Category:State legislative news, 2010
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- ABC News elections expert sees voter discontent as key to elections
- Absentee vote fraud alleged in Bucks County, Pennsylvania
- ACLU threats Hawaii Senate with lawsuit over invocation practice
- After nearly losing House on election night, Democrats in New Mexico elect leadership
- Alabama lawmakers do not pass any initiative bills
- Alabama senate incumbents: can they find a challenger
- Alaska senate incumbents dominate ballot
- All but 7 South Dakota state reps face opposition
- Arizona House term limits create vacancies
- Arizona lawmakers wrap up session with two initiative bills passed
- Arizona State Senate Republicans feel impact of term limits
- As registration deadlines loom, new state website gains traffic
- As Voter Registration Month Begins in Ohio, Absentees Express Concerns
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- California lawmakers race to the finish to get initiative bills passed
- California state senators feel impact of term limits
- Candidates Ernst and Smith contend for District 48
- Change is on the way for Massachusetts legislative leadership
- Colorado Governor signs two initiative bills into law
- Colorado legislators end session with only two initiative bills approved
- Colorado Secretary of State ponders options on "cure" provision
- Colorado Senate passes bill to re-order initiatives
- Competitiveness in national elections does not trickle down to state level
- Connecticut legislators defeat campaign finance legislation for referendum groups
- Constitution Party seeks to be fourth ballot qualified party in Wyoming
- Creigh Deeds will run for another State Senate term in 2011
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- Delaware House Republicans reveal "Pledge to Delaware"
- Delaware legislators do not pass initiative legislation
- Delaware Senate leader DeLuca re-elected despite challenge
- Democratic majorities in state senates at greater risk than Republican majorities, analyst says
- Democrats gain seats in seven state legislative chambers
- Despite party control over redistricting, Massachusetts governor promotes depoliticizing process
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- Federal lawsuit challenges Wyoming marriage law
- Federal official rejects voter fraud in South Dakota
- Final day of multi-state primaries awaits voters in 7 states and DC
- Five NC House incumbents lose in primaries
- Florida legislators do not pass initiative legislation during a short session
- Former Illinois GOP Leaders Predict 2010 Repeat of 1994
- Former PA representative sentenced for corruption
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- GOP chooses new leadership for North Carolina Senate, House
- GOP could gain redistricting powers in Michigan
- GOP inroads projected in Tuesday's state legislative elections
- Gov. Barbour signs bill banning public funding for most abortions
- Gov. Daniels approves of plan for "smarter incarceration"
- Gov. Elect-Walker and GOP Legislators want lame duck session stopped
- Gov. Lingle adds civil unions bill to potential veto list
- Gov. Lingle signs anti-"birther" bill into law
- Gov. Lingle vetoes civil unions bill, legislature won't challenge
- Gov. Rendell signs budget, some key details still remain
- Governor McDonnell announces ABC privatization plan
- Governor McDonnell looks to sell off ABC stores to fix roads
- Governor Parnell signs initiative legislation into law
- Grand jury releases report, points to corruption in Pennsylvania legislature
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- Hawaii legislators use $16 million from emergency 911 fund to balance the budget
- Hawaii legislature approves civil unions
- Hawaii same-sex couples sue Governor for equal rights
- Hawaii to experiment with publicly funded elections
- Hawaiians elect Board of Education members for the last time
- Higher turnout in Hawaii, but few upsets
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- Illinois civil unions bill clears final hurdle, awaits Gov. Quinn's signature
- Illinois General Assembly adjourns session without passing any initiative legislation
- Illinois lawmakers urged to pass gay marriage legislation in lame duck session
- Illinois Senate Approves Expanded Casino Gambling
- Illinois State House passes civil unions in a emotionally charged debate
- Illinois state lawmakers discuss election trends
- Immigration law shaping up to be a big issue of Mississippi's 2011 elections
- In Arkansas House of Representatives, more Democrats than Republicans feel impact of term limits
- In Arkansas State Senate, more Democrats than Republicans feel impact of term limits
- In California State Legislature, Democrats are more impacted by term limits than Republicans
- In Colorado House elections, most races include incumbents
- In Colorado House of Representatives, Democrats are hit by term limits
- In Colorado Senate elections, incumbents play a significant role
- In Colorado State Senate, term limits spare most incumbents
- In Florida House, Republicans are more affected by term limits than Democrats
- In Florida State Senate, Republicans are more affected by term limits than Democrats
- In Maine House of Representatives, term limits impact Democrats and Republicans equally
- In Maine State Senate, term limits impact Democrats and Republicans equaly
- In Michigan House of Representatives, more Democrats than Republicans feel impact of term limits
- In Missouri State House of Representatives, more Republicans than Democrats feel impact of term limits
- In Missouri State Senate, more Republicans than Democrats feel impact of term limits
- In Montana House, term limits affect more Republicans than Democrats
- In Montana Senate, term limits affect more Republicans than Democrats
- In Nevada House of Representatives, more Democrats than Republicans feel impact of term limits
- In Nevada State Senate, more Democrats than Republicans feel impact of term limits
- In Oklahoma State Senate, more Democrats than Republicans feel impact of term limits
- Indiana legislators wrap-up session with no initiative legislation passed
- Investigation of alleged voter fraud in Kentucky
- Iowa 2010 news
- Iowa house incumbents dominate ballot
- Iowa legislators end session without passing initiative legislation
- Iowa senate incumbents dominate ballot
- Is the tea party movement impacting state legislative elections? Study announced
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- Keever recommended to fill vacant North Carolina House seat
- Kentucky Governor calls special session to seek a budget compromise
- Kentucky House Republicans put forth 2011 agenda
- Kentucky Legislature agrees to budget in special session
- Kentucky Legislature looks ahead to redistricting
- Kentucky state workers file lawsuit to stop mandatory furloughs
- Kevin Joyce resigns Illinois state house seat
- KY Governor announces plan to furlough state workers, saving $24 million
- KY Governor warns of possible $240 million budget shortfall
- KY Senate President Williams expected to announce run for Governor
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- Lack of candidates leaves Texas voters with little choice in November
- Lame Duck session may await the Wisconsin Legislature
- Lawmakers in Oklahoma do not approve initiative bills
- Legislators stop initiative legislation in Hawaii
- Liquor privatization battle brewing in Virginia
- Longest serving NH state senator to retire
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- Maine lawmaker proposes voter ID bill
- Maine legislators approve three initiative bills
- Maine Republicans to drown Dirigo
- Majority of Delaware legislative leadership to remain in same positions
- Many open seats but only one primary challenge in South Dakota State Senate elections
- Marijuana may boost turnout for Democrats
- Maryland sees change in laws governing initiative process
- Massachusetts House incumbents dominate ballot
- Massachusetts Lawmakers end session without passing initiative legislation
- Massachusetts senate incumbents dominate ballot
- Michigan legislature wraps up lame duck session
- Michigan State Senate facing heavy turnover due to term limits
- Midwest states are focus of a new push for Right-To-Work in 2011
- Mike Gatto introduces bills to clamp down on voter initiatives
- Minnesota Legislators end session without passing initiative amendment
- Minor-party candidates in Pennsylvania meet with difficulties
- Mississippi House holds hearings on oil spill, BP doesn't show
- Mississippi legislators ban synthetic marijuana in special session
- Mississippi Legislators do not pass recall law
- Mississippi legislators hold hearings on proposed immigration laws
- Mississippi set for special elections in January 2011
- Mississippi State Representative switches parties
- Missouri legislators end session without passing any initiative proposals
- Missouri state representative files lawsuit after losing the primary
- Montana GOP takes State House
- Montana maintains party leadership
- Most states which saw legislative chambers switch to Republican were won by Obama in 2008
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- Nationally, state legislative term limits impact 6% of seats up in 2010
- NC legislators seek to remove cap on oil spill damages
- NC Senate passes budget, sends it to the House
- NC Senate unanimously passes Susie's Law
- NC state budget approved on schedule for the first time since 2003
- NC state senator to resign, take position as secretary of revenue
- NC Supreme Court to determine governor's powers during a fiscal emergency
- Nearly all Washington State initiative bills die in committee
- Nebraska legislators did not approve any initiative bills
- Nebraska narrows budget gap
- Nebraska sees progress for women in politics
- Nevada assembly incumbents dominate ballot
- Nevada senate incumbents face challengers on ballot
- New California redistricting commission starts its work
- New census population figures to be released next week
- New Hampshire commission meets to discuss selling state assets
- New Hampshire legislators end session without passing initiative legislation
- New Hampshire representative resigns over comments about Palin
- New Hampshire Senate revisits unenforced laws - keeps adultery, repeals "blue laws"
- New Jersey lawmakers reach budget deal, avoid government shutdown
- New Jersey legislators try to avert government shutdown
- New Mexico legislators do not pass recall during legislative session
- New Mexico state agencies asked to cut budgets 10 percent
- New polling data predicts Republicans to gain 623 state legislative seats in election
- New York Legislators end session with no initiative bills passed
- NH Governor calls legislature into special session to deal with budget shortfall
- NH Governor orders all state departments to cut budgets by 5 percent
- NH House subcommittee studies marijuana legalization
- NH Legislature considers selling state assets to fill budget gap
- No initiative legislation passes on the last day of session in Delaware
- North Carolina Governor signs ethics reform bill into law
- North Carolina Republicans hold power over redistricting for the first time in over a century
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- PA state senator seeks to standardize ballot access requirements
- PA Supreme Court to rule on residency requirement for collecting ballot signatures
- Pennsylvania Governor-elect Corbett plans to hit the ground running
- Pennsylvania House approves two bills targeting illegal workers
- Pennsylvania house incumbents dominate ballot
- Pennsylvania Senate incumbents dominate ballot
- Pennsylvania Senate wraps up last work day before the election
- Pennsylvania State Sen. Leach introduces medical marijuana bill
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- Recount requests filed in 3 Wisconsin Legislative Races
- Report shows Mississippi Legislature cut expenses by about $3 million dollars
- Republican trifecta gains create recipe for powerful impact on redistricting
- Republican victories reshape Ohio redistricting
- Republicans break Nevada Democratic supermajorities
- Republicans clinch supermajority in Texas House
- Republicans gain control of the Alabama state legislature for the first time in 136 years
- Republicans in Pennsylvania gain a state government trifecta
- Republicans win big in Texas House
- Rhode Island board of elections lowers candidate fine
- Rhode Island Democrats lose some seats to Republicans but maintain legislative control
- Rhode Island incumbents struggle in state legislative primary
- Rhode Island legislators end session without approving inititative legislation
- Rhode Island Senate holds December session to consider judicial nominees
