Primary Legislation

Thursday, 04 November 2021

Latest News for: primary legislation

Edit

Washington County school board voices opposition to partisan races

The Advocate & Democrat 05 Nov 2021

The legislation allows local Democratic and Republican party officials to call for a primary or hold a caucus to elect candidates who will appear on the general election ballot as their party’s nominees ... Bryan Terry saves fellow legislator's life with Heimlich Maneuver.

Edit

Steinburg loses most of current district in new Senate map

Daily Advance 05 Nov 2021

New legislative maps have set up a Republican primary between two of the most conservative Republicans in the North Carolina Senate ... They will likely face off for the Republican nomination in a primary scheduled for March 8 ... Steinburg acknowledged winning a primary against Sanderson will be an uphill climb ... “There will be a primary,” Steinburg said.

Edit

2022 primary date set for March 1 for 234 legislative districts in Texas

Killeen Daily Herald 04 Nov 2021

If any of the redistricting lawsuits were to be successful, the primary election date would likely change ... Running for his third and what would be his final term, his primary challengers include “Independent Republican” businessman Daniel Harrison, former state legislator and businessman Don Huffines, entertainer Chad Prather, and Lt.

Edit

Watch now: Illinois lawmakers eye quieter '22 session

Dispatch Argus 04 Nov 2021

In Illinois, there is typically a month-long hole in the legislative session every other March to accommodate the primary election ... Illinois lawmakers sent to Pritzker legislation to move next year’s March 15 primary to June 28 as part of a comprehensive election measure that ...

Edit

Ramsey: Redistricting grades mean no honor roll for Texas

Midlothian Mirror 04 Nov 2021

Republican legislators in Texas and Democratic legislators in Illinois have something in common ... The two states illustrate the conflict of interest wired into their redistricting laws, which let the people who hold legislative seats draw the districts where they compete to keep their jobs and their party majorities.

Edit

A Moderate Proposal

The Atlantic 04 Nov 2021

But despite being decisive for both electoral outcomes and legislative-vote totals, moderates exert much less influence over the political system than they could ... The lack of space for this kind of legislation is a primary complaint of a huge share of senators, including fairly ideological ones.

Edit

Portsmouth police reform 'revolutionary,' or still not doing enough? Letters

Fosters 04 Nov 2021

The community should pressure our police departments, and legislators to push for the enactment of body cameras into the Portsmouth Police department, for the safety of civilians, and minorities disproportionately being targeted ... This strategy creates distractions from their primary legislative goal.

Edit

What redistricting plan will Guilford commissioners pick? We'll know tonight.

News & Record 04 Nov 2021

One influential state legislator believes they’ve reached a fair and workable compromise ... His primary role is to make sure the commissioners come up with a balanced proposal that, in the end, avoids legal or legislative challenges.

Edit

NJ Gov. Murphy pulls out win after unexpectedly close race with Republican Ciattarelli

New York Post 04 Nov 2021

And they put a new focus on congressional Democrats’ inability so far to pass Biden’s massive domestic policy legislation, though it’s unclear whether the defeat will be enough to jolt his party into action ... From 2011 to 2018, Ciattarelli served in the New Jersey General Assembly representing the 16th legislative district.

Edit

Cattaraugus County voters turned down all 5 state propositions

The Salamanca Press 04 Nov 2021

Voters rejected a ballot question that would have made changes to the state’s redistricting process to reduce the influence of political parties and speed up the timeline by which the state Independent Redistricting Commission has to submit its legislative and congressional maps to the state Legislature ahead of the June primary ... Sheriff Timothy S ... .

Edit

Legislative outreach offices strengthen China's democratic lawmaking

China Daily 03 Nov 2021

As China's top legislature, the National People's Congress adheres to the principle of whole-process people's democracy in legislation ... "The outreach offices connect the country's highest state organ of power and people at the primary level," said Tong Weidong, an official with the Legislative Affairs Commission of the NPC Standing Committee.

Edit

Across China: Legislative outreach offices strengthen China's democratic lawmaking

China.dot.org 03 Nov 2021

As China's top legislature, the National People's Congress (NPC) adheres to the principle of whole-process people's democracy in legislation ... "The outreach offices connect the country's highest state organ of power and people at the primary level," said Tong Weidong, an official with the Legislative Affairs Commission of the NPC Standing Committee.

Edit

Ross Ramsey: With grades like these for political maps, Texas won’t be making the honor roll

The Marshall News Messenger 03 Nov 2021

Edit

County's GOP majority grows

Lockport Union-Sun 03 Nov 2021

In Lockport's District 13 contest, Democratic legislator Anita Mullane lost her seat to Rick Abbott, who ran on the Republican, Conservative and Working Families party lines ... Following his primary win, Elder survived a challenge by current District 4 legislator Owen Steed, who was running on the Conservative line.

Edit

County legislature's GOP majority grows

Niagara Gazette 03 Nov 2021

“It’s a great night,” he said ... In Lockport's District 13 contest, Legislator Anita Mullane lost her seat to Rick Abbott, running on the Republican, Conservative and Working Families party lines ... Beilein Capen ... Following his primary win, Elder survived a challenge by current District 4 Legislator Owen Steed, who was running on the Conservative line ... .