Category: State
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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.…
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Vargas defeats Shelton in Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District Democratic primary election
Tony Vargas defeated Alisha Shelton in the May 10 Democratic Party primary for Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District, receiving 72% of the vote to Shelton's 28%. Vargas served on the Omaha Board of Education from 2013 to 2016 and won election to Nebraska State Senate District 7 in 2016, defeating John Synowiecki in the general election…
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No incumbents defeated in Nebraska's state Senate primary elections
All 11 incumbents seeking re-election to the Nebraska Senate will advance to the general election after winning their respective primary elections on May 10. Since 2010, only one incumbent state senator has lost in a contested primary in Nebraska: Sen. Nicole Fox (R) in 2016. Six of the incumbents running for re-election faced contested primaries…