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  • Subscribe to The Heart of the Primaries to keep up to date with 2022 elections

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    Welcome to the Tuesday, January 18, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Subscribe to The Heart of the Primaries to stay abreast of the latest key congressional and state-level primaries in 2022  Austin initiative to decriminalize marijuana and prohibit no-knock warrants submitted more than 20,000 valid…

  • Reviewing wave election data from From 1918 to 2018

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    Welcome to the Friday, January 14, Brew.  By: Douglas Kronaizl Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Six of 11 wave elections in the U.S. House took place during a president’s first midterm election Ohio Supreme Court orders state legislative maps redrawn #FridayTrivia: How many school board recall efforts is Ballotpedia…

  • 28 down, 22 to go—an update on state legislative redistricting

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    Welcome to the Thursday, January 13, Brew.  By: David Luchs Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Redistricting Roundup: New Mexico completes state legislative redistricting Florida voters elect Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D) to the U.S. House Filing deadlines upcoming in three states this month Redistricting Roundup: New Mexico completes state legislative redistricting…

  • The Golden State’s 46 local ballot measures of 2021

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    Welcome to the Wednesday, January 12, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: California voters decided 46 local ballot measures last year The 68 state legislators who ran for a different office in 2021 U.S. Supreme Court adds three more cases to its 2021-2022 calendar California voters…

  • Examining the 173 state legislative vacancies in 2021

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    Welcome to the Tuesday, January 11, Brew.  By: Douglas Kronaizl Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: There were 173 vacancies in state legislatures in 2021 Florida U.S. House District 20 and nine other elections today Monthly update: 11 federal judges nominated, 12 confirmed in December 2021 There were 173 vacancies…

  • 2021 saw the most state executive officials leave office early since 2012

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    Welcome to the Monday, January 10, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Thirty-nine state executive officials left office early in 2021  Top-ballot statewide elections in 2022  New Jersey’s state supreme court vacancy 39 state executives left office early last year—the most since at least 2012 When…

  • Comparing how many Americans live in trifecta states

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    Welcome to the Friday, January 7, Brew.  By: Douglas Kronaizl Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Plurality of Americans live in a state with a Republican trifecta Deadline to submit Initiatives to the Legislature in Washington passes with no campaigns submitting signatures Five third-party candidates received more votes than the…

  • Less than 0.5% decided these 2021 state legislative races

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    Welcome to the Thursday, January 6, Brew.  By: David Luchs Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Average margin of victory in state legislative general elections last year was 23.6 percent Initiated amendment to expand Medicaid to appear on South Dakota November 2022 ballot Federal Register weekly update: 1,428 pages added…

  • Twenty one states increased their minimum wage on January 1

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    Welcome to the Wednesday, January 5, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: The 21 states that increased their minimum wage on New Year’s Day Redistricting roundup Illinois Rep. Bobby Rush (D) won’t seek re-election The statewide minimum wage increased in 21 states on New Year’s Day…

  • One last look at recalls in 2021

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    Welcome back to the Tuesday, January 4, Brew.  By: Douglas Kronaizl Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Number of recall efforts in 2021 was highest since 2012 Eight states have candidate filing deadlines in the next two months Revisiting a decade of veto overrides Number of recall efforts in 2021…