When to add candidates to the election data is always an interesting question. You definitely don’t want to preempt the voters, so filling in candidates on the General Election ballot ahead of the official results from the Primary is a precarious place to be. Alternatively, to be a timely resource you really do need stay […]
First Women to Chair Legislative Committees
I was recently asked who the first woman to chair a committee was. As it turns out, there wasn’t a single “first”. Instead, in 1919, the first session which included women legislators, two of the original four women were appointed as committee chairs: Elizabeth Hughes was appointed chair of Assembly Education and Eleanor Miller became […]
What Happened in the 2022 Election
[Updated 12/12] That was interesting. An election season that roared by in that unique pandemic fashion that we’re still getting the hang of. Compared to the last cycle, the 2022 election appears to have brought far lower turnout than the 2020 election, and a significantly higher number of contests that remained unsettled past the first […]
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