Category: State

  • Economy and Society: SEC preps businesses for new ESG disclosure standards

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    Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics. ESG Developments This Week In Washington, D.C., and around the world SEC preps businesses for new ESG disclosure standards…

  • Democrats outraise Republicans by 125% in Virginia state legislative races

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    New campaign finance filings for Virginia state legislative races showed that Democrats led Republicans in fundraising through the election cycle. Between January 1, 2020, and November 25, 2021, Democratic candidates outraised Republican candidates by 125 percent. Heading into the general elections, 103 Democratic candidates raised $56.39 million compared to $25.11 million raised by 103 Republicans.…

  • November 2021 breakdown of state legislative party membership: 54.22% Republicans, 44.70% Democrats

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    54.22% of all state legislators are Republicans, and 44.70% are Democrats, according to Ballotpedia’s November partisan count of the 7,383 state legislators. Ballotpedia tallies the partisan balance of state legislatures at the end of every month. This refers to which political party holds the majority of seats in each chamber. Republicans control 61 chambers, while…

  • Special election to be held in Connecticut House district

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    A special election is being held on Dec. 14 for District 116 of the Connecticut House of Representatives. Trenee McGee (D), Richard DePalma (R), and Portia Bias (I) are running in the general election. The winner of the special election will serve until Jan. 2023. The seat became vacant on Oct. 18 when Michael DiMassa…

  • Union Station – December 3, 2021

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    West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals overturns circuit court’s block of union dues law On Nov. 22, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals overturned a circuit court order blocking a new state law prohibiting public-sector employers from deducting union dues from employee paychecks. Read our earlier coverage of this story here and here.  Background…

  • Recount begins in Virginia House of Delegates District 85

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    A recount of votes cast in the Nov. 2, 2021, general election for Virginia House of Delegates District 85 began on Dec. 2. Incumbent Del. Alex Askew (D) and District 91 incumbent Del. Martha Mugler (D) both filed court petitions for a recount on November 17. The recount in District 91 is expected to begin…

  • Redistricting map updates: proposals, advancements, and enactments between Nov. 24 and Dec. 1

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    Between Nov. 24 and Dec. 1, the Florida House and Senate Committees on Reapportionment released new draft maps and the Arkansas Board of Apportionment approved the state’s final legislative maps. Meanwhile, one state—Illinois—enacted a new congressional district map. Proposed Florida: On Nov. 24, the Senate Committee on Reapportionment released eight new draft maps: four for…

  • Special general election to be held Dec. 7 for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 6

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    The special general election for the Rockingham 6 District in the New Hampshire House of Representatives is on Dec. 7. Mary Eisner (D) and Jodi Nelson (R) are competing in the special election.  Nelson advanced from the Republican primary on Oct. 19, earning 78% of the vote. Eisner was unopposed in the Democratic primary. The…

  • Illinois to stop debit card unemployment insurance payments

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    The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced on Nov. 22, 2021, that unemployment insurance payments through state-issued debit cards would end starting Dec. 27, 2021. IDES said payments would continue through paper checks and direct deposit. Claimants will still be able to access the funds on their debit cards after December 27 until their…

  • Sixteen seats changed party control and 14 incumbents lost in state legislative general elections

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    Three of the country’s 99 state legislative chambers held regularly-scheduled elections on Nov. 2: the New Jersey State Senate, New Jersey General Assembly, and Virginia House of Delegates. Elections in these three chambers represented 220 of the country’s 7,383 state legislative seats (2.9%). Final results were recently certified in both states, though recounts recently began…