Category: Newsletters

  • Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 8

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    February 3, 2022 In this issue: Three Texas State Senate candidates reject LIBRE endorsement and Wisconsin poised for expensive gubernatorial primary Three Texas State Senate candidates turn down LIBRE endorsement  On Jan. 24, three Republican state Senate candidates in Texas rejected a joint endorsement from LIBRE Action—the political action committee affiliated with the LIBRE Initiative—and…

  • Incumbent vs Incumbent in the US House

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    Welcome to the Thursday, February 3, Brew.  By: David Luchs Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Five U.S. House elections this year feature two incumbents running in the same district Nine out of 11 Republicans running in Texas’ 8th Congressional District complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey Ohio statewide candidate filing…

  • Federal court invalidates Connecticut disclosure law

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    Welcome to The Disclosure Digest! Keep an eye out for new editions published on Wednesdays through June 2022.  Federal court invalidates Connecticut disclosure law On Jan. 19, the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut issued its final ruling in Kissel v. Seagull, striking down a Connecticut statute that required paid solicitors to…

  • Pennsylvania court strikes down state’s no-excuse absentee/mail-in voting law

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    Welcome to The Ballot Bulletin, where we track developments in election policy at the federal, state, and local levels. In this month’s issue: Pennsylvania court strikes down state’s no-excuse absentee/mail-in voting law Federal court blocks Alabama’s congressional redistricting plan Mississippi enacts new congressional map Ohio Supreme Court strikes down congressional district plan Pennsylvania court strikes…

  • A redistricting update from New York and Ohio

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    Welcome to the Wednesday, February 2 , Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Redistricting roundup—New York and Ohio Ohio Secretary of State certifies marijuana legalization initiative to the state legislature  Texas primary election spotlight Redistricting roundup—New York and Ohio We’re back with the latest news out…

  • Ballot measure updates in Florida and Massachusetts

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    Welcome to the Tuesday, February 1, Brew.  By: Douglas Kronaizl Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Ballot measure updates in Florida and Massachusetts Republicans outraise Democrats by 44% in Florida state legislative races Last week had the highest weekly document total added to the Federal Register so far this year…

  • Economy and Society: ESG-related opposition to Federal Reserve nominee

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    Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics. ESG Developments This Week In Washington, D.C. ESG-related opposition to Federal Reserve nominee  On January 14, President Biden nominated…

  • The two states with separate filing deadlines for congressional candidates

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    Welcome to the Monday, January 31, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: The two states with separate filing deadlines for congressional candidates California county commission recall election to be held Feb. 1  All aboard Union Station—your weekly look at public-sector union policy! The two states with…

  • ICYMI: Top stories of the week

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    Federal court blocks Alabama’s congressional redistricting plan; Mississippi enacts new congressional map On Jan. 24, a unanimous three-judge federal court panel blocked Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill (R) from holding the state’s 2022 congressional elections using the redistricting plan the state adopted on Nov. 4, 2021. On the same day, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves…

  • Conflict in Colorado over potential bill to expand public-sector collective bargaining

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    Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) said he won’t support the current version of a public-sector collective bargaining bill Democratic leaders are drafting.  The conflict  The not-yet-introduced bill, which Colorado Politics’s Marianne Goodland described as “the brainchild of [House Majority Leader Daneya Esgar (D) and Senate Majority Leader Steve Fenberg (D)],” would expand public-sector collective bargaining…