The seat in South Carolina's 42nd State Senate District is vacant after Democrat Marlon Kimpson resigned to take a job in the Biden administration. The 42nd District runs from Charleston, through North Charleston, and reaches just into Dorchester County. Three Democrats are competing to fill the vacancy in this deep blue district. Two of the candidates are current members of … [Read more...] about Election Results: South Carolina State Senate 42
2023 Elections
First Look at the Open Louisiana Governor’s Race
The time has come at last. While we’ve already examined two of this November’s three Gubernatorial races in Kentucky and Mississippi, we now turn to the open contest down in Louisiana. The Pelican State is one of just seven crossover states – alongside Kansas, Kentucky, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina and Vermont – where the state’s sitting Governor and its 2020 … [Read more...] about First Look at the Open Louisiana Governor’s Race
Election Results: Mississippi Primary Runoffs
Mississippi ran its primary elections back on August 8. In all of the statewide and state senate races, the winning candidate achieved a 50%+1 majority of the vote to avoid a runoff election. However, in six of the state House of Representative primaries, no candidate cleared the majority threshold. Those primaries, three Democratic and three Republican, will be decided today … [Read more...] about Election Results: Mississippi Primary Runoffs
Election Results: New Hampshire State House Grafton 16 Special
We have just one race we're tracking today. The special election in Grafton County's 16th State House District was called following the resignation of Democratic Rep. Joshua Adjutant who suffered serious injuries from being attacked at his day job as a security guard. Only two candidates filed to run as his replacement, and only one from each party, which led to the cancelation … [Read more...] about Election Results: New Hampshire State House Grafton 16 Special
Pro-Choice Advocates Notch Victory in Ohio Ballot Issue
Pro-choice forces earned a preliminary victory yesterday in the Buckeye State. Since the Supreme Court overruled Roe last summer and made the right to an abortion subject to state laws, voters have consistently favored the pro-choice side of various state referendums. It was just about a year ago when the political world was shocked to see an effort to ban abortion in ruby … [Read more...] about Pro-Choice Advocates Notch Victory in Ohio Ballot Issue