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Published on February 23, 2022 at 07:46AM Thirty-nine state legislative special elections have been scheduled in 19 states in 2022. Fourteen special elections have taken place already. Heading into those races, Democrats had controlled 11 of the seats, and Republicans controlled three. No seats have changed party control as a result of special elections this year. Upcoming special elections include: Mar. 1 Connecticut House of Representatives District 5 Michigan House of Representatives District 15 (primary) Michigan House of Representatives District 36 (primary) Michigan House of Representatives District 43 (primary) Michigan House of Representatives District 74 (primary) Mar. 5 Delaware House of Representatives District 4 Mar. 8 Florida State Senate District 33 Florida House of Representatives District 88 South Carolina House of Representatives District 97 (primary) By this time in 2021, 27 special elections had been called in 16 states. There were 33 special ele...

Published on February 10, 2022 at 04:56AM President Joe Biden (D) said that he will name his nominee to replace Justice Stephen Breyer on the United States Supreme Court by the end of February. Whoever the nominee is, they are set to be the first to require confirmation from a United States Senate divided 50-50. Since 1967, when the U.S. Senate held its first roll call confirmation after Hawaii became the 50th state, the Senate has confirmed 20 individuals to the Supreme Court. Of those, Sandra Day O’Connor received the most yes votes (99), and Brett Kavanaugh received the fewest (50). Amy Coney Barrett is the only justice in that time that was confirmed with yes votes from senators belonging to a single party. The chart below shows the total number of yes votes each Supreme Court justice received in the U.S. Senate since 1967, divided by senators’ party. Blue represents Democratic votes, red represents Republican votes, and grey represents independent or third party votes. Ove...

Published on February 01, 2022 at 08:43AM A total of 694 candidates completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The largest number of responses came from Colorado, Texas, and New York with 62, 61, and 60 candidates responding to the survey respectively. City candidates made up the largest portion of respondents at 43%. School board candidates accounted for 21% of survey responses.  Of the 694 candidates who completed our survey, 21% went on to win their respective races. Some of those winners include Glenn Youngkin (R), who completed the survey before winning the Virginia governorship, and Michelle Wu (D), who completed the survey before winning the Boston mayoral election.  You can read more about notable respondents and find additional statistics in the full 2021 report .  Additional reading:  Ballotpedia’s 2020 Candidate Connection report Ballotpedia’s 2019 Candidate Connection report Ballotpedia’s 2018 Candidate Connection report Re...