On September 21, the Eighth Circuit ruled that Missouri must use the 2025 maps, instead of the 2022 maps, for its U.S. House elections. Onder v State of Missouri and Hoskins, 26-2797. Here is the decision, which is 3-0. The … Continue reading
Calmatters, a prominent website about California government and politics, has this op-ed about the California top-two system. The authors support top-two. At the very first sentence, they make a factual error. They say that California had a closed primary before … Continue reading
Massachusetts voters will see an initiative on their November ballot for a top-two system. Here is the website of the supporters, yeson3ma.org. Here is the website of the opponents, votenoon3mass.com. Also, Progressive Massachusetts has a portion of its website in … Continue reading
On September 18, U.S. District Court Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk stayed all proceedings in Hunt v State of Texas, n.d., 2:25cv-200, until June 2027. This is the lawsuit in which the Texas Republican Party argues that the Constitution protects its desire … Continue reading
There is always variation in how many nominees each major party runs for the U.S. House. Some years the Democrats have more nominees; other years the Republicans have more. This year, there are more Democratic nominees for U.S. House across … Continue reading
