This week, 33 U.S. Senate seats were up for election. Republicans won only 9 of them. This is the smallest number of seats that either major party has won in any election year since 1964, when the Republicans won only … Continue reading
Richard Winger
On November 7, Douglas County, Nebraska voters voted 68%-32% to make County Commission elections non-partisan. Douglas County contains Omaha. Generally, Nebraska county elections are partisan, even though that state has non-partisan elections for state legislature. … Continue reading
Approximately 12% of all the voters in Sarasota County, Florida, failed to vote for U.S. House, even though the race was very close. In the district as a whole, the Republican is leading the Democrat by fewer than 300 votes. … Continue reading
On November 7, the voters of Greene County, Alabama, elected a write-in candidate to be Sheriff. He defeated his ballot-listed opponent by about 100 votes. The sheriff-elect is Ison Thomas. … Continue reading
This is the prime season for state legislators to decide what bills they will be introducing next year. In some states, legislators can only introduce a fairly small number of bills, and in some states all bills must be introduced … Continue reading