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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.

Two new state legislative special elections have been added to our list. The special elections are for the 2nd Hampden and Hampshire District and the Plymouth and Barnstable District seats in the Massachusetts State Senate on March 31, 2020. The primary is on March 3, and the filing deadline is on January 28.

A resolution introduced under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) in the U.S. House of Representatives on December 6 aims to block a new rule governing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) work requirement waivers.   The new rule grants waivers to SNAP work requirements for able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWD) only if the unemployment rate is…

Last week, Rep. Ted Yoho (R-Fla.) announced he was retiring in 2020, making him the 19th Republican member of the U.S. House to do so. To date, four Senators (three Republicans and one Democrat) and 32 Representatives (23 Republicans and nine Democrats) are not running for re-election. In 2018, 55 total members of Congress—18 Democrats…