Category: State
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State supreme court vacancy count for September 2026
In this month's state supreme court vacancy update, Ballotpedia tracked announced retirements, nominations, appointments, confirmations, and the swearings-in of justices from Sept. 2 to Oct. 2, 2026. Ballotpedia tracks court vacancies in all 52 state supreme courts. Justices sworn into office: Four justices were sworn into office between Sept. 2 and Oct. 2, 2026. Candidates…
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DLCC and RSLC both target Pennsylvania Senate, where Republicans have held a majority for 32 years
Elections for 25 of the 50 districts in the Pennsylvania Senate will take place on Nov. 3, 2026. Ahead of the general elections, Republicans have a 27-23 majority in the chamber. Republicans have controlled the chamber since gaining a majority in the 1994 general elections. Democrats last had a majority in the chamber in 1993,…
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Washington voters will decide on three ballot measures in 2026, including topics on public education, school sports and sex, and income taxes
On Nov. 3, Washington voters will decide on three ballot measures — all of which are initiated state statutes — with topics covering certain parental rights in public schools, LGBTQ issues, and income taxes. Initiative 1 The first initiative that voters in Washington will decide on — Initiative 1 — would reenact an indirect initiated…
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2026 recall success rate behind 16-year average
Out of the 437 elected officials named in recall efforts in 2026, 35 had been removed from office in a recall election as of Oct. 2, a success rate of 8%. That rate is lower than the 16% success rate Ballotpedia tracked from 2010 to 2025. The highest success rate occurred in 2011, when 83…
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All 40 Alaska House seats on the Nov. 3 ballot after five straight cycles of bipartisan coalition control
Elections for all 40 seats in the Alaska House of Representatives will be held on November 3, 2026. Alaska legislators have formed bipartisan governing coalitions after every election since 2016. Although Republicans won a majority of seats in all five of those elections, the only bipartisan coalition that was majority-Republican was the one formed after…
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Supreme Court rules Missouri must use old maps for Nov. 3 elections, not maps used in congressional primaries
On Sept. 25, 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that Missouri must use U.S. House districts enacted in 2022 for the Nov. 3, 2026, general elections. In the primary elections on Aug. 4, Missouri used new district maps enacted in 2025. The new maps were expected to shift one district, held by…
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Incumbent Vicente Gonzalez Jr. (D) and Eric Flores (R) run for Texas' 34th Congressional District in toss-up election
Incumbent Vicente Gonzalez Jr. (D), Eric Flores (R), Eddie Espinoza (G), and Chris Royal (L) are running in the general election for Texas' 34th Congressional District on Nov. 3. During mid-decade redistricting, the district was redrawn to one that President Donald Trump (R) would have won in 2024, 54.7%-44.5%, compared to 51.8%-47.3% under the old…
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Heading into the midterms, Democrats have flipped 13 Republican state legislative seats in special elections since President Donald Trump (R) took office
Democrats have gained a net 13 state legislative seats in special elections since January 2025 — all flipped from Republican to Democratic control — while Republicans have not flipped any seats in the other direction during President Donald Trump's (R) second term. The pace is comparable to Trump's first term: Democrats gained a net 11…
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Nearly two-thirds of 2026 legislative referrals were driven by one political party
State legislatures in 32 states referred 109 constitutional amendments and statutes to statewide ballots in 2026. Nearly two-thirds (63%) of those referrals reflect partisan divisions in the legislative votes that sent them to the ballot. Ballotpedia analyzed how Democrats and Republicans voted on each referral. Of the 109 legislatively referred measures on the ballot this…
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Ohio leads states in number of local ballot measures on data centers for 2026
Voters in eight states—Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, Kansas, California, Michigan, Nevada, and Florida—will decide on 38 data center-related ballot measures in 2026. The ballot measures span 35 jurisdictions in 30 counties. Ohio accounts for 20 measures across 17 jurisdictions, more than half of the total. Illinois has seven measures, including four in Madison County. The remaining…