One of the local contests we have focused on here at DDHQ is the Mayoral election in my own Baltimore backyard. Incumbent Mayor Jack Young has already conceded the Democratic primary, failing to crack even the top three. Mary Miller is a very distant third and has been mathematically eliminated. That leaves just two candidates, former Mayor Sheila Dixon, who ran and narrowly … [Read more...] about Maryland’s First All Mail-In Election Goes To Overtime In Baltimore Mayoral Primary
Covering And Understanding Elections In The World Of Covid 19
The Covid-19 pandemic has changed how we live our daily lives in so many ways over the last two months. As we’ve seen across the country these changes, great and small, have reached the world of politics and elections. Recently an ad-hoc committee of scholars and researchers led by professor Rick Hasen of the University of California at Irvine, released a report addressing … [Read more...] about Covering And Understanding Elections In The World Of Covid 19
Beware Of The Tea Leaves, Wisconsin Wrap Up
On Monday, the results of the April 7th Spring Election and Presidential primary were revealed, county by county, as dictated by court order. For real political junkies the action wasn’t the Presidential primaries as they have already been decided, but rather the state’s infamously partisan Supreme Court elections. Judge Jill Karofsky defeated incumbent Justice Daniel Kelly by … [Read more...] about Beware Of The Tea Leaves, Wisconsin Wrap Up
A Look At Wisconsin’s Mail-In Ballots
Wisconsin is one of the few upcoming primary states not to move its election, which is still scheduled for Tuesday, April 7th. 11 days before the election, Governor Tony Evers asked the state legislature to mail every single registered voter an absentee ballot . With about 767,000 already requested, that would mean sending out an additional 2.6 million ballots over the … [Read more...] about A Look At Wisconsin’s Mail-In Ballots
Queens District Attorney Democratic Primary Results
Queens District Attorney - 99% reporting* *11:14pm EDT: Mathematically, it will be difficult for Katz to eclipse Cabán. But due to the thousands of affidavit/absentee ballots left to be checked and counted next week, and the closeness of the unofficial results, we will refrain from making a call this evening. … [Read more...] about Queens District Attorney Democratic Primary Results