Category: State
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Minnesota Secretary of State raises $385,959 this election cycle
According to the most recent campaign finance reports filed with the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board, Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon has raised $385,959 and spent $101,885 between Jan. 1, 2021 and Mar. 31, 2022. Simon is currently ranked sixth in state-level donations in the 2022 election cycle. Simon is a member…
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Michigan Secretary of State raises $1.5 million this election cycle
According to the most recent campaign finance reports filed with the Michigan Secretary of State’s office, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has raised $1.5 million and spent $176,057 between Jan. 1, 2021 and Apr. 20, 2022. Benson is currently ranked fifth in state-level donations in the 2022 election cycle. Benson is a member of…
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Indiana Secretary of State raises $497,226 this election cycle
According to the most recent campaign finance reports filed with the Indiana Secretary of State’s office, Indiana Secretary of State Holli Sullivan has raised $497,226 and spent $210,517 between Jan. 1, 2021 and Apr. 8, 2022. Sullivan is currently ranked sixth in state-level donations in the 2022 election cycle. Sullivan is a member of the…
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Arizona Secretary of State raises $3.69 million this election cycle
According to the most recent campaign finance reports filed with the Arizona Secretary of State’s office, Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs has raised $3.69 million and spent $2.19 million between Jan. 1, 2021 and Mar. 31, 2022. Hobbs is currently ranked third in state-level donations in the 2022 election cycle. Hobbs is a member…
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Seven Missourian candidates complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey since May 1
Below are a selection of responses from the candaidates who filled out Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey since May 1. To read each candidate’s full responses, click their name at the bottom of the article. Christopher Davis is running for Missouri House of Representatives District 143 and the Republican primary is on Aug. 2. Here’s how…
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Two bills passed during Missouri’s 2022 legislative session
The Missouri General Assembly adjourned on May 13 having passed two bills during the 2022 legislative session. Both House Bill 3014 and House Bill 3015 are appropriation bills. There were a total of 11 resolutions adopted between the two chambers. In 2021, Missouri state legislature passed a total 58 bills. That is 97% decrease in…
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$18 minimum wage campaign collects 1 million signatures for California initiative
On May 12, Yes on the California Living Wage Act, the campaign behind an initiative to increase the state’s minimum wage to $18, announced that they had collected over 1 million signatures. The initiative would enact a law to increase the minimum wage at different intervals depending on whether an employer has 26 or more…
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State legislator partisan breakdown for April
According to Ballotpedia’s April partisan count of the 7,383 state legislative seats across the United States, 54.35% of all state legislators are Republicans and 44.37% are Democrats. This is a 0.06% increase for Republicans and a 0.57% decrease for Democrats from April 2021. Ballotpedia tallies the partisan balance of state legislatures at the end of…
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Mooney defeats McKinley in WV-2 Republican primary
U.S. Rep. Alexander Mooney defeated U.S. Rep. David McKinley, Susan Buchser-Lochocki, Rhonda Hercules, and Mike Seckman in the Republican primary for West Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District on May 10, 2022. As a result of redistricting, Reps. McKinley (District 1) and Mooney (District 2) ran for re-election in the same district. Mooney received 54% of the…
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Missouri Supreme Court issues 10 decisions
The Missouri Supreme Court issued 10 decisions on April 26, 2022. This is the most decisions issued on a single day by the Missouri Supreme Court in 2022. Car Credit, Inc vs. Cathy L. Pitts was argued on March 22, 2022, and the circuit court’s decision was unanimously affirmed. State of Missouri vs. Eric G.…