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

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 September 12 - September 16.

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Four states have a governor of one party and a veto-proof state legislative majority of the opposing party

There are four states with a governor of one party and veto-proof legislative majorities of the opposing party: Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, and Massachusetts. That number could change this year. In three states, the party controlling the legislature could add new members to create a veto-proof majority opposing a governor of the other major party: North Carolina, Vermont, and Wisconsin.

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Part 1 - Analysis of major party candidates on the primary ballot

More Republicans are running for Congress this year than in either 2020 or 2018, and Republicans make up a larger percentage of major party congressional candidates than in either year. Of the 2,422 candidates who appeared on primary ballots, 989, or 40.8%, were Democrats, and 1,433, or 59.2%, were Republicans.

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Part 2 - Analysis of major party candidates on the primary ballot

The percentage of Democratic candidates running for state executive offices has fallen from 49% in 2018 to 40.6% in 2022. The percentage of Republican candidates running for state executive offices, on the other hand, increased from 51% in 2018 to 59.4% today, an increase of 16%.

Similarly, the percentage of Democrats running in state legislative primaries has fallen since 2018, while the reverse is true for Republican state legislative candidates.

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137 measures have been certified for statewide ballots this year

We’re close to having our final count of certified ballot measures for the Nov. 8 ballot. As of Sept. 14, election officials have certified 137 statewide measures for the ballot in 37 states, 28 fewer measures than the average number certified at this point in other even-numbered years from 2010 to 2020.

Here’s an update on the latest ballot measure activity.

Four new measures were certified for the ballot last week:

Proponents withdrew one certified measure from the ballot last week:

Idaho Income Tax Increases for Education Funding Initiative

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