Category: State
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Arizona voters will decide on a ballot measure that would provide property tax refunds for non-enforcement of public nuisance laws
Arizona voters will decide on a ballot measure that would allow property owners to request property tax refunds if their city or locality does not enforce public nuisance laws. The measure will be placed on the Nov. 2024 ballot. Public nuisance laws are defined by the ballot measure to include illegal camping, loitering, obstructing public…
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Results for a selection of notable California local ballot measures on March 5
Across California, voters decided on 138 local ballot measures, in addition to the statewide measure, Proposition 1, on March 5. While we are awaiting finalized results for the ballot measures, below is a selection of local ballot measure outcomes, which addressed policing, voter ID, school curriculums, and more: Fresno County Measure B: Voters rejected Measure…
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Incumbent Barry Moore defeats incumbent Jerry Carl in the Republican primary for Alabama’s 1st Congressional District
Incumbent Barry Moore (R) defeated incumbent Jerry Carl (R) in the Republican primary for Alabama’s 1st Congressional District on March 5. As of March 6, Moore received 51.5% of the vote to Carl’s 48.5%. On Oct. 5, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama approved new congressional districts. The new map…
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Three Mississippi U.S. House primaries are contested this year
This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in Mississippi was Jan. 12, 2024. Twelve candidates are running for Mississippi’s four U.S. House districts, including four Democrats and eight Republicans. That’s three candidates per district, less than in the previous three election cycles. There were 5.75 candidates per district in 2022, 3.75 candidates per…
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29 of 46 Republican incumbents facing challengers in the Texas House advance to general election
As of March 7, 29 of the 46 Republican incumbents facing a primary challenge in the Texas House of Representatives advanced from their primary. Nine lost their primary and another seven advanced to a primary runoff. One district, House District 61, remained uncalled as of this writing. There were 59 contested Republican primaries overall on…
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Arizona Supreme Court ruling expands unemployment insurance eligibility to more workers who quit (2024)
The Arizona Supreme Court decided on January 26, 2024, to expand the definition of intolerable work conditions, making it easier for certain people who quit their jobs to claim unemployment insurance benefits. The court argued in its Barriga v. ADES/Precision ruling thatexisting regulations defining intolerable working conditions related to poor relationships with coworkers did not…
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All candidates for Texas House of Representatives District 130 Democratic primary complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey
Both of the candidates running in the March 5, 2024, Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 130 — Henry Arturo (D) and Brett Robinson (D) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. Here are the candidates’ responses to…
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All candidates for Texas House of Representatives District 52 Democratic primary complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey
Both of the candidates running in the March 5, 2024, Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 52 — Jennie Birkholz (D) and Angel Carroll (D) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. Here are the candidates’ responses to…
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All candidates for Texas House of Representatives District 20 Republican primary complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey
Both of the candidates running in the March 5, 2024, Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 20 — Incumbent Terry Wilson (R) and Elva Janine Chapa (R) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. Here are the candidates’…
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Utah State Senate rejects effort to repeal use of ranked-choice voting
The Utah State Senate rejected a bill to repeal the use of ranked-choice voting (RCV) in local Utah elections on Thursday, Feb. 29th. HB290 would have eliminated the Municipal Alternate Voting Methods Pilot Project, which allows municipalities to adopt instant-runoff voting, a form of RCV, for odd year elections. Currently, 23 localities in the state…