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Federal Register weekly update; only 14 documents published as government shutdown continues
The Federal Register is a daily journal of federal government activity that includes presidential documents, proposed and final rules, and public notices. It is a common measure of an administration’s regulatory activity. During the week of January 14 to January 18, the number of pages in the Federal Register increased by 88 pages, bringing the…
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24 candidates file for seven vacant Louisiana House seats
On January 11, 2019, the candidate filing deadline passed to run in Louisiana’s special primary on February 23. The election was called to fill vacancies in seven Louisiana House of Representatives districts: 12, 17, 18, 26, 27, 47, and 62. A total of 24 candidates filed to run for these open seats. Of these candidates,…
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Florida and California top total state party revenue for both Democratic and Republican parties between 2011 and 2017
The Democratic and Republican parties maintain state-level affiliates in all 50 states. The parties primarily raise money through contributions, which they later use to support electoral candidates and general party administration. Democratic affiliates in Florida and California—which is a Democratic state trifecta—had the highest total state party revenue between 2011 and 2017, followed by…
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Local California tax measures reach decade high in 2018
Ballotpedia covers all local tax measures in California. We also track ballot measure trends related to business, hotel, utility, parcel, and sales taxes. The total number of tax measures in all five of these categories was 333 in 2018, compared to 239 in 2016. This bump in tax measures represented a 39 percent increase. The…
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RNC outraised and outspent DNC by almost a two-to-one margin in 2018
The Republican National Committee (RNC) raised over $184 million in the first eleven months of 2018, as reported on its post-general election report filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC). In comparison, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) raised $104.5 million during that same period. The RNC spent almost twice as much as the DNC…
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469 state legislators lost in 2018, the most since 2012
Four hundred sixty-nine incumbent state legislators lost in 2018 primaries or general elections out of the 4,952 legislators that filed for re-election. The 469 losses were the most since 2012 when 488 legislators were defeated. Overall, the losses include: 119 Democrats 330 Republicans 20 third party or independent legislators In the November 6…
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Forty-six percent of federal and state legislators were successful in bids for other offices in 2018
Twenty-one members of the U.S. House of Representatives and 472 state legislators ran for other elected positions in 2018. Nine (43 percent) House members won election to statewide office, while 217 (46 percent) state legislators successfully won election to a new position. Democratic House members were more successful in their runs than Republicans. Of…
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Compared to previous midterm cycles, Democrat gains in 2018 smaller than usual
The 2018 election cycle, President Donald Trump’s first midterm, saw gains by the Democratic Party in every federal and state government office except the U.S. Senate. However, compared to the first midterms of Presidents Barack Obama (D) (2010), George W. Bush (R) (2002), and Bill Clinton (D) (1994), Democrats’ 2018 gains were the smallest for…
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USDA proposes new rule for SNAP program work requirements
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) proposed a new rule tightening regulations over Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) work requirement waivers. The new rule would only grant waivers to SNAP work requirements for able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWD) if the unemployment rate in certain areas was over 7 percent. The rule also prevents states…