Category: State
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These are the results in the top five most expensive Florida State Senate elections
General elections for all 40 districts in the Florida State Senate took place on Nov. 8, 2022. Of the 40 districts up for election in 2022, 26 had a general election with more than one candidate. Across all contested general elections, candidates raised $16.4 million. Incumbents raised an average of $430,787 per candidate and challengers…
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These are the results in the top five most expensive Florida State House elections
General elections for all 120 districts in the Florida House of Representatives took place on Nov. 8, 2022. Of the 120 districts up for election in 2022, 79 had a general election with more than one candidate. Across all contested general elections, candidates raised $27.7 million. Incumbents raised an average of $296,632 per candidate and…
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How 2016 and 2020 Democratic presidential contenders performed in newly proposed early primary states
The Democratic National Committee’s Rules and Bylaws Committee voted on December 2, 2022, to approve a proposal changing the early presidential primary schedule in 2024. South Carolina was selected as the first primary state, followed by New Hampshire and Nevada on the same day, then Georgia, and Michigan. The proposal still awaits an approval vote…
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These are the results in the top five most expensive Pennsylvania Senate elections
General elections for 26 of 50 districts in the Pennsylvania State Senate took place on Nov. 8, 2022. Of the 26 districts up for election in 2022, 22 had a general election with more than one candidate. Across all contested general elections, candidates raised $22.4 million. Incumbents raised an average of $575,475 per candidate and…
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These are the results in the top five most expensive Pennsylvania State House elections
General elections for all 203 districts in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives took place on Nov. 8, 2022. Of the 203 districts up for election in 2022, 136 had a general election with more than one candidate. Across all contested general elections, candidates raised $38.4 million. Incumbents raised an average of $227,118 per candidate and…
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These are the results in the top five most expensive Arizona State Senate elections
General elections for all 30 districts in the Arizona State Senate took place on Nov. 8, 2022. Of the 30 districts up for election in 2022, 25 had a general election with more than one candidate. Across all contested general elections, candidates raised $7.8 million. Incumbents raised an average of $422,551 per candidate and challengers…
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Turnout in Georgia Senate runoff was 90% of November election turnout
The office of Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger reported that 3.5 million Georgians voted in the runoff election for U.S. Senate this year. That number 25% less than two years ago, when 4.5 million Georgians cast their ballots in the runoffs that took place on January 5, 2021. This year, 44.7% of all registered…
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November Partisan Counts: 54.49% of state legislators are Republican, 43.97% Democratic
At the end of November 2022, 54.49% of all state legislators in the United States are Republican while 43.97% are Democratic. There are 7,383 state legislative seats in the country. Democrats hold 848 state Senate seats and 2,398 state House seats, gaining 10 seats since last month. Republicans hold 1,105 state Senate seats and 2,918…
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Voters in Louisiana will decide on three constitutional amendments on Dec. 10
Voters in Louisiana will decide on three constitutional amendments on Dec. 10. Amendment 1 would prohibit local governments from allowing noncitizens to vote. Currently, Article I, Section 10 of the Louisiana Constitution reads, “Every citizen of the state, upon reaching eighteen years of age, shall have the right to register and vote…” This amendment would…
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Warnock (D) defeats Walker (R) in the runoff election for U.S. Senate in Georgia
Incumbent Raphael Warnock (D) defeated Herschel Walker (R) in the runoff election for U.S. Senate in Georgia on December 6, 2022. Warnock and Walker were the top-two vote-getters in the November 8, 2022, general election, with Warnock winning 49.4% of the vote to Walker’s 48.5%. Libertarian Chase Oliver won 2.1% of the vote and did…