Tag: State leg
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Nationwide partisan breakdown of state legislators shows 52.2% Republicans and 46.9% Democrats
According to Ballotpedia’s nationwide analysis, the partisan affiliation of state legislators at the end of April is 52.2% Republican and 46.9% Democrat. There are 7,383 state legislative offices—1,972 state senate seats and 5,411 state representative seats. Republicans hold 3,857 state legislative seats—1,083 senate seats and 2,774 house seats. Democrats hold 3,460 state legislative seats—872 senate…
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7,341 major party candidates filed for 2020 state legislative elections
Every week, we compile the latest numbers on state legislative candidates across the country. As of May 5, 2020, we’ve collected post-filing deadline data in 27 states. In 2020, 3,401 state legislative seats are up for regular election in those states, compared to 3,375 in 2018. 7,341 major party candidates—3,533 Democrats and 3,808 Republicans—have filed…
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Filing deadline approaches for Texas State Senate District 14 special election
Candidates interested in running in the special election for Texas State Senate District 14 have until May 13, 2020, to file. The special general election is scheduled for July 14, 2020. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Governor Greg Abbott (R) scheduled the election for July instead of May 2, when it would normally have been…
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Komi resigns from New Hampshire House of Representatives
Former Rep. Richard Komi (D) resigned from the New Hampshire House of Representatives on May 2, after House Speaker Stephen Shurtleff (D) requested his resignation the previous day. The request for Komi’s resignation followed a tweet that Komi posted indicating his belief that sexual assault allegations against Vice President Joe Biden, which Biden has denied,…
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One incumbent defeated in Ohio’s 2020 state legislative primaries
Forty contested primaries took place for the Ohio state legislature on April 28, 2020. There were nine primaries in the state Senate and 31 primaries in the state House. By partisan affiliation, 17 were Democratic primaries and 23 were Republican primaries. This was a 35.5 percent decrease in the number of primaries from 2018 (62)…
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1 of 109 state-level incumbents defeated in Ohio’s primaries
Ohio held a statewide primary on April 28, 2020. Originally scheduled for March 17, the election was postponed amid concerns of the coronavirus pandemic. The general election is November 3, 2020. The primary was held largely by mail. As of 1 p.m. EDT on May 1, the Secretary of State’s office reported that there were…
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A breakdown of state legislative special elections from 2010 to 2019
A total of 723 state legislative special elections took place from 2010 to 2019 in 31 states. The following states held the most special elections during that time period: Georgia: 63 Pennsylvania: 43 New York: 42 Louisiana: 40 Massachusetts: 40 Connecticut: 37 Mississippi: 36 Virginia: 34 Texas: 32 California: 31 South Carolina: 31 The largest…
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Local candidate filing deadline to end in Massachusetts May 5
The local filing deadline to run for elected office in Massachusetts is on May 5, 2020. In Massachusetts, candidates must file their collected nomination signatures with local election entities four weeks before filing with the Secretary of the Commonwealth. In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued an order that reduced…