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The oldest and newest state supreme courts Each state has at least one supreme court, but those courts were established at different times. I recently saw an analysis one of our staff members wrote on this topic, and I wanted to share it with you today. The Massachusetts Supreme Court, founded in 1692, is 329…

Redistricting review: Sixth Circuit rules Ohio has standing to sue Census Bureau over delayed data  In last week‘s redistricting review, I wrote about a court case in Ohio concerning the Census Bureau’s timeline for releasing redistricting data. This week—on May 18—a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled that…

President Biden announces six nominees for federal judgeships  President Joe Biden (D) nominated six individuals to Article III judgeships with lifetime terms on May 12. Three were for positions on the 1st, 2nd, and 10th Courts of Appeal. The other three were for district court judgeships. Biden nominated Gustavo Gelpí to the 1st Circuit to…

Redistricting review – a summary of this week’s map-making news Last week, I briefed you on U.S. House apportionment counts based on the 2020 Census. As a reminder, six states gained seats in the U.S. House, and seven states lost a seat each. Here’s today’s update on redistricting activity.  Ohio On May 12, the U.S.…

Glenn Youngkin wins Virginia Republican Party’s gubernatorial nomination Glenn Youngkin won the Virginia Republican Party’s gubernatorial nomination on May 10 after six rounds of vote-counting using ranked-choice voting. Youngkin defeated six candidates, including business owner Pete Snyder, state Sen. Amanda Chase, and former House Speaker Kirk Cox. After the final round of vote-counting, Youngkin received…

Voters have approved $199.3 billion in bond measures since 2000 Our ballot measures team just finished some really fascinating research on statewide bond measures over the past 20 years. One of their findings was that bond measure approval rates were the highest in Democratic trifectas, rather than Republican trifectas or states with divided governments. Another…

Welcome to the Monday, May 10, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: COVID-19 policy changes and events one year ago this week Arkansas passes bill with multiple restrictions on the ballot initiative process Previewing the mayoral races in Anchorage and Omaha Happy Monday! We hope it was a lovely…

Republicans lost 187 net state legislative seats during the Trump administration Over the course of Donald Trump’s (R) presidency, Republicans lost 187 net state legislative seats. During all presidencies since 1921, the president’s party has lost a net average of 552 state legislative seats. The net loss of 187 Republican state legislative seats during the…

Virginia Republicans to select statewide nominees via convention Saturday Republicans in Virginia will meet on Saturday—May 8—to select statewide nominees for governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general. The Republican Party of Virginia chose to hold an unassembled convention rather than a primary, which means that delegates—voters who registered to participate in the convention—will decide the…

Minneapolis group submits signatures for initiative to replace police department with department of public safety A Minneapolis group—Yes 4 Minneapolis—submitted over 20,000 signatures to the city clerk for an initiative to repeal and replace provisions in the city charter governing the police department. In order for the initiative to appear before voters in 2021, 11,906…