Tag: State leg

  • February 2022 breakdown of state legislative party membership: 54.40% Republicans, 44.29% Democrats

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    According to Ballotpedia’s February partisan count of the 7,383 state legislators across the United States, 54.40% of all state legislators are Republicans and 44.29% are Democrats. Ballotpedia tallies the partisan balance of state legislatures at the end of every month. This refers to which political party holds the majority of seats in each chamber. Republicans…

  • Over half of Nebraska’s state Senate districts up for election will be won by newcomers this year

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    The filing deadline for candidates running for state and federal office in 2022 in Nebraska was Feb. 15, 2022. In the state’s unicameral legislature, elections will take place in 24 of the 49 Senate districts, over half of which will be represented by newcomers to the legislature next year. There are 13 open districts where…

  • A look at changes in state legislative seats during a president’s first midterm election

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    The 2022 election cycle is the first midterm election during Joe Biden’s (D) presidency. Since 1922, Democratic presidents have seen their party lose an average of 388 state legislative seats in their first midterm elections. Republican presidents have seen their party lose an average of 345 seats. Two presidents in that time—Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)…

  • New single-member House districts boost total number of state legislative primaries in West Virginia this year

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    The filing deadline for candidates running for state or federal office in 2022 in West Virginia was Jan. 29, 2022. This is the first election following West Virginia’s redistricting process, which featured structural changes to the state’s legislature. Before the 2022 election cycle, the West Virginia House of Delegates used multi-member districts, with 100 seats…

  • Tennessee enacts new state legislative districts

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    Tennessee enacted new state legislative districts on Feb. 6, 2022, when Gov. Bill Lee (R) signed a proposal approved by both legislative chambers into law. The maps will take effect for Tennessee’s 2022 state legislative elections. The Senate Ad-Hoc Committee released a proposed Senate district map on Jan. 13. On Jan. 18, the Senate Judiciary…

  • Ohio Secretary of State certifies marijuana legalization initiative to the state legislature

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    The Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose (R) announced on Jan. 28 that an initiative proposing the legalization of marijuana had submitted enough valid signatures to be presented to the state legislature.  The initiative would enact a state law to legalize the cultivation, processing, sale, purchase, possession, home growth, and use of recreational marijuana for…

  • Mike Reichenbach advances from Republican primary to South Carolina Senate general election

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    A special primary election was held for South Carolina State Senate District 31 on Jan. 25. Mike Reichenbach (R) advanced to the special general election and defeated Jay Jordan (R).  The special general election is scheduled for March 29. The filing deadline passed on Dec. 11. The special election was called after the seat became…

  • Hubert Delany wins Connecticut House special election

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    A special general election was held for the District 144 seat in the Connecticut House of Representatives on Jan. 25. Hubert Delany (D) won the special election with 1,661 votes and defeated Danny Melchionne (R), who received 1,323 votes.  Candidates running for special elections in Connecticut are nominated through party conventions. The filing deadline for…

  • Two U.S. House members make endorsements in TX-28 Democratic primary

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    On Jan. 20, 2022, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) endorsed Jessica Cisneros in the Democratic primary for Texas’ 28th Congressional District. On Jan. 19, House Majority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) endorsed incumbent Henry Cuellar. Cuellar, Tannya Benavides, and Cisneros are running in the primary election on March 1. If no candidate receives a majority of…

  • Sixty-eight state legislators ran for a different office in 2021

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    Sixty-eight state legislators ran for a different office in 2021 than the one to which they were elected. Of those 68 officials, 23 (34%) won election to a new position. In 2019, 69 state legislators who sought a different office. Thirty-two (46%) were successful in their elections.  New York had the most legislators seeking another…