Tag: california
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These California State Assembly candidates raised the most money and lost
Elections for all 80 seats in the California State Assembly took place on Nov. 8, 2022. Democrats held a 62-18 majority heading into the election. This article details the five candidates who raised the most money and lost their election. In the 2022 election cycle, 78 of 80 general elections were contested. The losing candidates…
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These are the results in the top five most expensive California State Senate elections
Elections for 20 of 40 seats in the California State Senate took place on Nov. 8, 2022. Of the 20 districts up for election in 2022, 20 had a general election with more than one candidate. Across all contested general elections, candidates raised $36.6 million. Incumbents raised an average of $1,315,453 per candidate and challengers…
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These are the results in the top five most expensive California State Assembly elections
Elections for all 80 seats in the California State Assembly took place on Nov. 8, 2022. Of the 80 districts up for election in 2022, 78 had a general election with more than one candidate. Across all contested general elections, candidates raised $108.3 million. Incumbents raised an average of $1,131,955 per candidate and challengers raised…
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Fourteen of 22 California State Senate committee chairs raised less money than the average member this cycle
Elections for 20 of 40 seats in the California State Senate took place on Nov. 8, 2022. Democrats held a 31-9 majority heading into the election. Committee chair fundraising State legislative committee chairs set a committee’s legislative agenda. Some committee chairs raise significantly more money than their non-chair counterparts in the state legislature. The average…
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Three of five California Assembly committee chairs raised less money than the average member this cycle
Elections for all 80 seats in the California State Assembly took place on Nov. 8, 2022. Democrats held a 62-17 majority heading into the election. Committee chair fundraising State legislative committee chairs set a committee’s legislative agenda. Some committee chairs raise significantly more money than their non-chair counterparts in the state legislature. The average amount…
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Campaign behind a California oil and gas veto referendum submits nearly 1 million signatures
On Dec. 13, California Independent Petroleum Association (CIPA), which is leading the Stop the Energy Shutdown campaign, announced that the campaign to place a veto referendum to repeal recently passed oil and gas regulations on the 2024 ballot had collected over 978,000 signatures. The referendum would repeal Senate Bill 1137 (SB 1137), which would prohibit…
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Campaign to repeal California fast food wage and labor regulation law submits more than 1 million signatures
On Dec. 5, Save Local Restaurants submitted more than 1 million signatures to the California secretary of state to place a veto referendum on the 2024 ballot that would repeal Assembly Bill 257 (AB 257). AB 257 would create a fast food council authorized to increase the minimum wage of workers in the fast-food industry…
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Closest and widest vote margins for state ballot measure elections in California
There were 23 state ballot measures decided by less than a percentage point in California between 1910 and 2022. The ballot measure with the closest vote margin percentage during that period was Proposition 74, which was defeated with a vote margin of 50.01% ‘No’ to 49.99% ‘Yes’ in 1988. The margin in absolute votes was…
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California Democratic candidates have spent $115.4 million more than Republicans
In California, state-level candidates have spent $378.9 million between Jan. 1, 2021, and Oct. 22, 2022. Democratic candidates have spent $233.5 million and Republican candidates have spent $118.1 million. California Campaign Finance Snapshot (1/1/2021 – 10/22/2022) Top 10 Democratic candidates, by expenditures (1/1/2021 – 10/22/2022) In the 2022 election cycle, 268 state-level Democrats have filed…
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All candidates for Water Replenishment District of Southern California District 4 complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey
Both of the candidates running in the November 8, 2022, general election for Water Replenishment District of Southern California District 4 — incumbent Sergio Calderon and Jose Gonzalez — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. According to the…