Bearing Drift

Dec 19, 2024

Lawmakers have pre-filed 103 election administration bills since Dec. 10; mayorship in 6 of the 100 largest U.S. cities changed party control this year; upcoming school board election filing deadlines.

Dec 19, 2024

House will meet at 9:00 a.m. for legislative business. First and last votes expected: TBD

Dec 18, 2024

States that could advance school choice policy in 2025; this week’s special episode of ‘On The Ballot’ will be a deep dive on citizen initiatives; kicking off ’12 Days of Ballotpedia” and the finals of the most important election of the year, Ballotpedia’s Holiday Cookie Election.

Dec 18, 2024

House will meet at 10:00 a.m. for morning hour and noon for legislative business. First and last votes expected: 4:00 p.m.

Dec 17, 2024

The number of special legislative elections hit a decade low in 2024; 45 bills on the administrative state pre-filed for 2025 session; 15 U.S. House incumbents lost their re-election campaigns this year.

Dec 17, 2024

House will meet at 10:00 a.m. for morning hour and noon for legislative business. First votes expected: 1:30 p.m. Last votes expected: 4:30 p.m.

Dec 16, 2024

Partisan control of Wisconsin Supreme Court at stake in 2025; 7 state legislators changed parties in 2024; two states enacted changes to SNAP work requirements in 2024.

Dec 16, 2024

House will meet at noon for morning hour and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. First and last votes expected: 6:30 p.m.

Dec 13, 2024

Virginia gubernatorial primaries have seen little opposition in past contests; Alaska retains ranked-choice voting system after measure recount, 5 other states reject system; did you know an average of 16% of officials targeted for recall between 2014 and 2023 were removed from office?

Dec 12, 2024

There were 63.6% more enacted election-related bills in 2024 compared to 2022; number of states with record gubernatorial winning streaks increased in 2024; this week’s podcast episode looks at uncontested elections in ’24.