Florida held a special election on February 13 to fill the vacancy in the State House, 72nd district. The results: Democratic 52.2%; Republican 44.8%; Libertarian 3.0%. When this seat was last up, in November 2016, the results were: Republican 58.1%; … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2018
The Democratic National Committee will be obliged to persuade a federal court that it should be allowed to withhold evidence of its hack in 2016 by Russians. See this Vanity Fair story. Thanks to Political Wire for the link. … Continue reading
Every even-numbered year, voters in Michigan choose eight statewide candidates for various educational offices, in partisan elections. There are always two seats for State Board of Education, and six seats for the governing bodies of state universities. Several bills are … Continue reading
On February 13, the New Hampshire House Election Law Committee defeated all bills that would have eased ballot access. The vote was 20-0 in some cases, and 18-2 in other cases. The committee also defeated bills to use Ranked Choice … Continue reading
Pennsylvania currently has no valid U.S. House district boundaries. Last week the legislature prepared a redistricting plan, but on February 13 Governor Tom Wolf said he will not submit the legislature’s plan to the State Supreme Court. The plan is … Continue reading