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 January 25 - January 29.
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94% of incumbents won re-election on Nov. 3—Here’s the breakdown by state
California had the lowest re-election rate, at 85%. New Jersey was the only state where 100% of the incumbents we track won re-election. View our analysis for how congressional, state executive, state legislative, judicial, and local candidates fared by state.
A look at this year's Supreme Court term
The Supreme Court has been in its current session since Oct. 5—its first full session where oral arguments are being conducted via teleconference. We have an update on the October 2020-2021 term.
30 state legislative races were decided by fewer than 100 votes in 2020
Partisan control changed in 15 of the 30 races. Thirteen of the partisan changes (43.3%) were Republican pickups, and two (6.67%) were Democratic pickups. Most of the races took place in districts with small population sizes compared to the rest of the country.
New York voters to decide redistricting-related constitutional amendment at the 2021 general election
On Jan. 20, the New York State Assembly approved an amendment that would make changes to the redistricting process in the state, including the redistricting cycle based on the 2020 U.S. Census. The amendment will appear on the Nov. 2, 2021 ballot.
Over 4,700 candidates responded to Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey in 2020
For the third year in a row, Ballotpedia invited all candidates in our coverage scope to complete our Candidate Connection survey. We received submissions from 4,745 candidates—or 16.4% of all 2020 candidates we tracked. Explore a sample of their answers through our Candidate Questions tool!
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