Category: State
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Jan. 7 marks the filing deadline for three Michigan House seats
Candidates interested in running in the special elections for Michigan House of Representatives Districts 36, 43, and 74 have until Jan. 7 to file. The primary election is scheduled for March 1, and the general election is scheduled for May 3. The special election for District 36 was called after Douglas Wozniak (R) was elected…
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules against 2019 Marsy’s Law Crime Victims Rights Amendment
In 2019, 74% of voters at the election on Nov. 5, 2019, voted to approve the Pennsylvania Marsy’s Law Crime Victims Rights Amendment. Results were never certified because the Commonwealth Court enjoined then-Acting Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar from certifying election results pending litigation. On Dec. 21, 2021, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, in a 6-1 ruling,…
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Candidates nominated for Virginia House special election
Firehouse primaries took place on Dec. 21 to select candidates in the special election for District 89 of the Virginia House of Delegates. Jackie Glass was selected as the Democratic nominee, and Giovanni Dolmo was nominated by Republicans. Glass and Dolmo are facing off in the special election on Jan. 11. The winner will serve…
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Filing deadline to pass for Kentucky House special election on Jan. 4
Candidates interested in running in the special election for District 42 in the Kentucky House of Representatives have until Jan. 4 to file. The special election will be held on Feb. 22. The winner of the special election will serve until January 2023. The seat became vacant after Reginald Meeks (D) retired from the state…
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Number of recall efforts soars to highest level since 2012
Ballotpedia tracked more recall efforts this year than any other year since we started compiling data on recalls in 2012. We identified 529 officials targeted for recall in 2021, compared to 301 in 2020 and 233 in 2019. The year with the second-most recalls was 2014 with 387 officials targeted for recall. Despite the increase…
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Congressional redistricting passes to Connecticut Supreme court after commission misses extended deadline
On Dec. 21, the Connecticut Supreme Court assumed control over the state’s congressional redistricting process after the Connecticut Reapportionment Commission announced it did not complete congressional maps before its noon deadline. The court has until Feb. 15, 2022, to approve new maps for the state’s five congressional districts. This is the second time the commission—made…
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Third-party candidates who received more votes than the margin of victory in 2021 elections
We covered more than 800 elections around the country on Nov. 2, 2021, and we found five third-party candidates who received more votes in their elections than the margin of victory between the winning candidate and the runner-up. Our analysis included local races within our coverage scope. In single-seat elections, that’s the difference in votes between…
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New Jersey enacts new congressional map
On Dec. 22, 2021, the New Jersey Congressional Redistricting Commission enacted a new congressional map, which will take effect for New Jersey’s 2022 congressional elections. The commission voted 7-6 to approve the Democratic map proposal, with all six Democratic members and the tiebreaker chairman of the commission, former New Jersey Supreme Court Judge John Wallace,…