Category: Newsletters

  • Nearly 90% of the country lives in a county that voted for the same presidential candidate from 2016 to 2024

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    Welcome to the Monday, March 3, Brew.  By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Nearly 90% of the country live in a county that voted for the same presidential candidate from 2016 to 2024 With President Donald Trump (R) starting the second month of his second term in…

  • ICYMI: Top stories of the week

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    Total partisan composition of state legislatures changed by less than one percentage point in 2024 As lawmakers around the country meet in the 2025 legislative sessions, we’re continuing our analysis of the elections that brought them there. In Monday’s Brew, we looked at the seats that changed party hands. In the Nov. 5 elections:  That…

  • The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration, Feb. 28, 2025

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    Welcome to The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration. Every Friday, we deliver the latest updates on election policy around the country, including nationwide trends and recent legislative activity.  In this week’s Ballot Bulletin, we cover 511 bills state legislatures acted on in the past week. Weekly highlights The big takeaways from the…

  • Following boycott in tied chamber, Minnesota Republicans file recall petitions against state House Democrats

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    Welcome to the Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, Brew.  By: Lara Bonatesta Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Following boycott in tied chamber, Minnesota Republicans file recall petitions against state House Democrats Over the past 111 years, there have been 186 recall attempts against state legislators. On Feb. 25, that number…

  • Campaigns raised more than $1.3 billion in the 2024 ballot measure cycle

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    Welcome to the Thursday, Feb. 27, Brew.  By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Campaigns raised more than $1.3 billion in the 2024 ballot measure cycle Campaigns supporting and opposing the 159 measures on statewide ballots in 2024 raised more than $1.3 billion—the most for an even-year election…

  • Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #145

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    Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving  school board governance, the politics surrounding it, and education policy.  In today’s edition, you’ll find: Reply to this email to share reactions or story ideas! On the issues: The debate over school discipline In this section, we curate reporting, analysis,…

  • Voters to decide if Musk’s SpaceX will get its own hometown

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    Welcome to the Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, Brew.  By: Lara Bonatesta Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: A comprehensive look at 124 years of ballot measures in Oregon  Ballotpedia’s Historical Ballot Measure Factbook will document nearly 200 years of direct democracy in the United States. This ongoing research effort will…

  • Democratic state financial officers support ESG in letter to regulators

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    In this week’s edition of Economy and Society: In the states Democratic state financial officers support ESG in letter to regulators What’s the story? Seventeen Democratic state financial officers sent a letter to the acting heads of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Department of Labor (DOL), asking them to not restrict the…

  • St. Louis will pick its next mayor with approval voting

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    Welcome to the Tuesday, Feb. 25, Brew.  By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: St. Louis will pick its next mayor with approval voting Incumbent Mayor Tishaura Jones, Michael Butler, Andrew Jones Jr., and Cara Spencer are running in the nonpartisan primary for Mayor of St. Louis, Missouri…

  • Robe & Gavel: SCOTUS concludes February 2024 sitting

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    Welcome to the Feb. 24 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S. The caged bird sings   with a fearful trill   of things unknown   but longed for still   and his tune is heard   on the distant hill   for the caged bird   sings of freedom. -Maya Angelou Follow…