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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Welcome to the Thursday, December 23, Brew.  By: David Luchs Note: This will be the last edition of the Brew before the holidays. We hope you have a safe and healthy rest of your 2021. We’ll be back in your inbox on January 4. See you in the new year! Here’s what’s in store for…

Welcome to the Wednesday, December 22, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Redistricting roundup—California and New Mexico California Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D) will not seek re-election The Tenth Day of Ballotpedia: Sample Ballot Lookup Tool The latest redistricting news Over the last week, one state—New Mexico—enacted…

Welcome to the Tuesday, December 21, Brew.  By: Douglas Kronaizl Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Ballotpedia’s year-end analysis of statewide ballot measures The Ninth Day of Ballotpedia: Redistricting Incumbents won re-election in 86% of their Nov. races Presenting Ballotpedia’s year-end analysis of statewide ballot measures This year saw more…