each day. Here is the summary of changes for April 10, 2020. Debate over government responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic Today, the University of Washington Institute for…
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Anchorage holds all-mail municipal elections
The city of Anchorage, Alaska, held general elections on April 7 for six city council seats, two school board seats, and 15 special district seats. The election was vote-by-mail, and all of the races were nonpartisan. Election officials will release updated results daily until they are certified on April 21. The election results below are…