ICYMI: Top stories from the week

A weekly shot of this week's most viewed stories from Ballotpedia's Daily Brew.

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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 November 10 - November 16.

1. Trump has appointed the fourth-most federal judges at this point in his presidency in the last 100 years

Donald Trump appointed—and the Senate confirmed—157 Article III federal judges through November 1, 2019, his third year in office. Jimmy Carter (177), George W. Bush (167), and Bill Clinton (166) are the three presidents who made more appointments by this point in their presidencies.

2. Arkansas' 2020 filing deadline was Nov. 12

Partisan primaries for the federal and state legislative seats—along with nonpartisan general elections for the judicial seats—will be held on March 3, 2020.

3. Checking in on trifectas

Five states—Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, and Virginia—held elections for either governor or one or more state legislative chambers that could have resulted in a change in trifecta control of state government. We analyzed which states saw a change in trifecta status.

4. Louisiana voters to decide governor, state legislative races Saturday

The last statewide elections of 2019 take place Saturday, Nov. 16, as Louisiana holds general elections for offices where no candidate received a majority of votes in the primary elections held Oct. 12.

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