This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in Michigan was April 23, 2024. Forty-three candidates are running for Michigan’s 13 U.S. House districts, including 23 Democrats and 20 Republicans. That’s an average of 3.3 candidates per district. Here are some other highlights from this year’s filings: Michigan and three other states—Kansas, Missouri, and…
This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in Missouri was March 26, 2024. Forty-three candidates are running for Missouri’s eight U.S. House districts, including 16 Democrats and 27 Republicans. That’s an average of 5.38 candidates per district. That’s lower than the 7.13 candidates per district in 2022 but more than the 5.00 in…
On May 28, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landy (R) signed SB 101 into law banning ranked-choice voting (RCV) in the state. Louisiana is the fifth state to ban RCV in 2024 and 10th to do so overall. All 10 states to ban RCV have done so with a Republican controlled legislature. The new law states: “A…
At the end of May 2024, 54.98% of all state legislators in the United States are Republican while 44.38% are Democratic. There are 7,386 state legislative seats in the country. Republicans control 56 chambers, while Democrats hold 41. Two chambers (Alaska House and Alaska Senate) were organized under multipartisan, power-sharing coalitions. Democrats hold 847 state…
The California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS), the largest public pension fund in the country, announced on May 21 that it has chosen to take action against ExxonMobil at the company’s May 29 annual shareholder meeting. Because of a lawsuit filed by Exxon against two small shareholders – Arjuna Capital and Follow This – CalPERS…
Arizona has 29 contested state legislative primaries this year, down 24% from 2022. Of these, there are 12 for Democrats and 17 for Republicans. For Democrats, this is down from 15 in 2022, a 20% decrease. Contested Republican primaries are down 26% from 23 in 2022. Twenty-nine incumbents—14 Democrats and 15 Republicans— face primary challenges,…
Montana has 60 contested state legislative primaries in 2024, a new high and an increase of 36% from the preceding cycle. This is also the first election for which the new state legislative maps, finalized in February 2023, take effect. Fifteen of the 60 contested primaries are for Democrats, up 15% from 2022. Forty-five primaries…
Oklahoma voters will join Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, South Carolina, and Wisconsin voters in deciding on ballot questions to add language to their respective state constitutions to provide that only U.S. citizens can vote in elections. All six ballot questions were placed on the Nov. 2024 ballot by Republican-controlled state legislatures. Similar measures were on the…
In this month’s state supreme court vacancy update, Ballotpedia tracked announced retirements, nominations, appointments, confirmations, and swearings in of justices from May 1, 2024, to May 31, 2024. Ballotpedia tracks court vacancies in all 52 state supreme courts. Announced retirements: On May 21, 2024, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont (D) announced that Chief Justice Richard Robinson…
Jeff Crank (R) and Dave Williams (R) are running in the Republican primary for Colorado’s 5th Congressional District on June 25, 2024. The district is open because incumbent U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn (R) is not running for re-election. Former President Donald Trump (R) endorsed Williams, and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R) endorsed Crank.…