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State governors issue 47 executive orders from July 31-Aug. 13

Nationally, state governors issued 47 executive orders from July 31-Aug. 13. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) led the field with 15, followed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) with 11. Governors in 32 states issued the fewest orders with zero.

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Ohio could become 24th state to legalize marijuana if voters approve initiative in November

Ohio voters will decide on an initiative to legalize marijuana for adult use on Nov. 7.

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Previewing the first Republican presidential primary debate

Welcome to the Thursday, August 17, 2023, Brew.

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Three new candidates declare in Texas

Ballotpedia tracked three new state-level candidates in Texas between Aug. 7 and Aug. 13. This was two more candidates than the prior week.

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Four new candidates declare in North Carolina

Ballotpedia tracked four new state-level candidates in North Carolina between Aug. 7 and Aug. 13. This was one more candidate than the prior week.

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One new candidate declares in Indiana

Ballotpedia tracked one new state-level candidate in Indiana between Aug. 7 and Aug. 13. This was the same number of candidates as the prior week.

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Two new candidates declare in Colorado

Two new candidates declared their intent to run for state-level offices in Colorado between Aug. 7 and Aug. 13, according to Ballotpedia’s ongoing tracking. This was two more candidates than the prior week.

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Trump maintains lead in Republican presidential primary polling and PredictIt market

As of August 15, 2023, former President Donald Trump (R) holds a lead in both RealClearPolitics’ (RCP) Republican presidential primary polling average and PredictIt’s Republican presidential primary market.

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Democratic and Republican incumbents tied in state legislative primary loses

As of Aug. 14, 12 state legislative incumbents—six Democrats and six Republicans—have lost to primary challengers.

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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #73

Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance.

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Number of U.S. Senators not running for re-election tied with 2022; number of House members not running below 2022 and 2018, tied with 2020

As of Aug. 15, 18 members of Congress—five Senators and 13 Representatives—have announced they will not seek re-election in 2024.

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Eight candidates have qualified for the first Republican presidential primary debate

The first Republican presidential primary debate is next week, with candidates scheduled to appear in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on August 23, 2023.

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This fall’s only state supreme court race

Welcome to the August 16, 2023, Brew.

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Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey: New York roundup

New York is holding elections, including for municipal offices, on Nov. 7, 2023. A number of candidates running in these elections completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office.

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All candidates for Mississippi House of Representatives District 66 complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey

Both of the candidates running in the Aug. 29, 2023, Democratic primary runoff election for Mississippi House of Representatives District 66 — Roshunda Harris-Allen (D) and Fabian Nelson (D) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office.

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S&P eliminates ESG scores from credit ratings

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

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Carolyn Carluccio and Daniel McCaffery are running in the Nov. 7 partisan election for one seat on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Carolyn Carluccio (R) and Daniel McCaffery (D) are running in the partisan election for one seat on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Nov. 7, 2023. The primary was May 16, 2023.

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79% of South Dakota school districts canceled elections this year

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U.S. weekly unemployment insurance claims rise to 248,000

New applications for U.S. unemployment insurance benefits rose 21,000 for the week ending August 5 to a seasonally adjusted 248,000. The previous week’s figure was unrevised. The four-week moving average as of August 5 rose 2,750 from the previous week’s unrevised average to 231,000.

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Federal Register weekly update: 2,852 pages added

The Federal Register is a daily journal of federal government activity that includes presidential documents, proposed and final rules, and public notices. It is a common measure of an administration’s regulatory activity, accounting for both regulatory and deregulatory actions.

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93 candidates filed for federal and statewide offices last week

Ninety-three (93) people declared candidacies for federal or statewide offices in the past week, 53 fewer than last week. All of these candidates declared before their state’s official filing deadline.

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RNC and Wisconsin GOP seek to intervene in absentee voting lawsuit

On Aug. 8, the Republican National Committee, the Republican Party of Wisconsin, and GOP chapters in Rock and Walworth counties filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin’s absentee voting laws.

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1.5% of all absentee/mail-in ballots were rejected in 2022

Voters cast 36,683,450 absentee/mail-in ballots in the 2022 general election. Of that total 549,824—or 1.5%—were rejected, roughly equal to the 1.4% rejection rate in 2018, the most recent midterm election, and up from the 1.0% and 0.8% rejection rates in the 2016 and 2020 presidential election cycles, respectively.

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Results from Mississippi’s battleground House primaries

Mississippi voters decided 44 contested state House primaries on Aug. 8, a decade-low for the chamber, down one from the previous low in 2019.

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Wyoming state board pushes back against ESG

The Wyoming State Loan and Investment Board on August 2 enacted a new investment policy prohibiting ESG considerations in state investments.

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