Two Congressional races in Rhode Island and Utah that are not particularly interesting, but will bring the House of Representatives back up to its full complement of 435.
The Kentucky and Mississippi gubernatorial races. There could be a chance of a major upset in Mississippi, where Republicans are weighed down by huge corruption issues and an unpopular attempt to screw with the State Judiciary in the area of Jackson.
Numerous other statewide races in Kentucky, Louisiana and Mississippi.
A key Supreme Court election in Pennsylvania to replace a deceased incumbent.
Legislative elections in numerous States, but by far the most high stakes will be the Virginia General Assembly, with all seats up in both the Senate and House of Delegates. This is a bellwether for 2024, as it could go either way easily.
A number of referendums, the most important of which are the proposal to establish a public power company in Maine and marijuana and abortion in Ohio.
If Democrats continue to show the overperformance they have shown so far this year, that would be bad news for Republicans.
The best answer to that will be the results of the Virginia General Assembly.
You forgot the most important election of all. Texas constitutional amendment 4 to allow excess income in one fund to be used to reduce property taxes, which will lower my property taxes by over $800 for this year. I voted for it in early voting.
I am in Ohio and we have seen very few ads on issue 2 which is the issue to legalize Marijuana. We already allow medical so I don’t see that issue being a major one. Issue 1 is the Abortion one, and on that one I am still undecided. I am against it except for rape/incest, or mothers life BUT is it my place to push my views on others? That is a vote for yes,
On the other hand the language of the issue causes me great concern. There is nothing in the language concerning parental notification if the female is a minor, also, there is nothing in the language that sets a firm gestational period. All it says is “viability is to be determined by the treating physician”, nothing in the bill to prevent late-term, absolutely nothing to prevent it. That is a No vote.
Our current law is the “heartbeat” law, that is too restrictive, but this issue takes it all the way to the moment of birth, and that is too extreme. Our state legislators need to find a middle ground. It will piss off both extremes but that just means it is a good bill, 12-16 weeks. By then the majority of women know they are pregnant, removing the “I didn’t know” crowd, but not so long that the baby could survive outside the womb.
Just saw a clip of Youngkin saying that he would back a bill to ban abortion if one came to his desk. This, folks, is why the GOP could potentially not get majorities in VA today. The past few years have shown that this issue is a loser for the GOP and motivates their opposition. Will be interesting to see what happens.
looks like with about 20% of the vote in Issue 1 is 65/35 for and 57/43 for Issue 2. good early start but will probably get a bit closer as the night goes on
Mississipi Hinds county ran out of ballots so a judge ruled the polls will be open later…
its not insignificant that the GOP sec of state who has won (61/39 for now) has had a huge election denier/conspiracy target on his back and has continuously fought to disprove them
that should be a HUGE red flag to all the republican voters who keep pushing for the quacks to take power
