Category: State

Two new state legislative special elections have been added to our list. The special elections are for the District 48 and 132 seats in the Connecticut House of Representatives on January 14, 2020. There are no primaries, and the candidates are nominated directed by local party town committees.

The ballot access deadline for established party candidates in Illinois is December 2, 2019. The state’s primary is scheduled for March 17, 2020, and the general election is November 3, 2020. Offices on the ballot include U.S. Senate, all 18 U.S. House seats, 20 of the 59 state Senate seats, all 118 state House seats,…

A special election runoff is scheduled to take place on December 3 in District 152 of the Georgia House of Representatives. Jim Quinn (R) and Bill Yearta (R) are competing in the runoff election; they both advanced from the November 5 general election after defeating Mary Egler (D) and Tyler Johnson (R). The runoff election…

The ballot access deadline for candidates in California is December 6, 2019. The primary is scheduled for March 3, 2020, and the general election is November 3, 2020. Offices on the ballot include all 53 U.S. House seats, 20 out of 40 state Senate seats, and all 80 state House seats. California’s statewide filing deadline…

In Kentucky State Senate District 38, party county executive committees have chosen Andrew Bailey (D) and Mike Nemes (R) to run in the special election on January 14.   The seat became vacant when Dan Seum (R) resigned on November 16. Seum had represented the district since 1995. He last won re-election in 2018 with…

Texas Governor Greg Abbott on October 8, 2019, directed the heads of state agencies to reduce occupational licensing regulations, fees, education requirements, and prohibitions for individuals with criminal records, where appropriate.   In the letter sent to the heads of state agencies, Abbott specifically instructed agencies to decrease licensing application fees to 75% of the…

A new state legislative special election has been added to our list. The special election is for the District 34 seat in the Arkansas House of Representatives on March 3, 2020. The primary is on January 14, the primary runoff is on February 11 if necessary, and the filing deadline was on November 19, 2019.

Washington voters approved Initiative 976 earlier this month in a vote of 53% to 47%. The measure, sponsored by Tim Eyman, was designed to limit annual license fees for vehicles weighing under 10,000 pounds at $30 except voter-approved charges, base vehicle taxes on the Kelley Blue Book value rather than 85% of the manufacturer’s base…

Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice Patrick Wyrick vacated his seat on the court on April 10, 2019, when he received commission to become an Article III federal judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma. On November 20, 2019, Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) appointed Dustin Rowe to succeed Wyrick on the…

On November 21, 2019, the California Supreme Court ruled unanimously that SB 27, which requires presidential candidates to file copies of their income tax returns with the California secretary of state in order to qualify for placement on the primary ballot, violates Article II, Section 5(c) of the state constitution.   Article II, Section 5(c)…