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The Democratic National Committee released the criteria to qualify for the January 14, 2020, presidential primary debate, raising both the polling and fundraising thresholds. Each candidate has to receive 5% support or more in at least four national or early state polls or 7% support or more in at least two single state polls to…

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on December 10 unanimously rejected an Administrative Procedure Act (APA) challenge to the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) process for approving new e-cigarette products. An e-cigarette manufacturer joined with an e-cigarette advocacy group to sue the FDA, arguing that the agency violated…

Each week, we report the number of pageviews received by 2020 presidential campaigns on Ballotpedia. These numbers show which candidates are getting our readers’ attention. Andrew Yang’s campaign page on Balloptedia received 2,421 views for the week of December 15-21. Yang’s pageview figure represents 11.7% of the pageviews for the week. Amy Klobuchar had 10.1%…

On December 13, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear two cases: Trump v. Vance and Trump v. Mazars USA, the latter of which was consolidated with Trump v. Deutsche Bank AG. Both cases concern the release of personal financial records of President Donald Trump (R). As of December 18, the court had agreed to…

A new state legislative special election has been added to our list. The special election is for the District 56 seat in the Rhode Island House of Representatives on March 3, 2020. The primary is on February 4, and the filing deadline is on January 7.

A new state legislative special election has been added to our list. The special election is for the District 190 seat in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives on February 25, 2020. There is no primary, and candidates are selected by their respective political parties.

Thirty-six statewide ballot measures were on ballots in eight states in 2019. Four were decided at pre-November elections, and 32 were on ballots for November elections.   Of the 36, 22 measures were approved by voters, and 14 were defeated. As of December 2019, the outcome of one of those measures—the Pennsylvania Marsy’s Law Amendment—was pending…

Kansas Governor Laura Kelly (D) appointed Judge Evelyn Wilson to succeed Justice Lee Johnson on the Kansas Supreme Court. Johnson retired on September 8, 2019. Wilson is Kelly’s first nominee to the seven-member supreme court.At the time of her supreme court appointment, Wilson was the chief judge for the Third Judicial District in Shawnee County, Kansas. She first joined the…

A total of 36 statewide ballot measures were on 2019 ballots in eight states. Of those, four were decided at pre-November elections, and 32 statewide measures were on ballots for the November election in seven states.   Of the total, 22 statewide measures were approved by voters, and 14 were defeated. As of December 2019,…

A new state legislative special election has been added to our list. The special election is for the 32nd Middlesex District seat in the Massachusetts House of Representatives on March 3, 2020. The primary is on February 4, and the filing deadline is on December 31, 2019.