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Each week, we bring you a collection of the most viewed stories from The Daily Brew, condensed. If you like this newsletter, sign up with one click to wake up and learn something new each day.
Here are the top stories from the week of November 11 - November 15. |
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Looking ahead to 2026 U.S. Senate elections
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Looking ahead at the 2026 U.S. Senate elections, 33 of the 100 seats in the chamber will be up for election. Democrats hold 13 of those seats and Republicans hold 20.
In the six midterm elections since 2002, the incumbent president’s party has lost an average of 3.5 seats per year. Only two midterms in that time frame—2006 and 2014—have resulted in the incumbent president’s party not being in control of the chamber.
In Monday’s Daily Brew, we took a look at what the Senate map means for both parties. |
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Historic recalls in California, as Oakland mayor and Alameda County district attorney are removed from office
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Voters in California recalled both Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price on Nov. 5. The recalls are first-of-their-kind, with Thao being the first Oakland mayor and Price the first Alameda County district attorney to be recalled.
Oakland is the largest city to recall its mayor since 2010. According to election results as of Nov. 8, 296,893 people voted in the Price recall, making it the largest county-level district attorney recall by number of votes cast since at least 2009. |
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Less than 2% of state legislative incumbents lost (so far)
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So far, 105 (2.2%) out of 4,768 state legislative incumbents have been defeated in the Nov. 5 general elections. This includes 78 Democrats, 24 Republicans, and three other candidates who were neither a Democrat nor a Republican. One hundred fourteen (2.4%) of the general election races with an incumbent candidate remain uncalled. |
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States passed 32 bills either supporting or opposing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing in 2024
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States passed 32 bills this year either supporting or opposing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing. States approved 45 such laws in 2023, 17 in 2022, 13 in 2021, and three in 2020. ESG investing is an asset management approach that considers environment, social issues, and corporate governance practices. It's a type of stakeholder investing which says shareholder returns should not be the only goal.
States with Republican trifectas primarily enacted legislation opposing ESG investing, while states with Democratic trifectas primarily enacted legislation supporting ESG investing. |
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