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Welcome to the Tuesday, October 3, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott & Joseph Greaney Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Seven candidates running for three districts on Douglas County school board in Colorado On Nov. 7, Ballotpedia will cover school board elections in 16 states—including all school board elections in seven…

Welcome to the Monday, October 2, 2023, Brew.  By: Juan Garcia de Paredes In Friday’s edition, we mistakenly included a paragraph referencing a chart on Article III nominations, renominations, and recess appointments. This paragraph wasn’t intended for publication. We apologize for the error. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Proposed…

Welcome to the Friday, September 29, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Biden has nominated 181 federal judges, behind Trump, Obama, and Bush at this point in his first term Between Aug. 1 and Sept. 24, President Joe Biden (D) nominated seven new Article III judges,…

Welcome to the Thursday, September 28, 2023 Brew.  Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Previewing Mississippi’s gubernatorial election Let’s start today by looking at one of this year’s top races—Mississippi’s gubernatorial election on Nov. 7.  Incumbent Tate Reeves (R), Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley (D), and Independent Gwendolyn Gray are…

Welcome to the Wednesday, September 27, Brew.  Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Dallas becomes largest city with a Republican mayor after party switch On Sept. 22, Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson, a former Democratic state legislator, announced he was switching his party affiliation to become a Republican.  The switch makes…

Welcome to the Tuesday, September 24, Brew.  Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: State legislative competitiveness in 2023: Open seats, major party competition, and incumbents in contested primaries  Every year, Ballotpedia publishes our State Legislative Competitiveness Report, a comprehensive look at competition in state legislative elections. This year, the 13th…

Welcome to the Monday, September 25, 2023, Brew.  Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Pennsylvania becomes 24th state to implement automatic voter registration On Sept. 19, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) announced that the state had implemented automatic voter registration (AVR) for all eligible residents. The governor’s office said Shapiro…

Welcome to the Friday, September 22, Brew.  Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Democrats regain narrow majority of Pennsylvania House of Representatives  On Sept. 19, Lindsay Powell (D) defeated Erin Connolly Autenreith (R) 65.1% to 34.7% in the special election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 21. Powell’s victory in…

Welcome to the Thursday, September 21, Brew.  Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Fourteen U.S. House members have announced they will not run for re-election in 2024, below 2018-2022 average On Tuesday, we looked at U.S. Senate retirements in recent election cycles. Today, we’ll look at retirements on the other…

Welcome to the Wednesday, September 20, Brew.  Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: California legislators send two constitutional amendments on vote thresholds to November 2024 ballot On Sept. 14, the California Legislature passed two constitutional amendments that would change vote thresholds required to pass certain ballot measures. Both amendments will…