Welcome to our collection of articles by Ballotpedia's founder and CEO, Leslie Graves. Since launching her weekly column in Ballotpedia’s Daily Brew newsletter on April 4, 2025, Leslie has been ...

Denise Slipy (D) and Keri Heintzeman (R) are running in the special election for District 6 of the Minnesota Senate on April 29, 2025. The previous incumbent, Justin Eichorn (R), resigned on March 20, ...

The legislative election method of judicial selection is a process by which state legislators choose judges to serve on a court. This method is unique among selection types in that neither the ...

The Tennessee House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Tennessee General Assembly. Alongside the Tennessee State Senate, it forms the legislative branch of the Tennessee state government ...

In Louisiana, citizens do not have the power to initiate statewide initiatives or referendums. As of 2021, voters of Louisiana had never voted on a ballot measure to authorize a statewide initiative ...

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Virginia has a Republican triplex and a divided trifecta. The Republican Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, and attorney general. The Democratic Party controls both chambers ...

The four sites each contain a mix of projected end dates for the legislative sessions. Ballotpedia used a projected end date if three sites had the same date. If two websites had the same date but two ...

Maryland has a Democratic trifecta and a Democratic triplex. The Democratic Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and both chambers of the state legislature. As ...

Arizona has a Democratic triplex and a divided trifecta. The Democratic Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, and attorney general. The Republican Party controls both chambers of ...

Florida has a Republican trifecta and a Republican triplex. The Republican Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and both chambers of the state legislature. As ...

Washington has a Democratic trifecta and a Democratic triplex. The Democratic Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and both chambers of the state legislature.