New Mexico elects its State House this year, for all 70 districts. The State Senate seats are not up; they are only up in presidential years. Among the 70 State House races, only one candidate is on the ballot in 34 districts.
The Democratic Party has nominees in 57 districts; the Republican Party has nominees in 45 districts; the Libertarian Party has nominees in two districts; and two independents are on the ballot.
Another example of how the States are almost DEAD.
ALL/most power to the Fed gerrymander oligarchs.
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Does Ballotopedia have a state breakdown of how many uncompetitive Congressional and state legislative seats there are in the country?
Lots of rigged gerrymander districts with 65 percent winners —
If petitions only option for ballot access, then more unopposed HACKS.
Mich — filing fees option for legislature [NOT USA Reps] —
both Donkey/Elephant gangs make an effort to have HACK candidates in ALL State legis districts —
esp for *base* data in future gerrymanders.
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PR and AppV
ONE house legislative bodies — MAX 2 year terms —
CUT the number of gangster gerrymander oligarchs.
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Jesse Ventura advocated for a unicameral legislature when he was governor in Minnesota. He claimed most pork barrel mischief got added in conference committees to reconcile differences between bills passed in the upper and lower chambers of a bicameral legislature.