Category: State
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$275,000 spent with USPS from North Carolina campaign accounts
In North Carolina, state-level candidates and PACs have spent $275,000 from their campaign accounts on services from the United States Postal Service in the 2022 election cycle so far. USPS received 0.48 percent of all $57.3 million in reported expenditures. According to North Carolina State Board of Elections reports, here are the top candidates and…
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$516,804 was spent with USPS from Michigan campaign accounts
In Michigan, state-level candidates and PACs have spent $516,804 from their campaign accounts on services from the United States Postal Service in the 2022 election cycle so far. USPS received 0.31 percent of all $164.1 million in reported expenditures. According to Michigan Secretary of State reports, here are the top candidates and PACs that have…
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$2.8 million spent with USPS from Pennsylvania campaign accounts
In Pennsylvania, state-level candidates and PACs have spent $2.8 million from their campaign accounts on services from the United States Postal Service in the 2022 election cycle so far. USPS received 0.53 percent of all $520.3 million in reported expenditures. According to Pennsylvania Department of State reports, here are the top candidates and PACs that…
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$58,235 spent with USPS from Ohio campaign accounts
In Ohio, state-level candidates and PACs have spent $58,235 from their campaign accounts on services from the United States Postal Service in the 2022 election cycle so far. USPS received 0.1 percent of all $71.4 million in reported expenditures. According to Ohio Secretary of State reports, here are the top candidates and PACs that have…
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Primary watch: number of contested state legislative primaries is up 25% compared to 2020
There are 25% more contested state legislative primaries this year than in 2020, including 55% more Republican primaries and 8% more top-two/four primaries. Democratic primaries are down 9%. These figures include elections in 37 states that account for 4,672 of 6,166 state legislative seats up for election this year (76%). A primary is contested when…
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33% of Washington state legislative incumbents face contested top-two primaries
Thirty-one of the 95 Washington state legislators who filed for re-election—22 Democrats and nine Republicans—will face contested primaries on Aug. 2. This represents 33% of incumbents who filed for re-election, lower than in 2020 but a higher rate than other recent election cycles. Washington is one of three states holding top-two state legislative primaries this…
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Incumbent Galvin faces Sullivan in Massachusetts’ secretary of state Democratic primary on Sept. 6
Incumbent William Galvin and Tanisha Sullivan are running in the Democratic primary for Massachusetts secretary of state on September 6, 2022. Galvin won his first term in 1994 and was re-elected six times before the 2022 election. In this period, he faced Democratic primary opposition twice. In the 2018 primary, he defeated Josh Zakim, 67%…
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Hawaii lifts last statewide school mask requirement in the nation
On August 1, 2022, Hawaii lifted its statewide school mask requirement, making it the final state in the nation to do so. The Hawaii Department of Health announced the change on July 12. Thirty-five states required masks in schools at some point since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some requirements specifically covered schools, while…
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$359,986 was spent with USPS from Wisconsin campaign accounts
In Wisconsin, state-level candidates and political organizations have spent $359,986 from their campaign accounts on services from the United States Postal Service in the 2022 election cycle so far. USPS received 0.43 percent of all 84.6 million in reported expenditures. According to Wisconsin Ethics Committee reports, here are the top candidates and groups that have…
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$2.1 million spent with USPS from Texas campaign accounts
In Texas, state-level candidates and PACs have spent $2.1 million from their campaign accounts on services from the United States Postal Service in the 2022 election cycle so far. USPS received 0.4 percent of all $558.2 million in reported expenditures. According to Texas Ethics Commission reports, here are the top candidates and PACs that have…