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** State legislative party switches in 2023 occurring at twice the 30-year average
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Last week, Georgia Rep. Mesha Mainor ([link removed] announced she had changed her party affiliation from Democrat to Republican, becoming the 10th state lawmaker to switch parties this year. Since 1994, we’ve tracked 173 party switches by state lawmakers—47 state senators and 126 state representatives, an average of five per year.
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** 19.3% of all state legislator censures have occurred in 2023
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Six state legislators have been censured this year—the second-highest number of state lawmakers censured in one year since the first case in 1838. In 2023, there have been three Democrats and three Republicans censured across five states.
In total, since 1838, censured state legislators include 12 Democrats, 11 Republicans (one of whom was censured twice), and seven members of other parties. Eight of the 14 states where censures have occurred have had two or more legislators censured.
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** Californians to decide on repealing Proposition 8, which prohibited same-sex marriage, in Nov. 2024
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On Nov. 5, 2024, California voters will decide on aconstitutional amendment ([link removed] that would repealProposition 8 ([link removed] , a 2008 amendment that defined marriage as between a man and a woman. The 2024 ballot measure would also add language to the California Constitution stating that "the right to marry is a fundamental right."
To place a constitutional amendment on the ballot in California, a two-thirds (66.67%) vote is required during one legislative session in the Legislature.
The amendment will joinsix other ballot propositions ([link removed] on the November 2024 ballot.
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