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Race to Watch: With Moderate Esmeralda Soria Out, Who Will Appeal to Independents in the Central Valley?
This 2026 race snapped into focus in May 2025 when Soria announced she would seek the SD14 State Senate seat being vacated by Anna Caballero due to term limits. The announcement transformed an already competitive district into one of the top Republican targets in California.
12 Mar, 2026
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14 min read
Did New Petition Rules Kill Oklahoma’s Open Primaries Initiative?
Last week, the Oklahoma campaign to put a nonpartisan all-voter and all-candidate nonpartisan primary initiative on the ballot was informed that it did not collect enough signatures to be certified. This means state voters won’t get a say on the matter in 2026.
10 Mar, 2026
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5 min read
Wisconsin Lawmakers Propose Ranked Choice Voting for All Elections
State Senator Mark Spreitzer (D-Beloit) and Representative Clinton Anderson (D-Beloit) introduced LRB-5709 on March 5, legislation that would implement ranked choice voting for state, federal, and local elections in Wisconsin.
10 Mar, 2026
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2 min read
California’s Voter ID Initiative is Way More Chill Than Trump’s SAVE Act
A proposed California ballot initiative would amend the state constitution to add an initiative that aims to "deter and detect voter fraud by maintaining accurate voter registration records and confirming eligibility to vote..."
10 Mar, 2026
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12 min read
The Most Unlikely College Campus in America
Cal State LA's Prison Graduation Initiative (PGI) will begin offering courses toward a bachelor's degree at the newly rebranded San Quentin Rehabilitation Center starting in fall 2026. The program will enroll an inaugural cohort of 35 incarcerated students...
06 Mar, 2026
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2 min read
Trump to Noem: You're Fired
When threat levels are at their highest due to the situation in Iran, President Trump ousted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at 1:40 p.m. March 5 in a Truth Social post and named Republican U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma as her replacement.
05 Mar, 2026
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5 min read
How It Really Works: The California Billionaire Wealth Tax
California’s proposed billionaire wealth tax has become one of the most consequential policy debates in the nation.
03 Mar, 2026
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17 min read
Should Ballots Include Political Endorsements?
At first glance, this feels like common sense. Voters walk into low-turnout municipal races and crowded primaries with almost no information. Beyond a party label – which is often meaningless in local governance – they are handed a list of names and told to decide.
03 Mar, 2026
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4 min read
No Referee in the Midterms? Trump’s FEC Nominations Come After 10 Months of Zero Federal Oversight
As February wrapped up, it was reported that President Donald Trump had nominated two Republicans for the Federal Elections Commission after 10 months of the agency being unable to perform its basic functions.
02 Mar, 2026
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9 min read
ABC, State of Gold, and New York Times Turn to Independent Voter Project for Expertise
It didn’t take long for our poll to get noticed not only in Sacramento, but all the way over on the East Coast where the New York Times featured it alongside other reputable pollsters like Emerson College and the Public Policy Institute of California.
26 Feb, 2026
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