Tag: 2025 election coverage
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Maine voters could decide on establishing extreme risk protection orders (ERPOs), a type of firearms regulation, in Nov. 2025
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows (D) announced on March 7, 2025, that the signatures for a ballot initiative to create a process for extreme risk protection orders, a firearm regulation policy, were validated, certifying the initiative to the legislature. If the legislature does not approve the measure, it will be placed on the ballot…
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A special election for District 35 of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives will determine majority control
Dan Goughnour (D), Charles Davis (R), and Adam Kitta (L) are running in the special election for District 35 of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives on March 25, 2025. Incumbent Rep. Matthew Gergely (D) died on January 19. Gergely's death left the state House tied 101-101. Before his death, Democrats controlled the House 102-101. Goughnour…
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Four candidates are running in the nonpartisan primary for Mayor of St. Louis, Missouri on March 4
Incumbent Tishaura Jones, Michael Butler, Andrew Jones Jr., and Cara Spencer are running in the nonpartisan primary for Mayor of St. Louis on March 4, 2025. St. Louis Public Radio's Lara Hamdan and Rachel Lippmann wrote, "The next mayor of St. Louis will come into office with crime numbers mirroring the national downward trend...But he…
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Democrats gain a seat in the Iowa Senate
On Jan. 28, Mike Zimmer (D) defeated Katie Whittington (R) in the special election for Iowa Senate District 35, 51.7% to 48.1%. The seat became vacant in November 2024 after Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) appointed Sen. Chris Cournoyer (R) to serve as lieutenant governor. The last time that the seat was up for election in…
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Partisan control of Wisconsin Supreme Court at stake in 2025
Susan Crawford and Brad Schimel are running for a 10-year term on the Wisconsin Supreme Court on April 1, 2025. Incumbent Justice Ann Walsh Bradley, one of the court’s liberal members, is retiring. The filing deadline was Jan. 7, 2025. The primary scheduled for February 18, 2025, was canceled after only two candidates filed to…
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6,541 candidates responded to Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey in 2024
Since 2018, Ballotpedia has invited candidates to take part in our Candidate Connection initiative. We survey candidates at the federal, state, and local levels to help voters better understand how their candidates think about the world and how they intend to govern. A total of 6,541 candidates from all 50 states, four territories, and the…
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Louisiana voters to decide on four constitutional amendments addressing taxes, courts, and criminal justice on March 29, 2025
The Louisiana State Legislature approved bills for four constitutional amendments on Nov. 22, 2024. Voters will decide them on March 29, 2025. The constitutional amendments address the state's tax structure, state courts, judicial elections for vacant seats, and juvenile criminal justice policies. Changes to state tax policy and government budget House Bill 7 would revise…