Category: State

  • Karofsky and Kelly advance in Wisconsin Supreme Court primary; Fallone eliminated

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    Incumbent Daniel Kelly and Jill Karofsky were the top-two finishers in Tuesday’s nonpartisan Wisconsin Supreme Court primary and will advance to the April 7 general election. As of 9:10 p.m. CT, Kelly had received 48.8% of the vote to Karofsky’s 38.0% and Fallone’s 13.3% with 57.3% of precincts reporting. Although the race is officially nonpartisan,…

  • Florida Supreme Court has one seat up for retention and two vacant

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    Two of the seven seats on the Florida Supreme Court are currently vacant. The seats were held by Robert Luck and Barbara Lagoa and will be filled by the current governor, Ron DeSantis (R), through assisted gubernatorial appointment. Under the assisted gubernatorial appointment method, the Governor of Florida chooses from a list of three to…

  • Nine candidates to face off in California’s 50th District primary

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    Nine candidates are running in the primary election for California’s 50th Congressional District in the U.S. House on March 3, 2020. Duncan Hunter, who had represented the district since 2013, resigned Jan. 13, 2020, after pleading guilty to misusing campaign funds. Media coverage and endorsements have focused on three Republicans and one Democrat: Ammar Campa-Najjar…

  • Two Kentucky House seats on the ballot in February 25 special election

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    A special general election is scheduled for February 25, 2020, for Districts 67 and 99 of the Kentucky House of Representatives. Rachel Roberts (D) and Mary Jo Wedding (R) are competing for the District 67 seat. The seat was formerly occupied by Dennis Keene (D), who resigned on December 16, 2019, to become the commissioner…

  • Illinois Supreme Court Justice to retire on Leap Day

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    Illinois Supreme Court Associate Justice Robert Thomas is retiring on February 29, 2020. Thomas announced plans to join law firm Powers Rogers following his retirement. Justice Thomas joined the Second District of the Illinois Supreme Court after winning election in November 2000. Thomas served as the Chief Justice of the court from 2005 to 2008.…

  • 52 candidates file to run for 25 Indiana State Senate seats

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    Twenty-five of the Indiana State Senate’s 50 seats are up for election in 2020, with 52 candidates filing to run for those seats. The primary is scheduled for May 5, and the general election is on November 3. The filing deadline was February 7. Of the 52 candidates who filed to run for election, 26…

  • Recall election scheduled for clerk of the Superior Court of Graham County in Arizona

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    Cindy Woodman, clerk of the Superior Court of Graham County in Arizona, will be on the ballot in a recall election on May 19, 2020. The recall effort against Woodman started in September 2019. Recall organizers cited high turnover, lack of institutional knowledge, and a court ruling that found Woodman was derelict in her duties…

  • Florida Supreme Court declines to hear Coral Gables preemption case

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    On February 12, the Florida Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from the City of Coral Gables of a ruling by the Third District Court of Appeal that upheld the state’s preemption of local bans on plastic packaging. Preemption occurs when law at a higher level of government is used to overrule authority at…

  • Virginia pilot program aims to reduce regulations

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    The Virginia General Assembly created a regulatory reduction pilot program in 2018 that aims to cut regulations in two state agencies by 25% before July 1, 2021. Both agencies cut regulations faster than planned, according to a progress report published in October 2019. Under the program, the Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation (DPOR)…

  • Arizona governor issues nation’s first 3-for-1 regulatory policy

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    Arizona Governor Doug Ducey (R) signed an executive order on January 13, 2020, that requires state agencies to eliminate three existing regulations in order to issue a new regulation. “If the government ever deems a new regulation absolutely necessary, it must first identify three others to eliminate,” said Ducey in his 2020 State of the…