Category: State
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Three states to hold primary elections on August 18
Primary elections for state legislative chambers in Alaska, Florida, and Wyoming are on August 18, 2020. In Alaska, the filing deadline to run passed on June 1. Candidates are running in elections for the following offices: • 10 seats in the Alaska State Senate—100% of incumbents filed for re-election, leaving no open seats. • 40…
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Special election primary to be held in Alaska Senate district
A special election primary is being held on August 18 for District M of the Alaska State Senate. Anita Thorne and Nicholas Willie are running in the Democratic primary. Josh Revak, Harold Borbridge, and Ray Metcalfe are running in the Republican primary. The general election is being held on November 3. The seat became vacant…
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Grant leaves Florida legislature for state executive role, ends re-election bid
Florida state Rep. James Grant (R) ended his re-election campaign for his District 64 seat on August 12, resigning from the state legislature in order to take a position as the state’s chief information officer. Grant was first elected to represent the district in 2012, having previously represented District 47 in the 2011-2012 legislative session.…
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Voters decide state executive and legislative races in five states
Four states held statewide primaries on August 11, 2020: Connecticut, Minnesota, Vermont, and Wisconsin. Georgia also held a primary runoff on the same date. Georgia’s primary election took place on June 9, 2020. When no candidate earned a majority of the vote in the primary, the top two vote-getters advanced to the runoff. There were…
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Hawaii voters decide state executive, legislative primaries
The statewide primary election for Hawaii took place on August 8. Candidates competed to advance to the general election scheduled for November 3. Candidates ran in elections for the following state offices: Office of Hawaiian Affairs (four seats) • Incumbent Dan Ahuna won the election outright for Kaua’i and Ni’ihau Resident Trustee after receiving more…
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Virginia House of Delegates District 29 special election set for November 3
A new state legislative special election has been added to our list. The special election is for the District 29 seat in the Virginia House of Delegates on November 3, 2020. There is no primary, and the candidates will be nominated directly by the political parties.
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New Mexico Supreme Court rules Governor Lujan Grisham may fine businesses for violating public health orders
On August 4, 2020, the New Mexico Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the governor may legally fine businesses that violate the New Mexico Public Health Emergency Response Act. The case came to the supreme court after several businesses filed suit in the 9th Judicial District in Curry County. The state Republican Party helped organize the…
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July 2020 breakdown of state legislative party membership: 52.01% Republicans, 46.80% Democrats
July’s partisan count of the 7,383 state legislators across the United States shows 52.01% of all state legislators are Republicans and 46.80% are Democrats. 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 hold a…
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Mason confirmed as New Hampshire Fish and Game executive
The New Hampshire Executive Council confirmed dairy farmer Scott Mason as the New Hampshire Executive Director of Fish and Game on August 5. Governor Chris Sununu (R) initially appointed Mason on June 10 of this year. Mason will serve a term ending in March 2024. He succeeds three-term executive director Glenn Normandeau, whose third and…
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Molly Gray wins Democratic lieutenant gubernatorial primary in Vermont
Molly Gray defeated Timothy Ashe, Debbie Ingram, and Brenda Siegel in the Democratic primary for lieutenant governor of Vermont. With 68% of precincts reporting, Gray had received 45% of the vote. Ashe was second with 32%. Siegel and Ingram each received less than 10%. Incumbent Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman (D/P) is running for governor, leaving…