By Ballotpedia’s Congressional and State legislative teams The fast-moving primary season of May and June continues tomorrow with elections in Idaho, Nebraska and Oregon. In Nebraska, voters will decided on one U.S. Senate seat, three U.S. House races and 26 state legislative seats. The Republican primary for U.S. Senate is anticipated to be very close, as presumed frontrunner Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning faces serious competition from state Senator Deb Fischer and state Treasurer Don Stenberg.[1] Contested [...]

By: Eric Veram RALEIGH, North Carolina: The primary election in North Carolina is tomorrow and voters will get to decide on one ballot measure, Amendment 1. The contentious measure was filed in the Senate on April 5, 2011, as SB 514, sponsored by Senator Peter S. Brunstetter. The bill garnered approval from both the House and the Senate, and was eventually ratified for the ballot on September [...]

By Lauren Rodgers Gov. Mitch Daniels is prevented by term limits from seeking another term in office. INDIANAPOLIS, IN: Four state executive offices are up for election in Indiana this year: governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and superintendent of public instruction. However, only the governor’s race is on the ballot in the primary election. In Indiana, the two major parties conduct state conventions to nominate [...]

RALEIGH, North Carolina: North Carolina Amendment One will appear on the May 8, 2012 ballot in the state of North Carolina as a legislatively-referred constitutional amendment. The measure has garnered national attention as both sides of drummed up spending in the weeks leading up until the vote. Here’s a recap of some recent developments. The group Vote FOR Marriage NC launched a series [...]

By Lauren Rodgers and Maresa Strano Alabama and Pennsylvania held primary elections today for state executive seats. In Alabama, two Republican candidates went head to head in a primary runoff election for the President of the Alabama Public Service Commission. Twinkle Cavanaugh, a current member of the commission, beat out Iraq veteran and real estate [...]

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois: A proposed bill to allow same-sex marriage in the state of Illinois has been put on the back burner, supporters of the bill noting that the state has higher priority issues to deal with first. The bill was introduced on February 8 and would delete a provision which outlaws marriage between couples of the same sex.[1] Rep. Greg Harris was [...]

ATLANTA, Georgia: As Georgia saw a significant increase in population through the 2010 census, a new congressional district was added to the state meaning that all the previous districts had to be redrawn. This led to many representatives being shifted around and finding that they had new members in their district and had to go through the [...]

JUNEAU, Alaska: On April 3, local residents went to the polls to decide a wide variety issues across the country. In the city of Anchorage, a local measure addressed discrimination of gays in the city. The measure was defeated by local residents with 58% of votes against it. The measure would have prohibited discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation from [...]

Edited by Geoff Pallay Note: Next week’s roundup, March 30, will be the final edition of the Redistricting Roundup. Ballotpedia staff will still cover redistricting news, with updates being added to the State Legislative Tracker, which is published on Monday afternoons. Other states featured in this week’s Roundup • Alaska • Arizona • Florida • [...]

Edited by Greg Janetka This week’s tracker features an update on what was accomplished (and not accomplished) in those state legislatures that adjourned for the year last week and a look at special sessions in Florida, Virginia and Washington. Sessions This week 35 out of 50 state legislatures are meeting in regular session. One state - Louisiana - convenes this week, while no states are scheduled to [...]