Washington state HB 1469, which moves the presidential primary from May to March, had been set for House committee action on January 16, but it was put over to Friday, January 19. Thanks to Jim Riley for this information.
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On January 17, the West Virginia House Judiciary Committee passed HB 4002. Currently West Virginia’s lower house has many districts that elect several Delegates. The bill would end multi-member districts, and provide for 100 single-member House districts. It would take effect after the 2020 census.
Currently there are eleven House districts with 2 members, six with three members, two with four members, and one with five members. There are also 47 that only have one member.
In committee, the vote was 12-6, with Republicans in favor and Democrats opposed.
On January 11, the Florida House Government Accountability Committee passed CS/HM147. It urges Congress to bring Puerto Rico into the United States. The vote was 21-0.
On January 16, Wisconsin held a special election to fill the vacancy in the State Senate, 10th district, in the northwest part of the state. The State Elections office does not have any returns, but newspapers report these percentages: Democrat Patty Schachtner 55%; Republican Adam Jarchow 44%; Libertarian Brian Corriea 1%.
When this seat was last up, in November 2016, the results were: Republican 63.2%; Democratic 36.8%.