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** FORTY-THREE STATES HAVE ISSUED STAY-AT-HOME ORDERS FOR RESIDENTS
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* South Carolina ([link removed]) Gov. Henry McMaster (R) issued an executive order requiring residents to stay at home unless engaged in essential activity. The order was set to go into effect on April 7. 
* So far, 43 states ([link removed]) have issued stay-at-home or shelter-in-place orders to residents. Eight of those orders are set to last until modified or rescinded by the governor, while the other 35 announced end dates.

* Governors from Colorado ([link removed]) , Georgia ([link removed]) , Indiana ([link removed]) , Michigan ([link removed]) , Minnesota ([link removed]) , Montana ([link removed]) , New Mexico ([link removed]) , Ohio ([link removed]) , and Rhode Island ([link removed]) announced extensions this week to stay-at-home orders that were set to expire. Many of the orders were extended to late April or May.

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** WISCONSIN TO RELEASE RESULTS FROM STATE SUPREME COURT ELECTION ON APRIL 13
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* Incumbent Daniel Kelly ([link removed]) faced challenger Jill Karofksy ([link removed]) in a nonpartisan election ([link removed]) for a 10-year term on the Wisconsin Supreme Court Tuesday. The election followed weeks of legal challenges and debate among state officials ([link removed]) over whether to adjust procedures and deadlines in light of the coronavirus pandemic. No results will be made available until Monday, April 13.
 
* Both Gov. Tony Evers (D) and legislative leaders Robin Vos (R) and Scott Fitzgerald (R) had initially agreed that no delay in the race was warranted due to the large number of municipal elections also on the ballot. On March 27, Evers called for in-person voting to be canceled, with every registered voter receiving a mail-in ballot instead. Vos and Fitzgerald said that the proposal was not feasible given the short period of time remaining before the election.
 
* On April 3, Evers called a special session of the state legislature for the following day to discuss a potential delay in the election. The legislature did not vote in favor of changes to the election date. Evers issued an executive order on April 6 delaying the election to June 9 or a new date of the legislature's choice. The legislature challenged this order before the state Supreme Court. The court found in favor of the legislature, ruling that it was unconstitutional for the governor to change the date of the election.
 
* A debate over election procedure also unfolded in federal court. The Democratic National Committee and state Democratic Party filed a lawsuit in district court seeking changes to election procedure. On March 20, U.S. District Court Judge William Conley ruled partially in the plaintiffs’' favor, extending the online voter registration deadline by 12 days but declining to make other changes that the lawsuit had sought, including extending the deadline to register to vote by mail and suspending the proof of residency requirement.
 
* On April 2, Judge Conley issued an order extending the absentee ballot application deadline by one day and extending the ballot return deadline from April 7, the scheduled date of the election, to April 13. The following day, Conley issued an additional order at the request of the Wisconsin Elections Commission which forbade reporting of any election results until the April 13 absentee ballot return deadline. A three-judge appeals court panel upheld Judge Conley's deadline extensions but stayed an order he had issued which temporarily waived the requirement that absentee ballots be signed by a witness. 
 
* The U.S. Supreme Court took up an appeal brought by the state legislature, state Republican Party, and Republican National Convention, and issued an emergency order on April 6 which preserved the extended absentee ballot receipt date but added a requirement that ballots be postmarked by April 7.
 
* Recent elections to the Wisconsin Supreme Court have been decided by narrow margins. In 2019, conservative Brian Hagedorn defeated liberal Lisa Neubauer by a 0.5% margin. Aside from the 2017 election in which incumbent Annette Ziegler was unopposed, the widest margin of victory in the past decade was liberal incumbent Ann Walsh Bradley's 16.2% win in 2015.

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** WISCONSIN VOTERS DECIDE MARSY’S LAW AMENDMENT, RESULTS TO BE RELEASED APRIL 13
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* Voters in Wisconsin voted on Marsy’s Law—a type of constitutional amendment ([link removed]) addressing the rights of crime victims. Results for the measure will not be made available until April 13 due to a court ruling. The Wisconsin State Legislature referred the constitutional amendment to the ballot on May 15, 2019. Voters in 12 other states have approved Marsy's Law measures. Marsy's Law has never been defeated at the ballot. Montana's 2018 Marsy's Law measure, however, was overturned by a court ruling, and Kentucky's 2018 measure is pending a court ruling.

* As passed by the Wisconsin State Legislature, the Marsy’s Law amendment would grant crime victims with certain rights, including a right to be treated with dignity, respect, courtesy, sensitivity, and fairness; a right to privacy; a right to be present at all criminal proceedings and hearings; a right to confer with the government prosecutor; and a right to restitution and compensation. Currently, the state constitution grants crime victims with some of these rights, such as a right to restitution.

* The organization Marsy’s Law for All advocates for Marsy’s Law constitutional amendment, stating that Marsy’s Law makes crime victims’ rights co-equal with criminal defendants’ rights in state constitutions. The ACLU of Wisconsin opposes the Marsy’s Law constitutional amendment, saying victims’ rights and defendants rights are not legally equivalent. Whereas defendants rights are rights against the state, according to the ACLU, victims’ rights are rights against an individual.

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** SEVENTEEN STATES HAVE ISSUED TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS DUE TO CORONAVIRUS 
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* On April 7, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R)  issued an executive order directing all people traveling to the state from areas of the country with widespread coronavirus cases, particularly from areas with significant community spread in places like New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, to self-quarantine for 14 days.  

* Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) issued an executive order on April 3 requiring all out-of-state travelers to self-quarantine for two weeks, with an exception for individuals providing essential services. The order directs state agencies, such as the Maine Department of Transportation and the Maine Turnpike Authority, to post the order at all major points of entry into the state. According to the order, individuals in violation of the quarantine restrictions could be subject to a penalty of up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine.

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** FOUR MORE STATES CLOSE SCHOOLS FOR REMAINDER OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR
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* Officials in four states—Arkansas, Idaho, South Dakota, and Washington—announced that schools statewide would close for the remainder of the academic year ([link removed]) . Schools in all four states were already closed by a gubernatorial order. In Idaho, the closure may not be final, as language in the order allows schools to reopen if social distancing protocols are lifted.

* Twenty states have closed schools for the remainder of the academic year: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington. Those states account for 41.7% of the 50.6 million public school students in the country.

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** GEORGIA POSTPONES STATEWIDE PRIMARY TO JUNE 9
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* Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) announced the postponement of Georgia's statewide and presidential primary elections to June 9. The primary runoff has been postponed to August 11. The state had previously postponed its presidential primary to May 19, the original date of its statewide primary. 

* The following 19 states have postponed state-level or municipal elections (this total includes states that have authorized the postponement of municipal elections on a statewide basis): 

* ALABAMA: Primary runoff postponed to July 14.
* DELAWARE: Select school board and municipal elections postponed.
* GEORGIA: Primary postponed to June 9; primary runoff postponed to August 11.
* INDIANA: Primary postponed to June 2.
* IOWA: Three special municipal elections postponed to July 7.
* KENTUCKY: Primary postponed to June 23.
* MARYLAND: Primary postponed to June 2.
* MASSACHUSETTS: Two special state Senate elections postponed to May 19; two special state House elections postponed to June 2; municipalities authorized to postpone elections originally scheduled to take prior to May 30.
* MISSOURI: Municipal elections originally scheduled for April 7 postponed to June 2.
* NEW JERSEY: Primary postponed to July 7; special municipal elections in the townships of Old Bridge and West Amwell and Atlantic City postponed to May 12; all school board elections scheduled for April 21 postponed to May 12.
* NEW YORK: Special elections in the following districts postponed to June 23: State Senate District 50, State Assembly District 12, State Assembly District 31, State Assembly District 136.
* OHIO: Absentee voting in the state's primary extended to April 27; final date for in-person voting, restricted to individuals with disabilities and those without home mailing addresses, set for April 28.
* OKLAHOMA: Municipalities authorized to postpone elections originally scheduled for April 7 to a later date.
* PENNSYLVANIA: Primary postponed to June 2.
* SOUTH CAROLINA: Municipal elections scheduled for March and April postponed to sometime after May 1.
* SOUTH DAKOTA: Local governments authorized to postpone to June any elections scheduled between April 14 and May 26.
* TEXAS: Special election for Texas State Senate District 14 postponed to July 14. Primary runoff postponed to July 14.
* VIRGINIA: Primary postponed to June 23.
* WEST VIRGINIA: Primary postponed to June 9.

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** STATE COURTS ISSUE EXTENSIONS RESTRICTING IN-PERSON PROCEEDINGS
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* On April 7, the Vermont Supreme Court ([link removed]) extended its suspension of jury trials through May 15.  Vermont’s order follows the trend of other state courts taking the same action. With a number of orders restricting in-person proceedings set to end in late March or early April, courts are beginning to extend their original dates to ones further in the future or until further notice. 
 
* For example, following an original end date of April 17, Florida’s Supreme Court ([link removed]) issued a new order on April 7 extending restrictions on in-person proceedings and suspension of jury trials through May 29.
 
* Some courts are leaving their timelines for resuming regular operation less concrete. Courts in South Carolina and Kansas ordered that in-person proceedings and jury trials be suspended until further notice, leaving the date for resuming regular court business open.  

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** TWO ELECTED OFFICIALS DIE AFTER REPORTING POSITIVE CORONAVIRUS TESTS, MORE DIAGNOSED
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* Louisiana ([link removed]) State Representative Reggie Bagala ([link removed]) (R) died April 9 from complications related to coronavirus %28COVID-19%29 at age 54. He had represented District 54 of the Louisiana House of Representatives since January 13, 2020. Vacancies in the Louisiana legislature are filled by special election.

* Jersey City ([link removed]) Councilman Michael Yun ([link removed]) died April 6 at the age of 65. He was elected to represent Ward D in 2013.

* On April 6, Michigan State Representative Karen Whitsett ([link removed]) (D) and Arkansas State Representative Les Warren ([link removed]) (R) tested positive for coronavirus. 

* Whitsett represents District 9 in the Michigan House of Representatives ([link removed]) . She was first elected in 2019. 
* Warren represents District 25 in the Arkansas House of Representatives ([link removed]) . He was first elected in 2017.

* Ballotpedia is tracking elected officials, candidates, and government officials who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 or are in quarantine to prevent transmission of COVID-19 due to coronavirus infection. Read more here ([link removed]) .

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** STATE LEGISLATURES SUSPEND OR CHANGE LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
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* The effects of the coronavirus %28COVID-19%29 pandemic are being felt within every sector of American society, and state legislatures are no exception. State lawmakers nationwide have adjusted their session schedules ([link removed]) in response to the outbreak. As of Friday:

* Twenty-five state legislatures had suspended their sessions. Five of those had since reconvened.
* Nineteen legislatures had either adjourned or are not scheduled to be in regular session this year.  
* Four state legislatures were in regular session.
* One state legislature (Oklahoma) was in special session.
* One state (Minnesota) had partially suspended legislative activity.

* As of Friday, state lawmakers have introduced 396 bills related to the pandemic ([link removed]) . Lawmakers in New York, Ohio, and New Jersey have introduced 43, 41, and 38 relevant bills, respectively. Taken together, the bills introduced in these three states account for 31 percent of the total number of bills introduced nationwide.

* Setting aside ceremonial resolutions and bills modifying the conduct of legislative business, 72 pieces of significant legislation have been enacted. This accounts for approximately 18 percent of the total number of bills that have been introduced.

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** THIRTY-TWO STATES HAVE ORDERED THE RELEASE OF INMATES IN RESPONSE TO CORONAVIRUS
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* On April 6, Connecticut became the latest state to announce the release of some inmates in response to coronavirus ([link removed]) . Department of Corrections officials stated that 727 people have been released from the state’s prisons since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic in early March, the most substantial one-month reduction of Connecticut’s prison population in the state’s history ([link removed]) .
 
* To date, 32 states have ordered the release of inmates at the state or local level in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus in jails and prisons across the country.  
 
* On April 3, the Massachusetts Supreme Court ordered the release of most inmates being held pretrial; however, the court prohibited certain populations, such as those accused of violent, sex, or drug trafficking crimes. One other state, Texas, has prohibited the release of certain inmate populations.  Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order at the end of March prohibiting the release of inmates accused or previously convicted of violent crimes without paying bail.

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** ANCHORAGE VOTERS DECIDE 13 LOCAL BALLOT PROPOSITIONS, INCLUDING QUESTIONS ON MARIJUANA CONSUMPTION, ALCOHOL TAX, CITY ASSEMBLY SIZE, AND PROPERTY TAXES
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* Voters in Anchorage, Alaska, decided 13 ballot measures ([link removed]) at the election on April 7, 2020. As of the April 9 results update, six were approved, one was defeated, and six of the 13 were still too close to call.

* Here's a summary of four notable measures:

* Proposition 2, a bond issue for area-wide school capital improvements, was approved 58% to 42%. The measure authorized the issuance of $82.833 million in bonds for capital improvements to schools at an area-wide tax rate of $18.45 per $100,000 in assessed property value.
* Proposition 11, the Marijuana Consumption at Retail Stores Measure, was defeated with 64% opposed. The measure would have permitted licensed retail marijuana stores to allow inhaling or smoking marijuana, in addition to eating marijuana edibles, within their marijuana consumption areas.
* Proposition 12, the City Assembly Size Amendment, which increased the size of the Anchorage Assembly from 11 members to 12 members, was approved 59% to 41%.
* Proposition 13, the Alcohol Sales Tax Amendment, was ahead 51% to 49%. The measure would levy a 5% tax on alcoholic beverage retail sales and dedicating revenue from the tax toward (a) police, first responders, and criminal justice personnel, (b) addressing child abuse, sexual assault, and domestic violence, and (c) programs related to substance misuse treatment and prevention, mental and behavioral health, and homelessness. Proposition 9, which would have enacted a similar tax on alcoholic beverages, was defeated in 2019 with 53.76% opposed. 

* Below are the unofficial election results for the other measures as of April 9:

* Proposition 1, the Area-wide Access Roads Bond Issue, was ahead 50.1% to 49.9%.
* Proposition 3, the Roads and Drainage Service Area Bond Issue, was approved 58% to 42%.
* Proposition 4, the Fire Service Area Bond Issue, was approved 66% to 34%.
* Proposition 5, the Parks and Recreation Service Area Bond Issue, was ahead 54% to 46%.
* Proposition 6, the Metropolitan Police Service Area Bond Issue, was ahead 55% to 45%.
* Proposition 7, the Areawide Facilities Bond Issue, was ahead 55% to 45%.
* Proposition 8, the Areawide Transit and Emergency Services Bond Issue, was approved 59% to 41%.
* Proposition 9, the Property Tax for Medical Equipment and Systems, was approved 65% to 35%.
* Proposition 10, the Girdwood Valley Service Area Bond Issue, was behind 53.5% to 46.5%.

* Results will be updated daily until official election results are certified on April 21.

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** CANDIDATE FILING PERIOD FOR STATE AND LOCAL RACES ENDS IN ARIZONA, NORTH DAKOTA, AND OKLAHOMA
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* The major party filing deadlines ([link removed]) passed to run for elected offices in three states. Arizona and North Dakota’s filing deadlines were April 6, and Oklahoma’s was April 10. 
 

* In Arizona ([link removed]) , candidates filed for the following state offices:

* Corporation Commission (3 seats)
* State Senate (30 seats)
* State House (60 seats)

* Ballotpedia is also covering local elections in the following areas, though the filing deadline for these offices is not until July 6:

* Phoenix, Arizona
* Mesa, Arizona
* Chandler, Arizona
* Glendale, Arizona
* Gilbert, Arizona
* Scottsdale, Arizona
* Maricopa County, Arizona
* Pima County, Arizona
* 42 school districts
 

* In North Dakota ([link removed]) , candidates filed for the following state offices:

* Governor
* Lieutenant Governor
* Treasurer
* State Auditor
* Commissioner of Insurance
* Public Service Commissioner
* Superintendent of Public Instruction
* State Senate (23 seats)
* State House (47 seats)
* Supreme Court (1 seat)

* In Oklahoma ([link removed]) , candidates filed for the following state offices:

* Corporation Commissioner
* State Senate (24 seats)
* State House (101 seats)

* Ballotpedia is also covering local elections in the following areas:

* Tulsa, Oklahoma
* Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
* Tulsa County, Oklahoma
* Cleveland County, Oklahoma
* Canadian County, Oklahoma
* Osage County, Oklahoma
* 25 school districts (the filing deadline for these elections was December 4, 2019)
 

* Arizona and Oklahoma are also holding retention elections for their state supreme courts and their state intermediate appellate courts on November 3, 2020.
 
* The primary in Arizona is scheduled for August 4, the primary in North Dakota is scheduled for June 9, and the primary in Oklahoma is scheduled for June 30. North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum (R) authorized counties to conduct the June 9 primary election entirely by mail in response to the coronavirus %28COVID-19%29 pandemic ([link removed]) . The general elections for all three states are scheduled for November 3, 2020.
 
* Arizona, North Dakota, and Oklahoma’s statewide filing deadlines were the 32nd, 33rd, and 34th to take place in the 2020 election cycle. The next statewide filing deadline is on April 21 in Michigan. 
 
* Arizona, North Dakota, and Oklahoma have Republican state government trifectas. A trifecta exists when one political party simultaneously holds the governor’s office and majorities in both state legislative chambers.

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** MILWAUKEE, MADISON HOLD LOCAL AND JUDICIAL ELECTIONS IN WISCONSIN, RESULTS TO BE AVAILABLE APRIL 13
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* Madison and Milwaukee held elections for municipal, county, and judicial offices April 7. As a result of governmental decisions and court orders regarding the coronavirus outbreak, voters who cast absentee ballots were required to have them postmarked by April 7 and election officials will count them if they are received by April 13. 

* Milwaukee held general elections for mayor, city attorney, city comptroller, city treasurer, and all 15 common council members.
* Madison held a special election for the District 8 alderperson.  
* Dane County, Wisconsin, held general elections for board of supervisors districts 1 through 37 and a circuit court judgeship.
* Milwaukee County and Milwaukee Public Schools voters also decided local ballot measures ([link removed]) : a nonbinding advisory question concerning statewide redistricting and a revenue limit increase measure.

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** ANCHORAGE HOLDS ALL-MAIL MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
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* Anchorage, Alaska ([link removed]) , held general elections for six city council seats, two school board seats, and 15 special district seats on April 7th. The election was vote-by-mail, and all of the races were nonpartisan. Election officials will release updated results daily until they are certified on April 21. The election results below are based on the results posted on April 8.

* The Anchorage City Council, also known as the Anchorage Assembly, had six of its 11 seats on the ballot in 2020. District 2-Seat C incumbent Fred Dyson was the only assembly incumbent to not file for re-election. 

* District 1 – Seat B: Incumbent Christopher Constant was unopposed in the general election.
* District 2 – Seat C: Jamie Allard is leading the race against Roger Branson and Stephany Jeffers with 59% of the vote. Jeffers has received 33% of the vote, and Branson has received 7% of the vote. 
* District 3 – Seat E: Incumbent Austin Quinn-Davidson is leading the race against Nick Danger and MoHagani Magnetek with 63% of the vote. Danger has received 29% of the vote, and Magnetek has received 6% of the vote.
* District 4 – Seat G: Incumbent Felix Rivera holds a slim lead in his race against Christine Hill with 50% of the vote. Hill has received 49% of the vote.
* District 5 – Seat I: Incumbent Pete Petersen is leading the race against Monty Dyson and David Walker with 55% of the vote. Dyson has received 35% of the vote, and Walker has received 9% of the vote.
* District 6 – Seat K: Incumbent Suzanne LaFrance has a slender lead in her race against Rick Castillo with 51% of the vote. Castillo has received 48% of the vote.

* The Anchorage School District ([link removed]) had two of the board’s seven seats on the ballot in 2020. Incumbents Dave Donley and Andy Holleman both filed for re-election.

* Seat C: Incumbent Dave Donley faced James Smallwood in the general election. Donley is leading the race with 55% of the vote. Smallwood has received 43% of the vote. 
* Seat D: Incumbent Andy Holleman, JC Cates, and Phil Isley ran in the general election. Holleman is leading the race with 54% of the vote. Cates has 23% of the vote, and Isley has 21% of the vote. 

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** BALLOT MEASURES UPDATE
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** 2020:
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* Seventy-four statewide measures ([link removed]) in 30 states have been certified for the 2020 ballot so far.

* Eighteen of the certified measures are citizen-initiated measures. Fifty-five are legislative referrals. One is an automatic constitutional revision commission question.
 
* Three measures were on the March 3 ballot, one was on the April 7 ballot in Wisconsin, two measures are on the June 9 ballot in Maine, and the remaining 68 are on the November ballot.
 
* On April 7, Wisconsin voters decided a Marsy’s Law Amendment ([link removed]) , which would add specific rights of crime victims to the state constitution. Results were not available on April 7 but will be posted on April 13.
 
* One new measure was certified for the 2020 ballot last week: a $3 billion bond measure ([link removed]) was approved for the November ballot by the New York State Legislature as part of the state’s budget bill, which was signed by the governor on April 7.
 
* Proponents of four additional ballot initiatives ([link removed]) in California, Colorado, and Michigan submitted signatures, which are pending verification by state officials.

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** SPECIAL ELECTIONS
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* So far this year, 37 state legislative special elections ([link removed]) have been scheduled in 19 states. Special elections have been held for 22 seats so far; heading into those races, Democrats had previously controlled 10 of the seats while Republicans previously controlled 12. One seat has flipped from Democratic control to Republican control. One seat has flipped from Republican control to Democratic control.

* In special elections between 2011 and 2019, one party (either Republicans or Democrats) saw an average net gain of four seats nationally each year.
* An average of 55 seats were filled through special elections in each of the past five even years (2010 ([link removed]) : 26, 2012 ([link removed]) : 45, 2014 ([link removed]) : 40, 2016 ([link removed]) : 65, 2018 ([link removed]) : 99).
* An average of 88 seats were filled through special elections in each of the past five odd years (2011 ([link removed]) : 94, 2013 ([link removed]) : 84, 2015 ([link removed]) : 88, 2017 ([link removed]) : 98, 2019 ([link removed]) : 77).

 
** UPCOMING SPECIAL ELECTIONS INCLUDE:
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* Mississippi House of Representatives District 88 ([link removed])

* So far this year, 37 state legislative special elections ([link removed]) have been scheduled in 19 states. Special elections have been held for 22 seats so far; heading into those races, Democrats had previously controlled 10 of the seats while Republicans previously controlled 12. One seat has flipped from Democratic control to Republican control. One seat has flipped from Republican control to Democratic control.

* In special elections between 2011 and 2019, one party (either Republicans or Democrats) saw an average net gain of four seats nationally each year.
* An average of 55 seats were filled through special elections in each of the past five even years (2010 ([link removed]) : 26, 2012 ([link removed]) : 45, 2014 ([link removed]) : 40, 2016 ([link removed]) : 65, 2018 ([link removed]) : 99).
* An average of 88 seats were filled through special elections in each of the past five odd years (2011 ([link removed]) : 94, 2013 ([link removed]) : 84, 2015 ([link removed]) : 88, 2017 ([link removed]) : 98, 2019 ([link removed]) : 77).

 
** UPCOMING SPECIAL ELECTIONS INCLUDE:
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* Mississippi House of Representatives District 88 ([link removed])

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