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  • Ballotpedia’s Daily Brew: Mississippi will elect party nominees for governor Tuesday

    Today’s Brew highlights tomorrow’s gubernatorial and state executive primaries in Mississippi + the current partisan composition of the nation’s state legislatures     Welcome to the Monday, August 5, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Mississippi voters to decide gubernatorial, other state executive primaries Tuesday Your July state legislative…

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    Dave Beaudoin

  • Ballotpedia releases federal vacancy count for July

    In this month’s federal vacancy count, Ballotpedia tracked nominations, confirmations, and vacancies from June 27 to July 31, 2019. Ballotpedia publishes the federal vacancy count on the last Wednesday of each month.   HIGHLIGHTS Vacancies: There have been seven new judicial vacancies since the June 2019 report. There are 114 vacancies out of 870 active…

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    Sara Reynolds

  • The Daily Brew: The mayoral election taking place today

    Today’s Brew previews the municipal elections in Tennessee’s second-largest city + our upcoming Ballotpedia Insights webinar with Adam Probolsky on market research     Welcome to the Thursday, August 1, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Nashville Mayor seeks re-election today against nine challengers Register for our August 7…

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    Dave Beaudoin

  • 2020 Dems debate Medicare for All and wealth tax

      July 31, 2019: The 2020 Democratic candidates debated Medicare for All, tax policy, and other topics during the first night of the second presidential primary debate. Donald Trump aired an ad during the debates to criticize the Democratic field on healthcare.   Notable Quotes of the Day “Like the last debate, I think this has…

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    Emily Aubert

  • Sanders and Warren, Biden and Harris to meet on same stage in second set of Democratic presidential debates

    Twenty candidates will debate Tuesday and Wednesday in Detroit, Michigan, in the second set of Democratic presidential primary debates.   Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren will meet on the debate stage for the first time on Tuesday, July 30, along with Steve Bullock, Pete Buttigieg, John Delaney, John Hickenlooper, Amy Klobuchar, Beto O’Rourke, Tim Ryan,…

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    Emily Aubert

  • Two Republican U.S. representatives announce retirements

    U.S. Reps. Paul Mitchell (R-Mich.) and Pete Olson (R-Texas) announced this week that they would not seek re-election in 2020. So far, 10 members of the U.S. House—three Democrats and seven Republicans—have announced they are not seeking re-election in 2020. Seven are retiring from public office, two are seeking a U.S. Senate seat, and one…

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    Joel Williams

  • Biden calls for decriminalizing marijuana and eliminating private prisons at federal level

      July 23, 2019: Joe Biden released his criminal justice platform on Tuesday. Kamala Harris introduced two bills on water infrastructure and marijuana-related offenses.   Which presidential election had the highest estimated voter turnout? a. 2008→ b. 1876→ c. 1968→ d. 1860→ Notable Quote of the Day “Since entering the presidential race, Ms. Warren has taken…

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    Emily Aubert

  • Warren and Sanders set to share debate stage

      July 19, 2019: The lineup for the July 30-31, 2019, debate in Detroit was announced Thursday night. Beto O’Rourke released his Social Security policy proposal. Each Friday, we’ll highlight a presidential candidate’s key campaign staffer. Maya Rupert is a Democratic staffer and policy director who worked under Castro at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. She…

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    Emily Aubert

  • Trump holds campaign rally in North Carolina

      July 18, 2019: Donald Trump held a campaign rally in Greenville, North Carolina. Top Democratic advisers Jess O’Connell and Sonal Shah joined Pete Buttigieg’s campaign.   Poll Spotlight Notable Quote of the Day “The Rust Belt bus tours and campaign cattle calls are far more about lingering post-traumatic stress from the Democrats’ 2016 loss than…

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    Emily Aubert

  • Biden proposes $750 billion healthcare policy

    July 16, 2019: Joe Biden proposed expanding the Affordable Care Act. Cory Booker released his long-term care policy.   Which was the most recent presidential election where both parties renominated their candidates from the last election? A. 1892→ B. 1836→ C. 1956→ D. 1972→ Notable Quote of the Day “Some of these candidates need a miracle.…

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    Emily Aubert