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Each week, we report the number of pageviews received by 2020 presidential campaigns on Ballotpedia. These numbers reflect the time investments of our community of thousands of readers who visit a Ballotpedia because they think the candidate is worth knowing more about, whether they believe the candidate has a strong chance of winning or is…

Virginia Sen. Mamie Locke (D) and Del. Kaye Kory (D) are patrons of a bill to amend Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution of Virginia to remove the following text: “No person who has been convicted of a felony shall be qualified to vote unless his civil rights have been restored by the Governor…

New York State Senator Bob Antonacci (R) resigned on December 31, 2019, after representing Senate District 50 for 11 months. Antonacci resigned after winning a five-way race for a spot on the New York State Supreme Court in November 2019. Antonacci’s first bid for political office was in 2014 when he ran unsuccessfully for New…

U.S. Rep. Phil Roe (R-Tenn.) announced on January 3, 2020, that he will not seek re-election to the U.S. House. He said in a statement, “As someone who practiced medicine for over 30 years, I said I would serve five or six terms because I never intended this job to be a second career.” Roe…

Although year-end financial reports are due to the Federal Election Commission on Jan. 31, several 2020 presidential candidates have released their fourth-quarter fundraising figures early. Sen. Bernie Sanders leads the Democratic pack with $34.5 million, topping his third-quarter haul by more than $9 million and setting a Democratic record for this election cycle. Former South…

In this month’s federal vacancy count, Ballotpedia tracked nominations, confirmations, and vacancies from December 3, 2019, to January 2, 2020. Ballotpedia publishes the federal vacancy count at the start of each month. HIGHLIGHTS Vacancies: There have been three new judicial vacancies since the November 2019 report. There are 72 vacancies out of 870 active Article…

U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) resigned from the Senate on December 31, 2019. Isakson had announced that he would resign his seat at the end of the year due to health reasons on August 28, 2019. Isakson was first elected to the Senate in 2004 after incumbent Zell Miller (D) retired. He was re-elected in…

The Michigan Supreme Court ruled on December 30, 2019, in relation to the recall petition targeting state Rep. Larry Inman (R), that a missing word was not a valid reason to throw out the 13,870 signatures submitted in the recall effort. The court found that, “The recall petition is proper because the reasons give for…

On December 31, 2019, seven confirmed nominees to federal judgeships received commission for seven United States District Courts. Gary R. Brown was first nominated to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York by President Donald Trump (R) on May 15, 2018, to succeed Judge Sandra Feuerstein, who assumed senior status on…

State Sen. Bobby Zirkin (D) resigned from the Maryland State Senate on January 2, 2020. Zirkin had announced on December 3, 2019, that he would resign after 20 years in the Maryland legislature in order to practice law and spend more time with his family. Zirkin was first elected to represent District 11 in the…