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  • ICYMI: Top stories of the week

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    Each week, we bring you a collection of the most viewed stories from The Daily Brew, condensed. Here are the top stories from the week of July 17-21. State legislative party switches in 2023 occurring at twice the 30-year average Last week, Georgia Rep. Mesha Mainor announced she had changed her party affiliation from Democrat…

  • ICYMI: Top stories of the week

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    Each week, we bring you a collection of the most viewed stories from The Daily Brew, condensed. Here are the top stories from the week of July 10-14. A primer on primaries The laws governing primary elections vary from state to state and can even vary within states by locality and political party. That’s become…

  • All 10 states with the largest percentages of open seats since 2010 have term limits

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    Since 2010, Ballotpedia has covered state legislative elections to 44,639 seats across all 50 states over 13 election cycles. During that time, 8,404 of those seats have been open, those where no incumbents ran for re-election. That represents 18.8% of all seats up for election between 2010 and 2022. The key determinant of the magnitude…

  • ICYMI: Top stories of the week

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    Each week, we bring you a collection of the most viewed stories from The Daily Brew, condensed. Here are the top stories from the week of July 3-7. One party controls the top state executive offices in 44 states—up from 30 in 2010 In 44 states, one party controls that state’s top executive offices—governor, attorney…

  • State governors issue 53 executive orders from June 19-July 2

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    Nationally, state governors issued 53 executive orders from June 19-July 2. New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) led the field with 34, followed by Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) with three. Governors in 35 states issued the fewest orders with zero. Governors use executive orders to manage executive branch operations. The last two weeks…

  • ICYMI: Top stories of the week

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    Each week, we bring you a collection of the most viewed stories from The Daily Brew, condensed. Here are the top stories from the week of June 26-June 30. More U.S. House races now have major-party competition Over the past decade, the percentage of U.S. House of Representatives elections with only a Democrat or a…

  • 86 candidates filed for federal and statewide offices last week

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    Eighty-six people declared candidacies for federal or statewide offices in the past week, three more than last week. All of these candidates declared before their state’s official filing deadline. Forty of those candidates were Democratic, while 37 were Republican. Nine are minor-party candidates. Fifty-two candidates are running for Congress, 17 for state legislatures, and 17…

  • ICYMI: Top stories of the week

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    Each week, we bring you a collection of the most viewed stories from The Daily Brew, condensed. Here are the top stories from the week of June 19-June 23. More bills related to Juneteenth introduced and enacted so far this year than in all of 2022  Juneteenth, celebrated on June 19, commemorates the day in…

  • Five U.S. Senators have announced they are not running for re-election in 2024

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    Fifteen members of Congress—five members of the U.S. Senate and ten members of the U.S. House—have announced they would not seek re-election in 2024. This includes 11 Democrats—four in the Senate and seven in the House—as well as four Republicans—U.S. Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) and three House members. The same number of U.S. Senators (5)…

  • State supreme courts issued 257 opinions from May 29-June 11

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    State supreme courts issued 257 opinions from May 29-June 11. The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia led the field with 27 opinions issued, followed by Mississippi with 20 and Delaware with 19. The last two weeks’ 257 opinions account for 9% of the year-to-date total of 3,013. West Virginia, again, leads with 228…