The auditor is elected by a statewide vote during presidential election years and serves for a four-year term. Article VI, Section 6 of the North Carolina Constitution establishes the qualifications ...

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In 2025, the Massachusetts State Legislature was scheduled to convene on January 1 and adjourn on November 19. Democrats held a majority in the Massachusetts state House and state Senate.

Texas has a Republican trifecta and a Republican triplex. The Republican Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and both chambers of the state legislature. As of ...

President-elect Donald Trump (R) announced South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem (R) as his nominee for secretary of homeland security on November 12, 2024. This presidential appointment requires Senate ...

Hegseth received a bachelor's degree in political science in 2003, where he also participated in the Army ROTC and published a campus publication titled The Princeton Tory. Hegseth later attended the ...

Between January 2011 and November 2024, Ballotpedia tracked 348 announcements from members of the U.S. House and Senate who announced they would not run for re-election. January had the highest number ...

In North Carolina, citizens do not have the power to initiate statewide initiatives or referendums. As of 2024, voters of North Carolina had never voted on a ballot measure to authorize a statewide ...

President-elect Donald Trump (R) announced author, lawyer, and 2024 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his nominee for secretary of health and human services on November 14, 2024. This ...

The four sites each contain a mix of projected end dates for the legislative sessions. Ballotpedia used a projected end date if three sites had the same date. If two websites had the same date but two ...

The following chart compares the total number of multistate lawsuits filed against each presidential administration between 1981 and 2025, according to the State Litigation and AG Activity Database.