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The 2025 New Jersey Primary Election saw strong voter turnout and marked the most expensive gubernatorial primary in the state’s history. This is the first year both major parties used a new statewide ballot design. The...more
It will be a couple of weeks before all the election results are final and certified in Indiana. The numbers and percentages shared are estimated based on the data reported so far, but we wanted to provide you with a...more
Ohio held its Primary Election on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. Featuring several crowded races and many incumbents facing challengers, election night yielded some interesting results with fairly low voter turnout of about 1.1...more
As attorneys and professionals, Ward and Smith's government relations team watches with keen interest those who are elected, or might be elected, to the legislative, executive, and judicial branches in North Carolina state...more
This week, legislators returned to Raleigh for the final meeting of the House Select Committee on Advancing Women in STEM. After being chartered by House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Cleveland) earlier this year, the committee met...more
Now that the 2022 midterm elections have concluded, North Carolina legislators are gearing up for a productive 2023 session, taking up issues that were left unresolved this year, and new issues that have come forward since...more
North Carolina remains paused in Phase 3 until at least November 13. The state continues to see record breaking increases of reported COVID-19 cases. Governor Cooper has urged that North Carolinians remain cautious and alert...more
The 111th General Assembly of the state of Tennessee convened on Tuesday, January 8, 2019, for the first year of the two-year session. With the new session comes change not seen in Tennessee government in recent history, as...more
After a long, hard-fought, and often bitter campaign, the parties battled to a partisan draw. As expected, Democrats took over the House of Representatives. Democrats also flipped a number of Governors’ mansions, but lost...more
On Tuesday, November 8, 2018, Virginians in the 8th district selected a new member of the House of Delegates to replace the retiring Greg Habeeb. The district, which includes the City of Salem, Craig County, and parts of...more
As an update to our Wednesday newsletter, a number of races are undecided and a candidate may request a recount if their race is within the 1% margin. Provisional and absentee ballots that were postmarked by Election Day must...more
This year, North Carolina had a “blue moon” election in which there were no statewide races on the ballot aside from judicial contests. Blue moon elections occur every twelve years (the last was 2006) and historically produce...more
In a historic night, Tennessee elected its first female U.S. Senator and the first Republican governor to follow a fellow Republican governor since 1869. In the state house, there will be many new faces come January; however,...more