Category: State
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Alabama allocates American Rescue Plan Act funds to replenish unemployment trust fund
The Alabama Legislature passed a plan for spending American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds on Jan. 27, 2022, directing $79.5 million of the state’s $2.1 billion ARPA allocation to replenish the state’s unemployment trust fund. Following the bill’s passage, Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced the state dropped to a lower tax schedule…
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Kentucky filing deadline update: 51% of state legislative districts are contested by only one of the two major parties
The filing deadline for candidates running for state or federal office in Kentucky was Jan. 25, 2022. State legislative elections will take place in 19 of the 38 state Senate districts and all 100 state House districts. In all, 256 candidates filed for those 119 districts: 88 Democrats and 168 Republicans. This equals 2.2 candidates…
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Minnesota adopts new congressional district boundaries
Minnesota enacted new congressional district boundaries on Feb. 15 when a special judicial redistricting panel issued an order adopting final maps. Minnesota was apportioned eight seats in the U.S. House of Representatives after the 2020 census, the same number it received after the 2010 census. This map will take effect for Minnesota’s 2022 congressional elections.…
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Minnesota enacts new legislative district boundaries
Minnesota enacted new state legislative district boundaries on Feb. 15 when a special judicial redistricting panel issued an order adopting final maps. These maps will take effect for Minnesota’s 2022 legislative elections. Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Lorie Gildea established the five-judge special redistricting panel in June 2021 to hear legal challenges regarding redistricting and…
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Disclosure Digest: February 15, 2022
Welcome to The Disclosure Digest! Keep an eye out for new editions published on Tuesdays through June 2022. Oregon Attorney General certifies proposed ballot measures On Feb. 9, Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum (D) certified the language of three ballot initiatives that would limit campaign contributions and require the disclosure of donors’ identities. The certification…
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Candidates and committees in Newsom recall raised more than $142 million and spent $145.4 million
Candidates and committees raised a combined $142 million for the Sept. 14, 2021, recall election of California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), according to final campaign finance figures. In that election, voters retained Newsom as governor by a vote of 61.9% to 38.1%. Roughly 12.8 million people voted. The ballot asked voters first if they would…
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Colby Fulfer wins Arkansas State Senate special election
A special general election was held for Arkansas State Senate District 7 on Feb. 8. Colby Fulfer (R) won the special election with 2,032 votes and defeated Lisa Parks (D), who received 1,998 votes. The Republican primary runoff was held on Jan. 11. The filing deadline passed on Nov. 22. The special election was called…
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Connecticut enacts new congressional district boundaries after state supreme court adopts special master’s proposed plan
Connecticut enacted new congressional district boundaries on Feb. 10 when the Connecticut Supreme Court adopted the redistricting plan submitted by a court-appointed special master. Connecticut was apportioned five seats in the U.S. House of Representatives after the 2020 census, the same number it received after the 2010 census. This map will take effect for Connecticut’s…
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Texas filing deadline update: 2022 to have the most contested Republican state legislative primaries in at least eight years
The filing deadline for candidates running for state or federal office in 2022 in Texas was Dec. 13, 2021. State legislative elections will take place in all 31 Texas State Senate districts and all 151 Texas House of Representatives districts. In all, 461 candidates filed for those 181 districts, including 269 Republicans, 192 Democrats, and…