Category: State
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Special election called for Texas House seat
A new state legislative special election has been added to our list. The special election is for the District 100 seat in the Texas House of Representatives on November 5, 2019. The filing deadline is on September 4.
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State legislative party breakdown nationwide at the end of June—52.3% Republicans, 47.0% Democrats
June’s partisan count of the 7,383 state legislators across the United States shows 52.3% of all state legislators are Republicans and 47.0% are Democrats, consistent with previous months. Ballotpedia completes a count of the partisan balance of state legislatures at the end of every month. The partisan composition of state legislatures refers to which…
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California to require background checks for ammunition purchases beginning July 1
Beginning on July 1, 2019, California will become the first state to require point-of-sale background checks to purchase firearm ammunition. Proposition 63, which voters approved in 2016, in conjunction with other legislation created the requirement and set the enactment date. Proposition 63 was a ballot initiative designed to ban large-capacity magazines, require background checks for…
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Borrello wins Republican primary in New York State Senate special election
The District 57 seat in the New York State Senate was up for special primary election on June 25. Austin Morgan (D) and George Borrello (R) advanced from the primary to the general election, which is scheduled for November 5. Morgan ran unopposed and won the Democratic nomination by default, while Borrello defeated Curtis Crandall…
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Wisconsin Supreme Court rules against Superintendent of Public Instruction, affirming the legislature can control how agencies make rules
In Koschkee v. Taylor, the Supreme Court of Wisconsin ruled 4-2 that the DPI must submit new rules to the governor for approval before they go into effect, affirming the state REINS Act, which requires new rules be sent to the governor before they can go into effect. Governor Tony Evers (D), then the…
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Wisconsin Supreme Court rules legislature’s lame-duck session was constitutional
In a 4-3 decision, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that the state legislature’s December 2018 lame duck session was not unconstitutional. The League of Women Voters, plaintiffs in the case, had argued that the state’s constitution did not allow lawmakers to call an extraordinary session, making the December session and all actions resulting from…
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New special election for Iowa House District 46
A new state legislative special election has been added to our list. The special election is for the District 46 seat in the Iowa House of Representatives on August 6, 2019. There is no primary because major-party candidates will be nominated directly by the parties instead, and the filing deadline for independent and third-party candidates…
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New special election for California Assembly District 1
A new state legislative special election has been added to our list. The special election is for the District 1 seat in the California State Assembly on November 5, 2019. The primary is on August 27, and the filing deadline is on July 3.
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New special election for New Hampshire House Rockingham 9
A new state legislative special election has been added to our list. The special election is for one of the two Rockingham 9 seats in the New Hampshire House of Representatives on October 8, 2019. The primary is on August 20, unless a primary is not required because only one candidate from each party filed…
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Early TV ads released in Louisiana governor’s race
The group Rebuild Louisiana began airing a 30-second TV ad Monday praising Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) for “work[ing] with Republicans and Democrats to pass Louisiana’s first teacher pay raise in a decade.” On June 13, the group released a 1-minute ad featuring Edwards speaking in support of a revenue plan that fell six votes…