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A comprehensive look at 178 years of ballot measures in Wisconsin  Ballotpedia’s Historical Ballot Measure Factbook will document nearly 200 years of direct democracy in the United States. This ongoing research effort will provide an unparalleled resource for researchers, reporters, and the public on how ballot measures have evolved, the issues they have covered, and…

A crash course on the budget reconciliation process Congress is expected to seek to pass key elements of President Donald Trump’s (R) policy agenda through the budget reconciliation process. Budget reconciliation is a term for the legislative process that bypasses the filibuster to approve a package of legislation in Congress that changes spending, revenues, or…

Donald Trump (R) sworn-in as the 47th president On Monday, President Donald Trump (R) took the oath of office as the 47th president. Trump’s inauguration marks the second time in U.S. history that a president has served a second, non-consecutive term. The only other time this happened was in 1883, when President Grover Cleveland (D)…

77 officials were recalled in 2024—higher than the 10-year average Seventy-seven officials were removed from office through recall elections in 2024. Ballotpedia followed 246 recall efforts, targeting 383 officials in 2024. The 77 officials  removed from office through recall elections represent about 20% of those targeted. This is the third-highest percentage of officials removed since…

Note: The Weekly Brew will take a break next Friday for the Thanksgiving holiday. We’ll return to your inboxes on Dec. 6. Thanks for reading, and enjoy the holiday! Nevada voters must approve two ballot measures again due to the state’s two-election requirement Nevada voters approved Question 6 and Question 7 on November 5. Question…

Looking ahead to 2026 U.S. Senate elections Looking ahead at the 2026 U.S. Senate elections, 33 of the 100 seats in the chamber will be up for election. Democrats hold 13 of those seats and Republicans hold 20. In the six midterm elections since 2002, the incumbent president’s party has lost an average of 3.5…

Where elections stand: U.S. Senate There remain three uncalled races: Arizona, Nevada, and Pennsylvania. So far, Republicans will have a 52-seat majority in the next session. Going into the election, Democrats held a 51-49 majority in the U.S. Senate. Democrats were defending three Senate seats in states Donald Trump (R) won in the 2020 presidential…