Each week, we bring you a collection of the most viewed stories from The Daily Brew, condensed. Here are the top stories from the week of March 9th - March 13th.
   
What happens to Democratic delegates allocated to withdrawn candidates?
Several states' primaries are now behind us. Four of those candidates receiving pledged delegates—Bloomberg, Buttigieg, Klobuchar, and Warren— suspended their presidential campaigns. This then begs the question: What will happen to their delegates?
Several states voted in Democratic primary on March 10th.
The following states held their Democratic primary election on Tuesday, March 10th this week: Idaho, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, North Dakota, and Washington.
Fewer primary challenges in 2020 state legislative races compared to 2018
We are excited to release the 10th volume of our annual state legislative competitiveness study later this year. Thus far, 2020 state legislative elections are less competitive than 2018’s elections. The three categories that saw a decrease in competition are open seats, incumbents with primary challengers, and total primaries.
Virginians will vote on a constitutional amendment that determines the state’s redistricting procedures
In November, Virginians will decide who and how the state will redraw its congressional and legislative districts. A proposed constitutional amendment would transfer the power to draw legislative districts from the General Assembly to a 16-member redistricting commission composed of eight state legislators and eight citizens.
Approval rates of local bond and tax measures in California's March 3 election lowest in at least a decade
Our Elections team has finished crunching numbers from California's March 3 local ballot measure elections. Voters approved less than 42% of local bond measures in the 2020 primary. From 2008 to 2019, the average approval rate for local school bond measures in California was 75%.
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