Tag: State leg
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46 candidates file to run for 17 West Virginia State Senate seats
Seventeen of the West Virginia State Senate’s 34 seats are up for election in 2020, with 46 candidates filing to run for those seats. The primary is scheduled for May 12, and the general election is on November 3. The filing deadline was January 25, and candidates have until February 11 to withdraw from the…
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Florida voters to decide whether to require two elections for future constitutional amendments
Amendment 4 on the 2020 ballot will ask voters whether or not to require voter-approved constitutional amendments to be approved by voters at a second general election to become effective. Florida constitutional amendments currently require a 60% supermajority vote at one election to take effect. Under Amendment 4, the 60% supermajority requirement would apply to…
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Arkansas voters to decide whether or not to allow optometrists to perform certain eye surgeries
A veto referendum targeting Arkansas House Bill 1251 (Act 579) was certified for the ballot on January 31, 2020, following the resolution of a lawsuit concerning signature validity. Proponents submitted 64,028 valid signatures. To qualify for the ballot, 53,491 valid signatures were required. HB 1251 amended the definition of practice of optometry in state law…
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Branch appointed to Maryland House of Delegates
Chanel Branch (D) has been appointed to represent District 45 in the Maryland House of Delegates, filling the vacancy left by the resignation of Cheryl Glenn (D) in December 2019. Members of the district’s Democratic Central Committee, which Branch chairs, nominated her for Glenn’s former seat on January 13, 2020. Her nomination was then sent…
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Texas runoffs close out 2019’s special state legislative elections
On January 28, three districts in the Texas House of Representatives held general runoff elections to fill seats that were vacated in 2019. Races in Districts 28, 100, and 148 advanced to general runoffs following the general election on November 5, 2019. None of the seats changed party control as a result of the special…
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Pennsylvania Legislature passes constitutional amendment to end primaries for lieutenant governor
The Pennsylvania State Legislature approved a constitutional amendment that would change how candidates for lieutenant governor are selected. In Pennsylvania, a political party’s candidates for governor and lieutenant governor are elected on a joint ticket at the general election. As of 2020, candidates for governor and lieutenant governor run in separate primaries for their party’s…
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Wilson Resigns from Alaska House of Representatives
Former Rep. Tammie Wilson (R) announced her resignation from the Alaska House of Representatives on January 24, 2020, which took effect at the end of the day on Jan. 25. She left her District 3 seat to take a job as a policy adviser with the Office of Children’s Services at the Alaska Department of…
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Heart of the Primaries 2020, Republicans-Issue 3 (January 29, 2020)
This week: Two Van Drew challengers withdraw in NJ-02, six candidates now running in open GA-14 primary, and Club for Growth PAC endorses challenger in TX-12. On the news Where do Republican and conservative pundits and commentators disagree? Each week, we bring you excerpts that highlight differing views. “As for the ‘vulnerable’ Republicans, they need…
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Heart of the Primaries 2020, Democrats-Issue 3 (January 29, 2020)
This week: We preview the MD-07 special primary on Feb. 4, Texas AFL-CIO backs Cisneros in TX-28, and several House progressives say they will pay DCCC dues On the news Where do Democratic and progressive pundits and commentators disagree? Each week, we bring you excerpts that highlight differing views. “In the months leading up to…
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Matthews appointed to fill late Representative’s New Mexico House seat
Bernalillo County commissioners appointed Marian Matthews (D) to the New Mexico House of Representatives on January 7, 2020. She was sworn in that same day to represent District 27, which was represented by the late Rep. William Pratt (D) until he passed away on December 25, 2019. Pratt first assumed office in January 2019 following…