General elections for all 31 districts in the Texas State Senate took place on Nov. 8, 2022. Of the 31 districts up for election in 2022, 22 had a general election with more than one candidate. Across all contested general elections, candidates raised $19.5 million. Incumbents raised an average of $661,250 per candidate and challengers…
Elections for all 30 districts in the Arizona House of Representatives took place on Nov. 8, 2022. All 30 districts had general elections with more than one candidate. The Arizona House has two seats per district. Across all contested general elections, candidates raised $6.8 million. Incumbents raised an average of $96,163 per candidate and challengers…
Elections for all 30 seats in the Arizona State Senate took place on Nov. 8, 2022. Republicans held a 16-14 majority heading into the election. Committee chair fundraising State legislative committee chairs set a committee’s legislative agenda. The average amount raised by delegates who did not serve as a committee chair was $227,005. The funds…
Elections for all 30 seats in the Arizona House of Representatives took place on Nov. 8, 2022. Republicans held a 31-29 majority heading into the election. Committee chair fundraising State legislative committee chairs set a committee’s legislative agenda. Some committee chairs raise significantly more money than their non-chair counterparts in the state legislature. The average…
General elections for 17 of 33 districts in the Ohio State Senate took place on Nov. 8, 2022. Of the 17 districts up for election in 2022, 14 had a general election with more than one candidate. Across all contested general elections, candidates raised $6.0 million. Incumbents raised an average of $485,877 per candidate and…
General elections for all 99 districts in the Ohio House of Representatives took place on Nov. 8, 2022. Of the 99 districts up for election in 2022, 78 had a general election with more than one candidate. Across all contested general elections, candidates raised $20.0 million. Incumbents raised an average of $241,100 per candidate and…
On Dec. 13, California Independent Petroleum Association (CIPA), which is leading the Stop the Energy Shutdown campaign, announced that the campaign to place a veto referendum to repeal recently passed oil and gas regulations on the 2024 ballot had collected over 978,000 signatures. The referendum would repeal Senate Bill 1137 (SB 1137), which would prohibit…
In 2023, the minimum wage was set to increase in 27 states. The increases range from $0.23 in Michigan (a 2.28% increase from 2022) to $1.50 in Nebraska (a 14.29% increase from 2022). one increase was set to take effect on December 31, 2022; 22 increases were set to take effect on January 1, 2023;…
General elections for all 50 districts in the North Carolina State Senate took place on Nov. 8, 2022. Of the 50 districts up for election in 2022, 37 had a general election with more than one candidate. Across all contested general elections, candidates raised $16.3 million. Incumbents raised an average of $367,886 per candidate and…
General elections for all 120 districts in the North Carolina House of Representatives took place on Nov. 8, 2022. Of the 120 districts up for election in 2022, 85 had a general election with more than one candidate. Across all contested general elections, candidates raised $15.3 million. Incumbents raised an average of $128,916 per candidate…