Welcome to Brew on Tuesday, June 20th.
Author: Samuel Wannacott
Here’s what’s ready for you to start your day:
- Virginia voters go to the polls today – here’s what’s on the ballot
- Five vacancies announced in state Supreme Court in Q2 2023, bringing total vacancies to 21 this year
- Ballotpedia Mid-Year Recall Report Coming Soon
Virginia voters go to the polls today – here’s what’s on the ballot
this is off-cycle election yearthat’s all four states holds regular parliamentary elections. This includes Virginia, where the General Assembly primary is held. today.
Let’s see what’s going wrong.
For the first time since 2019, all 140 constituencies of the General Assembly (40 for the Senate and 100 for the House of Representatives) will hold elections. These are Virginia’s first legislative elections. redistricting. Voters Approved in 2020 Constitutional amendment Establish a land readjustment committee. However, the commission missed the deadline required to submit a new map. The State Supreme Court took over jurisdiction and approved the new map on December 28, 2021.
Democrats have controlled Senate Participate in elections with a 22-18 majority since 2019 (after winning) special election in January).
Republicans dominated House From 2021, they will run in elections with a 50-46 majority. House (There are 4 seats available).Add to this the presence of Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin, whose term ends in 2025, and Virginia will 1 of 11 states in a divided government. Virginia and Pennsylvania are the only two states where both major parties control one of her houses.
We have identified eight primaries that will be hotly contested in the Senate.
- District 11
- District 13
- 18 district
- District 33
- District 35
- District 36
click here To learn more about these races.
Not all candidates run for primaries. In Virginia, party committees can choose candidates through mass rallies or conventions instead of primaries. If a political party chooses this method, it will typically issue an official notice explaining when and how the nomination will take place.
We have confirmed that 13 constituencies for the Senate and 42 constituencies for the House of Representatives (all of which are Republican nominees only) are in contention for nominations outside of the primaries. In 2021, there were nine Democratic nomination contests and 19 Republican nomination contests. Political parties in constituencies that do not use primaries have until today (June 20) to select their candidates. Most did so in May.
Virginia will hold a general election on November 7. As of June 16, C nalysis evaluate Senate election As tilt the democratic party, 20 constituencies tend to lean Democratic and 18 constituencies tend to lean Republican. The two districts are rated as toss up. The rating of the outlet is House election As lean democracy, 49 constituencies tend to favor the Democratic Party, while 47 constituencies tend to favor the Republican Party. Four districts are rated as toss up.
I will be back on Thursday with an analysis of the results. In the meantime, click below for more information on the Virginia primary.
Five vacancies announced in state Supreme Court in Q2 2023, bringing total vacancies to 21 this year
the state is various ways For the replacement of a state Supreme Court justice. In 29 states, voters choose their replacement judges (click here Read our coverage of this year’s Wisconsin Supreme Court election (the most expensive state judicial election in U.S. history)). However, in 21 states, replacement judges are only appointed, not elected.
This year, these 21 states have announced 13 state Supreme Court vacancies or vacancies.. The Supreme Courts of Connecticut, Florida, New York, Hawaii and Idaho have announced five new rulings. vacancy In the second quarter of 2023.
Of the 13 vacancies announced:
- The four judges have not yet vacated their seats.
- Seven players were absent and replaced.
- Two people left but were not replenished.
There are six vacancies in states where Democratic governors appoint replacements. Seven vacancies occur in states where Republican governors appoint their replacements. Nine judges have retired or will retire in 2023, three have become federal judges, and one has been promoted to chief justice.
The Supreme Court does not hear cases. Instead, it hears appeals against judgments rendered in lower courts. The number of judges on each state supreme court ranges from five to nine.
In 2020, we conducted a study to identify the partisan balance in all state Supreme Courts.You can find the research results here. We also identified which judges most often ruled together in decision-makers and dissenters reports. here.
Click below for more information on State Supreme Court vacancies.
Ballotpedia Mid-Year Recall Report Coming Soon
At the midpoint of each year, we publish an annual interim recall report. The report provides a comprehensive review of the past six months of recall elections at all levels of government and provides comparisons to the previous year.
In anticipation of that report, here’s a look back at the 2022 recall landscape and an overview of some of the notable recall elections we’re tracking this year.
In 2022, we tracked 261 recall activities against 437 officials. These figures represent the second highest number of recalls since 2012, when Ballotpedia began tracking this statistic. Only 2021, which had 357 recall actions against 545 officials, had more recall actions.
City councilors collected more recall petitions than any other group in 2022, returning to the pattern of 2016-2020. In 2021 and the first half of 2022, school board members collected the most recall petitions.
Michigan and California were the states affected by the most official recalls. From 2016 to 2021, California had the highest number of government employees targeted in five of the six years.
Here are the notable recall elections we’re covering in 2023:
- Recall for Richland School District, Washington: Recall elections for 3 of 5 members of the Richland School District Board of Education in Washington on August 1st. M Semi Byrd, Audra Byrd, and Kari Williams are on the ballot. Recall supporters said board members violated the Open Meeting Act. Violating district policies, procedures, or the Code of Ethics. And voted to make masks optional while statewide mask requirements are in place. All three board members denied wrongdoing.
- Cochise County, Arizona Recalls Tom Crosby: Attempts to fire Cochise County, Arizona First District Superintendent Tom Crosby failed after his supporters failed to collect the required number of signatures by the May 3 deadline. During the 2022 Cochise County election, Crosby, along with Third District Superintendent Peggy Judd, refused to certify the county’s election results. After Pima County Superior Court Judge Casey McGinley ordered the county to certify the results, Judd and District 2 Superintendent Ann English voted to certify. Crosby did not participate in the voting. Recall supporters alleged Crosby attempted to sabotage the county’s election process by refusing to authenticate thousands of ballots. They also allege that he improperly claimed ballot counts and spent taxpayer money unnecessarily. A response to Crosby’s recall activity could not be determined.
Next week, we’ll bring you the full 2023 Interim Recall Report. In the meantime, you can learn more about the 2023 recall elections at the link below.
