Tag: State leg
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Newcomers will represent 31% of Iowa’s state legislative districts next year
Forty-six state legislative districts up for election this year in Iowa are open, meaning no incumbents filed to run. That equals 33% of the 134 districts up for election and 31% of all 150 districts in the Iowa General Assembly. Since no incumbents are present, newcomers to the assembly are guaranteed to win open districts.…
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Missouri General Assembly passes one election-related bill in 2022 session
The 2022 session of the Missouri General Assembly adjourned on May 13. Ballotpedia tracked 21 election-related bills in this year’s session, 20 of which appear to have died (i.e., these bills failed to clear both chambers of the legislature by the time of its adjournment). One bill – House Bill 1878 – did clear both…
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Percentage of Arizona state legislative incumbents facing primaries at its highest since 2014
Twenty-eight of the 51 Arizona state legislators running for re-election this year—nine Democrats and 17 Republicans—face contested primaries. That equals 55% of incumbents seeking re-election, the highest rate since 2014. The remaining 45% of incumbents are not facing primary challengers. Twenty-eight incumbents is, by itself, the largest number of incumbents in contested primaries since 2014.…
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4.7% of state legislative incumbents who filed for re-election have lost in primaries
So far this year, 44 state legislative incumbents—11 Democrats and 33 Republicans—have lost to primary challengers. Across the nine states that have held primaries, 4.7% of incumbents running for re-election have lost. This is both the largest number and highest incumbent loss rate in these nine states since 2014. So far this year, the loss…
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Twenty-six incumbents face contested primaries in California, down from recent cycles
Twenty-six of the 69 California state legislators running for re-election this year—21 Democrats and five Republicans—face contested primaries. This is fewer than the 37 incumbents in contested primaries in 2018 and 2020, but more than in earlier cycles. California began using top-two primaries in 2012, where every candidate, regardless of party affiliation, appears on the…
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Primary watch: number of contested state legislative primaries is up 41% compared to 2020
The number of contested state legislative primaries is up 41% this year compared to 2020. Democratic primaries are down 6%, Republican primaries are up 76%, and top-two/four primaries are up 18%. These figures include data from 16 states that account for 1,850 of the 6,166 state legislative seats up for election this year (30%). A…
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Two bills passed during Missouri’s 2022 legislative session
The Missouri General Assembly adjourned on May 13 having passed two bills during the 2022 legislative session. Both House Bill 3014 and House Bill 3015 are appropriation bills. There were a total of 11 resolutions adopted between the two chambers. In 2021, Missouri state legislature passed a total 58 bills. That is 97% decrease in…
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State legislator partisan breakdown for April
According to Ballotpedia’s April partisan count of the 7,383 state legislative seats across the United States, 54.35% of all state legislators are Republicans and 44.37% are Democrats. This is a 0.06% increase for Republicans and a 0.57% decrease for Democrats from April 2021. Ballotpedia tallies the partisan balance of state legislatures at the end of…
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One bill has passed during Missouri’s 2022 legislative session and one week remains
One week remains in the Missouri legislative session and there has been one bill passed by both the House and Senate and signed by Gov. Mike Parson (R). House Bill 3014 is an appropriations bill signed on Feb. 24, 2022. There have been a total of 11 resolutions adopted between the two chambers. The most…
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State legislative incumbents in South Dakota are facing more contested primaries than at any point since 2010
Thirty-five of the 71 South Dakota state legislators running for re-election this year—all Republicans—face contested primaries. That equals 49% of incumbents, the highest rate since 2010. A contested primary is one where more candidates are running than there are seats up for election. In South Dakota’s Senate, every district has one seat, so a primary…