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The Tap: Tuesday, June 7, 2016

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The Tap covered election news, public policy, and other noteworthy events from February 2016 to February 2022.

Review of the day

The excerpts below were compiled from issue #20 of The Tap, which was published on June 11, 2016. READ THE FULL VERSION HERE.

Federal

  • Six states held presidential primary elections or caucuses for the Democratic and Republican parties on June 7: California, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, and South Dakota. For the Republicans, these were the last events of the presidential nominating season until the national convention in July. For the Democrats, the June 7 primaries and caucuses were the second-to-last electoral events of the season. A final Democratic primary will take place on June 14 in Washington, D.C.
    • Donald Trump, the only candidate still officially in the race for the Republican nomination, easily swept all five states that held Republican primaries on Tuesday. Winning a total of 303 pledged delegates, he brought his total delegate count to 1,541 delegates by CNN’s estimate (this number includes 126 unbound delegates). Trump needs 1,237 delegates to back him in Cleveland to win the nomination.
    • Hillary Clinton won four of six contests on Tuesday, losing North Dakota (a caucus state) and Montana to Bernie Sanders. Altogether, she won 379 pledged delegates, bringing her total delegate count to 2,768 (including 572 superdelegates), almost 400 more than the 2,383 needed to clinch the nomination. On Tuesday night in Brooklyn, Clinton told supporters, “Thanks to you, we’ve reached a milestone. The first time in our nation’s history that a woman will be a major party’s nominee.”
  • California held congressional primaries.
    • In the Senate, Attorney General Kamala Harris and U.S. Rep. Loretta Sanchez defeated 32 other candidates to win the top-two primary. As a result, the general election race will be between two Democrats. This will lead to a more expensive and contentious election in this safely Democratic state.
    • In the House, all 49 incumbents who sought re-election advanced to the general election. However, the second-place slot remains uncalled in eight races.
    • District 24 was considered a primary to watch in 2016 due to the fact that this safely Democratic seat could have had two Republicans advance to the general election. This did not come to pass, and Salud Carbajal (D) took the top spot in the primary. The second slot has not yet been called. Businessman Justin Fareed (R) currently leads Assemblyman Katcho Achadjian (R) by 1.6 percent.
    • California has two battleground districts in 2016. In District 7, incumbent Ami Bera (D) and Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones (R) advanced past the primary by default. In District 25, incumbent Stephen Knight (R) and Bryan Caforio (D) defeated two other challengers to advance to the general.
  • Montana held congressional primaries.
    • There is no U.S. Senate election in Montana in 2016.
    • Montana has a single At-Large Congressional District. It is currently held by Ryan Zinke (R). Zinke is seeking re-election in 2016. He will face Denise Juneau (D) in the general election. Neither candidate faced a primary opponent on Tuesday. The race is rated safely Republican in November.
  • New Jersey held congressional primaries.
    • There is no U.S. Senate election in New Jersey in 2016.
    • In the House, all 12 incumbents are seeking re-election. All seven incumbents who faced a primary challenger easily won their party’s nomination.
  • New Mexico held congressional primaries.
    • There is no U.S. Senate election in New Mexico in 2016.
    • In the House, all three incumbents are seeking re-election, but none of them faced a primary challenger.
  • North Carolina held U.S. House primaries.
    • North Carolina’s U.S. House primaries took place Tuesday due to court-ordered redistricting that occurred earlier in the year. The Senate primaries were held on March 15, 2016.
    • In the 2nd District race, District 13 incumbent George Holding easily defeated District 2 incumbent Renee Ellmers and Greg Brannon to win the Republican nomination. Holding will face John McNeil (D) in the general election. Ellmers was opposed by a number of organizations, including the Club for Growth and Americans for Prosperity, but she did receive an endorsement from Donald Trump earlier in the week. Ellmers is the second U.S. House incumbent to lose a primary in 2016 and the first Republican.
    • District 13 was left open due to Holding running in District 2. Ted Budd won the nomination in the Republican primary, taking 20 percent of the vote and defeating 16 other candidates. The Democratic primary remains uncalled at this time. Bruce Davis currently leads Bob Isner by 122 votes.
    • The District 9 Republican primary also remains uncalled at this time. Incumbent Robert Pittenger currently leads with 35 percent of the vote, while Mark Harris and Todd Johnson trail with 34.4 percent and 30.6 percent, respectively. Normally a runoff primary would be held, but since redistricting already pushed back the primary elections, no congressional runoffs will be held in 2016.
  • South Dakota held congressional primaries.
    • In the Senate, incumbent John Thune (R) will face Jay Williams (D) in the general election. Neither candidate faced a primary opponent on Tuesday. The race is rated safely Republican.
    • In the state’s single At-Large Congressional District, incumbent Kristi Noem (R) will face state Rep. Paula Hawks (D) in the general election. Neither candidate faced a primary opponent on Tuesday. The race is rated safely Republican.
  • Politico reported that Bernie Sanders was preparing to lay off at least half of his presidential staff in the coming days. According to the report, “staff in the remaining states and personnel whose jobs don't relate to the last primary in Washington, D.C., or the Democratic National Convention will lose their jobs.”
  • The Center for Public Integrity reported that Bernie Sanders outspent Hillary Clinton in California by almost $800,000 in ad buys. The Sanders campaign spent a total of $2,164,227 on advertising in the state in the weeks before the primary. According to the report, “Sanders’ ad flurry included about 2,800 TV ads targeting California voters in the weeks leading up to the primary.”
  • The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a nonprofit membership organization, has spent over $2 million in support of U.S. Rep Joe Heck’s (R-Nev.) campaign to fill Harry Reid’s seat in the U.S. Senate. According to the paper, “Nearly a year ago, in July, the group launched a $400,000 television and digital ad blitz. That came as Heck jumped into the Senate race. The group spent another additional $2.25 million in April and May on ads.” Nevada’s U.S. Senate race is one of six Senate races designated as a battleground in 2016. It is the only battleground race that features a Democratic incumbent.
  • Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) discussed the House GOP’s anti-poverty plan as part of its “A Better Way” agenda, which focuses on six separate issues, including national security, tax reform, healthcare, reducing regulations, and restoring the Constitution. According to The Hill, Ryan’s “plan calls for rewarding those who are working or looking for work, tailoring benefits to fit people’s needs, improving education and developing skills, making it easier for families to save money for retirement and demanding that aid programs show results.”
  • House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) endorsed Hillary Clinton. Pelosi said in a statement, "In this campaign, we have seen her [Clinton’s] vision, her knowledge, her ability, indeed her stamina, to get the job done for the American people. I congratulate and thank Senator Bernie Sanders for the great invigoration he is bringing to the presidential primary, and welcome the political and intellectual participation of his supporters to advance our shared fight for progress for the American people.”
  • Donald Trump released a statement to say that his comments about Judge Gonzalo Curiel had been “misconstrued.” He continued, “I am friends with and employ thousands of people of Mexican and Hispanic descent. The American justice system relies on fair and impartial judges. All judges should be held to that standard. I do not feel that one’s heritage makes them incapable of being impartial, but, based on the rulings that I have received in the Trump University civil case, I feel justified in questioning whether I am receiving a fair trial.” After discussing the numerous Trump University students who were satisfied by the program, Trump concluded, “I do not intend to comment on this matter any further.”
  • Republicans condemned Donald Trump’s assertion that federal judge Gonzalo Curiel was biased in overseeing a lawsuit against Trump University because of his Mexican heritage.
    • U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) announced that he was retracting his support for Trump given his "past attacks on Hispanics, women and the disabled like me." Kirk said in a statement, “It is absolutely essential that we are guided by a commander-in-chief with a responsible and proper temperament, discretion and judgment. Our president must be fit to command the most powerful military the world has ever seen, including an arsenal of thousands of nuclear weapons. After much consideration, I have concluded that Donald Trump has not demonstrated the temperament necessary to assume the greatest office in the world." Kirk is up for re-election in 2016 in a battleground race.
    • New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), however, defended Trump, saying that he was “not a racist” and “allegations that he is are absolutely contrary to every experience that I’ve had with him over the last 14 years.” He added that it bothered him that Hillary Clinton was “taking this kind of high and mighty position of hers when Secretary Clinton’s had a lot to say over the course of her career as well regarding vast right-wing conspiracies that turned out not to exist in impugning the integrity of lots of other people.”
    • For more reactions on the Curiel comments, please see: Republicans and their declared positions on Donald Trump
  • FILING DEADLINE: Connecticut congressional filing deadline
    • The U.S. Senate seat currently held by Richard Blumenthal (D) is up for election in 2016. The race is rated safely Democratic in the general election. Blumenthal will face state Rep. Dan Carter in the general election.
    • There are five U.S. House districts in Connecticut. They are all currently held by the Democratic Party and rated safely Democratic in the general election. All five incumbents are seeking re-election in 2016.
    • All congressional nominations were already made at party conventions in May, meaning there is effectively no congressional primary in Connecticut in 2016.
  • FILING DEADLINE: Hawaii congressional filing deadline
  • FILING DEADLINE: Massachusetts congressional filing deadline
    • There is no U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts in 2016.
    • There are nine U.S. House districts in Massachusetts. They are all currently held by the Democratic Party and rated safely Democratic in the general election.
    • As of June 9, there was no candidate list available from the secretary of state’s office. Ballotpedia will have an updated list of candidates as soon as one is made available.

State

  • Kansas Governor Sam Brownback announced he would be calling a special session of the state legislature in order to devise a plan for school funding. The announcement comes in response to the state supreme court’s ruling on May 27 that a new funding formula crafted by legislators was inequitable and violated the state’s constitution. The court has said it will shut down Kansas’ public schools on July 1 if the legislature does not submit a plan that satisfies the court by June 30. Governor Brownback is calling the special session despite his opposition to the court’s ruling. The governor did not set a date for the session. Kansas is one of 23 states with a GOP state government trifecta, meaning Republicans have full control over both the legislative and executive branches of government.
  • South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard (R) appointed Mike Jaspers as the new secretary of agriculture, replacing interim officeholder Dustin Oedekoven. Oedekoven assumed office in March 2016 when Secretary Lucas Lentsch resigned to take a job in the private sector. Jaspers, who is married to Lentsch's sister, is a state government veteran, having served six years in the state House before being appointed to fill a vacancy in the state Senate by Governor Mike Rounds (R), where he served for three years. He was appointed state director of USDA rural services by President George W. Bush in 2007 and served until 2008. Though Jaspers served in the legislature as a Republican, his new position is nonpartisan.
  • The state of Delaware confirmed it will begin covering expensive drugs to treat hepatitis C for Medicaid enrollees with the condition. The state had been operating under a policy of reserving coverage of the drugs for patients already afflicted with liver damage caused by the disease. The drugs, Sovaldi and Harvoni, have a 90 percent cure rate but cost $84,000 to $95,000 for a course of treatment. The new policy will be phased in over the next several months so that all hepatitis C-infected patients enrolled in Medicaid may receive coverage of the drugs beginning January 1, 2018. Delaware had been threatened with a lawsuit against the former policy from Harvard Law School's Center for Health Law & Policy Innovation; in 2015 and the beginning of 2016, federal class-action lawsuits were filed against five other states for similar policies.

ELECTION NIGHT REVIEW: Six states held primary elections; six incumbent legislators fell; state supreme court candidates advance to general election

  • Primary election: California
    • State legislature: There are 20 state Senate seats and 80 state Assembly seats up for election in November. Twenty-six incumbents—16 Democrats and 10 Republicans—faced primary competition. All 26 incumbents advanced through to the general election. Democrats control the Senate with a 12-seat majority and the Assembly by 24 seats.
  • Primary election: Iowa
    • State legislature: Challenger Wesley Breckinridge defeated incumbent state Representative Dan Kelley (D). Kelley was first elected in 2010. Breckinridge has not previously held office in the state legislature and will run against Patrick Payton (R) in the general election. Teresa Meyer (D) defeated Eric Stromberg (D) in Iowa’s House District 63 by only 38 votes. Neither candidate has previously held office in the state legislature. There are 25 state Senate seats and 100 state House seats up for election in November. Democrats control the Senate with a two-seat majority, while Republicans control the House by 14 seats. Both chambers are included in Ballotpedia’s list of top battlegrounds in 2016.
  • Primary election: New Mexico
    • State judiciary: All four candidates for two state court seats—one seat on the New Mexico Supreme Court and one seat on the New Mexico Court of Appeals—automatically advanced through the primary election to the November 8 general election. New Mexico selects justices and judges by assisted appointment, and appointees must stand in the next general partisan election following their appointments. Winners will serve out the remainder of their appointed terms and may stand for retention thereafter. Full terms are eight years. In both the contested supreme court race and the contested court of appeals race, the incumbents are recent appointees running to remain on the bench, and their challengers were among the judicial nominating commission’s initial list of candidates for the seats (but were not chosen by Republican Governor Susana Martinez). Incumbent Justice Judith Nakamura is currently the only Republican on the state supreme court; if she is defeated in November by challenger Judge Michael Vigil, the court will return to 100 percent Democratic, as it was before her appointment.
    • State executives: Incumbent Public Regulation Commissioner for District 1 Karen Montoya (D) was defeated by primary challenger Cynthia Hall (D). Hall, an attorney for the commission, will appear uncontested on the general election ballot. The incumbent for District 3 ran unopposed in the Democratic primary and will also run unopposed in the general election. Write-in candidate for public education commissioner Denise M. Dawson secured the Democratic nomination in District 8 with 216 votes despite the empty ballot. She is the presumptive winner of the November general election, as no Republicans declared, and she will represent around 125,000 registered voters in the district. Candidates in Districts 1, 4, and 9 were unopposed; no one ran in District 10. Major candidates for secretary of state were unopposed and will compete in the general election.
    • State legislature: Incumbent Idalia Lechuga-Tena (D) was defeated by challenger Debra Marie Sarinana (D). Lechuga-Tena was sworn in on November 10, 2015, to replace the previous representative, who resigned. Sarinana was backed by union groups and will be unopposed in the general election. Vicki Chavez (R) defeated J. Scott Chandler (R) by only 16 votes in New Mexico’s House District 32. Neither Chavez nor Chandler have previously held office in the state legislature. Mary Hotvedt (D) defeated Karen Whitlock (D) by only 31 votes in New Mexico’s House District 38. Neither Hotvedt nor Whitlock have previously held office in the state legislature. There are 42 state Senate seats and 70 state House seats up for election in November. Both chambers are included in Ballotpedia’s list of top battlegrounds in 2016. Democrats control the Senate with a six-seat majority, while the House is under a four-seat GOP majority.
  • Primary election: South Dakota
    • State legislature: Incumbent state Sen. Bruce Rampelberg (R) and state Rep. Dick Werner were defeated by primary opponents. Werner received the fewest votes in a four-way primary. There are 35 state Senate seats and 70 state House seats up for election in November. Eighteen incumbents, all Republicans, faced primary competition. Both chambers are controlled by significant Republican majorities, and South Dakota is one of 23 states with a GOP state government trifecta.
  • Filing deadline: Hawaii
    • State legislature: Hawaii has 14 state Senate and 51 state House seats up for election in 2016. Democrats have significant majorities in both chambers. With a Democratic governor, Hawaii is one of seven states with a Democratic state government trifecta. A total of 102 Democrats and 38 Republicans have filed to run for the state legislature. Three incumbent Democrats did not file for re-election, but state Rep. Karl Rhoads (D) is running for the one open seat in the state Senate. Out of the 65 seats up for election in 2016, 32 Democrats and two Republicans are guaranteed election barring unforeseen circumstances. Two major party candidates will face off in the other 31 races.
  • Filing deadline: Massachusetts
    • State legislature: Massachusetts has 40 state Senate and 160 state House seats up for election in 2016. Both chambers are held by Democrats with comfortable majorities. With a Republican governor, Massachusetts is one of 20 states with split government control.

Local

  • The Washington, D.C., City Council unanimously approved a proposal to raise the minimum wage to $15. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) has publicly endorsed the wage increase and said she will sign the proposal in July. Once the proposal is ratified, the minimum wage will gradually increase until it reaches $15 in 2020, and inflation would drive any future rate hikes. This wage increase will primarily affect workers in the retail and restaurant industries, but it excludes restaurant workers who receive tips. Under current law, the $10.50 minimum wage was scheduled to increase to $11.50 next month. Supporters of the change cite the city’s high cost of living and point to the precedent set by recent minimum wage increases in Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. Opponents warn that the increase could negatively impact job growth in the District. "I think it will do more harm than good, because what it does is it prices entry-level jobs away from people,” said U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan (R). Washington, D.C., is the 24th-largest city in the U.S. by population.
  • The San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved legislation that restricts commercial postings from short-term housing rental websites such as Airbnb. A similar but more extensive citizen-initiated measure, Proposition F, was defeated in 2015. Under the new law, only residents registered with the city as hosts are permitted to post short-term listings. Any individual or business found posting a noncompliant listing can be fined up $1,000 per day. The legislation is intended to protect San Francisco’s housing availability from the potential drain of short-term rentals. Some residents believe that these rentals worsen the city’s housing crisis. Because 10 supervisors voted in favor of the bill, a veto from Mayor Ed Lee (D) would likely be overridden. Only eight votes would be needed to override a veto from the mayor, although he has not taken a public position. San Francisco is the fourth-largest city in California and the 14th-largest city in the U.S. by population.
    • Critics from the business community argue that the law violates the federal protection of internet freedom. Airbnb claims that “an estimated 1,200 San Franciscans avoided foreclosure or eviction by hosting on Airbnb, and this legally-questionable proposal puts their housing at risk without offering any real solutions to fix the complex process.” The city attorney’s office contends that the law restricts business practices, not internet content. Despite these challenges, the new legislation will take effect within 30 days. Once in place, the San Francisco Office of Short-Term Rentals will be required to complete quarterly compliance reports. All short-term rental websites will have to provide additional information on any individual who advertises a listing.
    • On June 1, 2016, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray (D) and Councilman Tim Burgess (D) proposed limiting short-term rentals to improve the city’s housing market. Their plan would allow only primary residences to be listed year-round on services such as Airbnb and VRBO, whereas secondary residences would be limited to 90 nights per calendar year. According to Airbnb, short-term rentals have generated more than $30 million in revenue for Seattle rental property owners. Seattle is the largest city in Washington and the 22nd-largest city in the U.S. by population.
  • 149 local measures appeared on ballots across California

Voters in California decided on 149 local ballot measures, which pertained to everything from school bonds and taxes to marijuana, fracking, and development. Local measures such as these allow voters in cities, counties, school districts, and special districts across the state to decide issues that directly impact their lives. In Butte County, voters approved citizen initiative Measure E, which banned fracking, an oil and gas extraction method previously allowed by state law. Other measures included about $6 billion in proposed local school debt, nine marijuana-related measures, and proposals determining the fate of hundreds of acres of property and dozens of development projects.

  • One of the four seats on the Chula Vista City Council in California was up for general election. Candidates Mike Diaz and Rudy Ramirez will move on to a runoff election on November 8, 2016. The candidates defeated two other challengers in the race, but both failed to win the majority of votes needed to secure the District 4 seat outright. Chula Vista is the 14th-largest city in California and the 76th-largest city in the U.S. by population.
  • The mayor’s office in Riverside, California, was up for general election. Mayor Rusty Bailey (I) won a second term in office after defeating five challengers, including City Councilman Paul Davis. Riverside is the 12th-largest city in California and the 59th-largest city in the U.S. by population.
  • The mayor’s office and three of the seven seats on the Fresno City Council in California were up for primary election. Fresno City Councilman Lee Brand and candidate Henry Perea won enough votes to advance in the mayoral race to the general election on November 8, 2016. In the city council election, the District 2 and District 4 incumbents ran unopposed for re-election. District 6 candidate Garry Bredefeld defeated three challengers in the primary race. Because Bredefeld won more than 50 percent of the vote, he won the seat outright and will not appear on the ballot in the general election. Fresno is the fifth-largest city in California and the 34th-largest city in the U.S. by population.
  • The mayor’s office and four of the nine seats on the Sacramento City Council in California were up for primary election. Mayor Kevin Johnson (D) opted not to file for re-election, which left the mayor’s office open for a newcomer. Former State Sen. Darrell Steinberg (D) won more than 50 percent of the vote and defeated six other candidates to win the race outright. He is the mayor-elect and will not appear in the general election on November 8, 2016. Sacramento is the sixth-largest city in California and the 35th-largest city in the U.S. by population.
  • Mayor Kevin Faulconer won re-election in San Diego, the largest city in America with a Republican mayor.
    • The mayor’s office and five of the nine seats on the San Diego City Council in California were up for primary election. Mayor Kevin Faulconer (R) won re-election by defeating two Democratic challengers and a write-in candidate in the race. Faulconer received more than 50 percent of the vote and thereby won a full four-year term after first taking office via a special election in 2014. The open races for the District 1 and District 9 seats on the city council advanced to a runoff election to be held November 8, 2016. San Diego is the second-largest city in California and the eighth-largest city in the U.S. by population.
    • Click here for Ballotpedia’s special coverage of mayoral partisanship and what’s at stake in America’s big city elections in 2016.
  • Five of the 11 seats on the San Jose City Council in California were up for primary election. Candidates Steve Brown and Sergio Jimenez will advance to the general election for the District 2 seat. In District 4, incumbent Manh Nguyen won re-election in the primary as did District 10 incumbent Johnny Khamis. Helen Chapman and Devora Davis in District 6 and Sylvia Arenas and Jimmy Nguyen in District 8 will all advance to the general election on November 8, 2016. San Jose is the third-largest city in California and the 10th-largest city in the U.S. by population.
  • The mayor’s office and three of six seats on the Stockton City Council in California were up for primary election. In the mayoral race, Mayor Anthony Silva (R) and city council member Michael Tubbs both advanced to the general election on November 8, 2016. No candidate won more than 50 percent of the vote in the District 2, District 4, or District 6 races for city council. Two candidates from each district will appear on the ballot in November. Stockton is the 13th-largest city in California and the 64th-largest city in the U.S. by population.
  • One of eight seats on the Winston-Salem City Council in North Carolina was up for special primary election. The South Ward seat was on the regular primary ballot on March 15, 2016, and the official vote count from the Democratic primary showed Carolyn Highsmith ahead of John Larson by six votes. During a recount, county election officials found that 31 voters received ballots for other ward districts and 12 ineligible votes were submitted. On April 6, 2016, the North Carolina State Board of Elections ordered a new special election for the South Ward seat due to these discrepancies. Larson defeated Highsmith in the special election and will proceed to the general election on November 8, 2016, which will also feature elections for the mayor’s seat and the other seven seats on the city council. Winston-Salem is the fifth-largest city in North Carolina and the 85th-largest city in the U.S. by population.
  • FILING DEADLINE: The deadline passed to run for the mayor's office and five city council seats in Honolulu, Hawaii. The city primary election will be held on August 13, 2016, and the general election will be held on November 8, 2016. Mayor Kirk Caldwell (D) is running for re-election to his office. Honolulu is the largest city in Hawaii and the 54th-largest city in the U.S. by population.
  • Montana and New Mexico held primary elections for local judgeships:
    • Montana: Four district court judgeships were up for nonpartisan primary election. Two of the four races featured incumbent judges running for re-election. Since none of the four races featured more than two candidates, all candidates advanced from the primary. The general election, which will also feature nine judges up for retention election, will be held on November 8, 2016.
    • New Mexico: Four district court judgeships and two metropolitan court judgeships were up for partisan primary election. Two of the district court races and both of the metropolitan court races were Democratic primaries, and the other two district court races were Republican primaries. Four of the six races featured an incumbent running for re-election. District court candidate Cindy Leos will advance to the general election with incumbents Emilio Chávez, Albert Mitchell, and Daniel Bryant. The general election will also feature five district court judges, five probate court judges, and two magistrate court judges running in retention elections. In the race for the Bernalillo Metropolitan Court, incumbent Christine Rodriguez and candidate Renee Torres will advance to the general election. Nine of the 12 incumbents are Republicans, and the other three are Democrats serving on district courts. The general election will be held on November 8, 2016.
  • Some of the largest school districts in California and South Dakota held elections for school board positions:
    • California: Two of the state’s largest school districts by student enrollment held elections.
      • Three of the five school board seats in the San Diego Unified School District were up for primary election. Because no more than two candidates ran in each race, all of the candidates advanced to the general election on November 8, 2016. The San Diego Unified School District served 130,303 students during the 2013-2014 school year.
      • Four of the seven school board seats in the Twin Rivers Unified School District were up for general election. Only three of the seats appeared on the ballot, however, since only incumbent Michael Baker ran for the Trustee Area 1 seat. Basim Elkarra defeated Michelle Deleon in the Trustee Area 5 race. The Democratic Party of Sacramento County endorsed Elkarra in the election and challenged Deleon's ability to label herself an "educator" on her candidate statement. After a judge ruled in favor of the party's challenge, Deleon was required to change her description to "community volunteer." The Twin Rivers Unified School District served 31,122 students during the 2013-2014 school year.
    • South Dakota: Two of the seven school board seats in the Rapid City Area School District were up for general election. The Area 3 race featured incumbent Dave Davis facing a pair of challengers for his re-election bid. Davis lost the race to newcomer Ron Riherd. In Area 6, three newcomers competed for an open seat, with Amy Policky winning the race. The Rapid City Area School District served 13,353 students during the 2013-2014 school year.
  • In California, Yermo Community Services District Directors Bob Smith and Geoff Berner were removed from their positions in a recall election. Voters chose Michael Cint and Clarissa Loehr as their respective successors. The recall effort began due to accusations that Smith and Berner had mismanaged the district and failed to take responsibility for their actions. A group called Citizens For a Better Yermo organized the recall effort. Smith initially announced his intention to resign from office in September 2015, but he rescinded his resignation in December 2015. Another member of the board of directors, Sean Cloughen, was also originally targeted for recall, but he resigned before the election. The Yermo Community Services District is facing two lawsuits: one for wrongful death and another for wrongful termination. A fourth director, David Jensen, criticized the recall effort and stated that members of Citizens For a Better Yermo are “non taxpayers, non property owners, felons, liars and those who sue the CSD for profit.”
    • In 2015, Ballotpedia covered 180 recall efforts organized against 275 officials. Of the 61 officials whose recalls made it to the ballot, 40 were ousted and 21 were retained.
    • Click here for more California recalls and here for more historical special district recalls.

Preview of the day

The excerpts below were compiled from issue #19 of The Tap, which was published on June 4, 2016. READ THE FULL VERSION HERE.

Federal

  • The state-by-state grind of the 2016 presidential nominating season will come to a (near) halt on June 7, as six states hold primary elections or caucuses for the Democratic and Republican parties. For the Republicans, the June 7 primaries mark the last events of the nominating cycle until the national convention begins on July 18. For the Democrats, only one contest remains after June 7: Washington, D.C., which will hold a Democratic primary on June 14. The Democratic National Convention begins on July 25. The six states holding a primary or caucus on June 7 are California, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota (Democrats only), and South Dakota.
    • On the Democratic side on June 7, 694 pledged delegates are up for grabs—the second-largest delegate haul of 2016 for the Democrats. A total of 475 of those 694 delegates come from California alone, where Hillary Clinton has held leads in the polls over Bernie Sanders throughout May ranging from 2 to 18 points. California also has 73 superdelegates, 51 of whom are supporting Clinton. Which candidate the other 22 support is unknown. No California superdelegate has publicly expressed his or her support for Bernie Sanders.
    • Leading up to the June 7 Democratic primaries, Clinton is roughly 79 delegates away from clinching the nomination. She will likely pick up between one-third and one-half of that number in the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico caucuses. It is possible that Clinton could secure the nomination with a big win in New Jersey, where polls will close first on June 7. New Jersey has 126 pledged delegates. If New Jersey does not push her over the top, then delegates from California and the other four states will. Sanders, as of June 2, had approximately 1,533 delegates. A total of 2,383 are needed to secure the Democratic nomination.
    • On the Republican side on June 7, 303 pledged delegates are at stake—the third-largest delegate haul for the Republicans in 2016. As with the Democrats, California makes up the bulk of these delegates (more than one-third). Donald Trump is the only Republican candidate still officially in the race. Last week, unpledged Republican delegates in states like Oklahoma and Pennsylvania helped Trump surpass the 1,238 delegates needed to secure the Republican nomination, according to the Associated Press. Victories in the June 7 primaries will allow him to pad his lead heading into the Republican National Convention in July.
  • California will hold congressional primaries.
    • California uses a top-two primary system. This means that all candidates run in the same primary and the two who receive the most votes, regardless of party affiliation, advance to the general election.
    • The U.S. Senate seat currently held by Barbara Boxer (D) is up for election in 2016. The seat will be left open following Boxer’s retirement. Thirty-four candidates will compete to replace Boxer, including seven Democrats, 12 Republicans, and 15 third-party candidates. The front-runners in the race are both Democrats: Attorney General Kamala Harris and U.S. Rep. Loretta Sanchez. This means that it is likely that the general election race will be between two Democrats, which could lead to a very expensive and extended battle.
    • California has 53 U.S. House districts. The Democratic Party currently holds 39 seats, while the Republican Party controls 14 seats.
    • In the House, 49 of the 53 incumbents are seeking re-election in 2016. Districts 20, 24, 44, and 46 are left open.
    • There are two battlegrounds in California in 2016: Districts 7 and 25. There are also two races to watch: Districts 10 and 52.
    • District 24 is considered a primary race to watch in 2016. The seat was left open following incumbent Lois Capps' decision to retire. Nine candidates will compete to replace Capps, including four Democrats, three Republicans, and two third-party candidates. California's 24th District is considered safely Democratic in the general election. However, due to the top-two primary system and the fact that there are more Democrats on the ballot, the Democratic vote could be split enough to allow two Republican candidates to make it onto the general election ballot, resulting in a win for the Republican Party.
  • Iowa will hold congressional primaries.
  • Montana will hold congressional primaries.
    • There is no U.S. Senate election in Montana in 2016.
    • Montana has a single At-Large Congressional District. It is currently held by Ryan Zinke (R). Zinke is seeking re-election in 2016. He will face Denise Juneau (D) in the general election. Neither candidate will face a primary opponent on Tuesday. The race is rated safely Republican in November.
  • New Jersey will hold congressional primaries.
    • There is no U.S. Senate election in New Jersey in 2016.
    • New Jersey has 12 U.S. House districts. The state is evenly split, with each party holding six congressional seats. All 12 incumbents are seeking re-election in 2016. Seven will face at least one primary opponent on Tuesday.
    • There are no battlegrounds in New Jersey in 2016, but two races are currently designated as races to watch: District 3 and District 5.
  • New Mexico will hold congressional primaries.
    • There is no U.S. Senate election in New Mexico in 2016.
    • New Mexico has three U.S. House districts. The Democratic Party currently holds two seats, while the last is held by a Republican. All three incumbents are seeking re-election in 2016, but none of them will face a primary challenger.
    • There are no battlegrounds in New Mexico in 2016. Each race is rated as safe for the party currently in control.
  • North Carolina will hold U.S. House primaries.
    • North Carolina’s U.S. House primaries were rescheduled for Tuesday due to court-ordered redistricting that took place earlier this year. The Senate primaries were held as scheduled on March 15, 2016.
    • North Carolina has 13 U.S. House districts. The Republican Party currently holds 10 seats, while the Democratic Party holds three. All 13 incumbents are seeking re-election in 2016. Nine will face at least one primary opponent.
    • There are no battlegrounds in North Carolina in 2016. All seats are rated as safe for the party currently in control.
    • There are two Republican primary races to watch in North Carolina: District 2 and District 13. Due to redistricting, two incumbents are competing in the District 2 Republican primary election: Renee Ellmers of District 2 and George Holding of District 13. Holding appears to be the favorite in the race, due to Ellmers being opposed by both the Club for Growth and the Koch-funded 501(c)(4) Americans for Prosperity. This contest leaves the new District 13 effectively open. Seventeen Republicans filed to run in the district, and there is no clear favorite heading into the election. Normally a runoff election would be expected in a district with so many candidates, but there will be no congressional runoffs in North Carolina in 2016 due to the fact that the primary was already pushed back once.
  • Ohio’s 8th Congressional District special election will be held. The election is being held to replace John Boehner, who resigned on October 31, 2015. Warren Davidson (R), Corey Foister (D), and James Condit, Jr. (G) will compete in the election. The winner will serve out the remainder of the year. The candidates will then compete again in the regularly scheduled general election in November. The race is rated safely Republican.
  • South Dakota will hold congressional primaries.
    • The U.S. Senate seat currently held by John Thune (R) is up for election in 2016. Thune will face Jay Williams (D) in the general election. Neither candidate will face a primary opponent on Tuesday. The race is rated safely Republican.
    • South Dakota has a single At-Large Congressional District. It is currently held by Kristi Noem (R). Noem is seeking re-election in 2016. She will face Paula Hawks (D) in the general election. Neither candidate will face a primary opponent on Tuesday. The race is rated safely Republican in November.
  • FILING DEADLINE: Connecticut congressional filing deadline
    • The U.S. Senate seat currently held by Richard Blumenthal (D) is up for election in 2016. The race is rated safely Democratic in the general election.
    • There are five U.S. House districts in Connecticut. They are all currently held by the Democratic Party and rated safely Democratic in the general election.
  • FILING DEADLINE: Hawaii congressional filing deadline
    • The U.S. Senate seat currently held by Brian Schatz (D) is up for election in 2016. The race is rated safely Democratic in the general election.
    • There are two U.S. House districts in Hawaii. Both are currently held by the Democratic Party and rated safely Democratic in the general election.
  • FILING DEADLINE: Massachusetts congressional filing deadline
    • There is no U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts in 2016.
    • There are nine U.S. House districts in Massachusetts. They are all currently held by the Democratic Party and rated safely Democratic in the general election.

State

ELECTION NIGHT PREVIEW: Primaries for battleground chambers in Iowa and New Mexico; North Carolina election for new supreme court justice after retention law determined unconstitutional; Montana primaries for seven state executive offices

  • Primary election: California
    • State legislature: There are 20 state Senate seats and 80 state Assembly seats up for election. Twenty-six incumbents—16 Democrats and 10 Republicans—are facing primary competition. Democrats control the Senate with a 12-seat majority and the Assembly by 24 seats.
    • Ballot measure: California voters will also decide Proposition 50, a constitutional amendment put before voters by the legislature to allow the full suspension of a lawmaker—including the suspension of his or her pension and salary—upon a two-thirds vote of either the state Senate or the state Assembly. Currently, legislators can be suspended, but their pay and pension benefits cannot.
      • This measure was prompted by the suspension of state Senators Ron Calderon (D-30), Roderick Wright (D-35), and Leland Yee (D-8) due to criminal allegations. These were the first suspensions of California legislators in the history of the state.
  • Primary election: Iowa
    • State legislature: There are 25 state Senate seats and 100 state House seats up for election. Nine incumbents—four Democrats and five Republicans—are facing primary competition. Democrats control the Senate with a two-seat majority, while Republicans control the House by 14 seats. Both chambers are included in Ballotpedia’s list of top battlegrounds in 2016.
      • Races we're watching: Ballotpedia has identified 19 notable Iowa state legislative races in 2016, including six notable primary races. Four primary races feature open seats left by incumbents (three Democratic and one Republican). Two primary races feature Democrats competing to challenge the Republican incumbent in November.
  • Primary election: New Mexico
    • State judiciary: One seat on the New Mexico Supreme Court and one seat on the New Mexico Court of Appeals are being contested in 2016. New Mexico selects justices and judges by assisted appointment, and appointees must stand in the next general partisan election following their appointments. Winners will serve out the remainder of their appointed terms and may stand for retention thereafter. Full terms are eight years. In both the contested supreme court race and the contested court of appeals race, the incumbents are recent appointees running to remain on the bench, and their challengers were among the judicial nominating commission’s initial list of candidates for the seats (but were not chosen by Republican Governor Susana Martinez). Because there is only one candidate from each party vying for each seat, all four candidates will automatically advance through the June 7 primary to the November 8 general election. Incumbent Justice Judith Nakamura is currently the only Republican on the state supreme court; if she is defeated in November by challenger Judge Michael Vigil, the court would become 100 percent Democratic.
    • State executives: Three offices are up for election in 2016:
      • A special election is being held for secretary of state following the resignation of Secretary Dianna Duran (R) in October 2015. Duran had been indicted on criminal charges in August of that year. Incumbent interim Secretary Brad Winter is not seeking election to the rest of Duran's four-year term, leaving the seat open to a Democratic pick-up. County clerk Maggie Toulouse Oliver (D), who lost to Duran in 2014 by just three percentage points, is making another bid for the office, running unopposed in the Democratic primary. She will face state Rep. Nora Espinoza, who is unopposed in the Republican primary, in the November general election.
      • Two seats on the Public Regulation Commission and five seats on the Public Education Commission (which advises the state superintendent of schools) are also up for election. Candidates for the Public Education Commission are sparse; in Districts 1, 4, and 9, no Republicans filed and the single Democrat in each race is running unopposed in the primary. No candidates filed in District 8, and the sole candidate to file in District 10 was disqualified. If no independent, third party, or write-in candidates file in those districts, the general election ballot will be empty and the commissioner in that district will be appointed by Governor Susana Martinez (R). One candidate later filed as a write-in for District 8 in the primary election, hoping to secure the Democratic nomination and prevent Martinez from filling the seat. New Mexico currently has a divided government.
    • State legislature: There are 42 state Senate seats and 70 state House seats up for election. Nine incumbents, all Democrats, are facing primary competition. Both chambers are included in Ballotpedia’s list of top battlegrounds in 2016. Democrats control the Senate with a six-seat majority, while the House is under a four-seat GOP majority.
  • Primary election: North Carolina
    • State judiciary: Five seats on North Carolina’s state-level courts are up for election in 2016. Four candidates, including incumbent Justice Robert Edmunds, will vie for Edmunds’ seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court. The top two finishers in the special June 7 primary will advance to the November general election. Four seats on the North Carolina Court of Appeals are also up for election; each incumbent judge has one challenger. Because each of these races has only two candidates, all eight candidates have already advanced to the general election. Due to a law passed in 2015, Justice Edmunds was to have stood in North Carolina’s first-ever retention election, but in March 2016, a panel of Wake County judges struck down the retention law as unconstitutional. This ruling was upheld by a divided state supreme court (3-3) on May 6, with Justice Edmunds recused. The North Carolina State Board of Elections opened a filing period for a contested election in the wake of the March ruling, and three candidates filed to run against Justice Edmunds—including attorney Sabra Faires, one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit against the retention law. Edmunds’ other challengers are court of appeals Judge Michael Morgan and attorney Daniel Robertson. Though North Carolina’s judicial elections are nonpartisan, Republican-affiliated justices hold a 4-3 majority. Justice Edmunds is Republican-affiliated; Faires is unaffiliated; Morgan and Robertson are Democrat-affiliated. If Justice Edmunds is defeated in either the primary or the general election, the balance of the court could shift.
    • State legislature: There are 50 state Senate seats and 120 state House seats up for election. Thirty-one incumbents—18 Democrats and 31 Republicans—are facing primary competition. Both chambers are controlled by Republicans, and North Carolina is one of 23 states with a GOP state government trifecta.
  • Primary election: South Dakota
  • Filing deadline: Massachusetts
    • State legislature: Massachusetts has 40 state Senate and 160 state House seats up for election in 2016. Both chambers are held by Democrats with comfortable majorities. With a Republican governor, Massachusetts is one of 20 states with split government control.

Local

  • Voters in California will decide 150 local ballot measures, which pertain to everything from school bonds and taxes to marijuana, fracking, and development. These local measures allow voters in cities, counties, school districts, and special districts across the state to decide issues that directly affect their lives, including over $5.6 billion in proposed local school debt, a ban on fracking in Butte County, nine marijuana-related measures, and proposals determining the fate of hundreds of acres of property and dozens of development projects.
  • In California, seven of the state’s largest cities are holding elections. Two cities, Chula Vista and Riverside, are holding their general elections. The other five cities are holding their primary elections, and they will hold their general elections on November 8, 2016. Candidates who receive more than 50 percent of the vote in the primary will automatically win the seat, however, and not appear on the November ballot.
    • General elections
      • Chula Vista: Two of the five seats on the city council are up for election in 2016. Chula Vista is the 14th-largest city in California and the 76th-largest city in the U.S. by population.
      • Riverside: The mayor’s office is up for election in 2016. Riverside is the 12th-largest city in California and the 59th-largest city in the U.S. by population.
    • Primary elections
      • Fresno: The mayor’s office and three of the seven seats on the city council are up for election in 2016. Fresno is the fifth-largest city in California and the 34th-largest city in the U.S. by population.
      • Sacramento: The mayor’s office and four of the nine seats on the city council are up for election in 2016. Sacramento is the sixth-largest city in California and the 35th-largest city in the U.S. by population.
      • San Diego: The mayor’s office and five of the nine seats on the city council are up for election in 2016. San Diego is the largest city in America with a Republican mayor. Mayor Kevin Faulconer (R) will face two Democratic challengers and a write-in candidate in the primary election. Click here for Ballotpedia’s special coverage of mayoral partisanship and what’s at stake in America’s big city elections in 2016. San Diego is the second-largest city in California and the eighth-largest city in the U.S. by population.
      • San Jose: Five of the 11 seats on the city council are up for election in 2016. San Jose is the third-largest city in California and the 10th-largest city in the U.S. by population.
      • Stockton: The mayor’s office and three of the six seats on the city council are up for election in 2016. Stockton is the 13th-largest city in California and the 64th-largest city in the U.S. by population.
  • One of the eight seats on the Winston-Salem City Council in North Carolina will be up for special primary election. The South Ward seat was on the regular primary ballot on March 15, 2016, and the official vote count from the Democratic primary showed Carolyn Highsmith ahead of John Larson by six votes. During a recount, county election officials found that 31 voters received ballots for other ward districts and 12 ineligible votes were submitted. On April 6, 2016, the North Carolina State Board of Elections ordered a new special election for the South Ward sea due to these discrepancies. The winner of the special election will proceed to the general election on November 8, 2016, which will also feature elections for the mayor’s seat and the other seven seats on the city council. Winston-Salem is the fifth-largest city in North Carolina and the 85th-largest city in the U.S. by population.
  • Montana and Mexico will hold primary elections for local judgeships.
    • Montana: Four district court judgeships will be up for nonpartisan primary election. Two of the four races feature incumbent judges running for re-election. Since none of the four races feature more than two candidates, all candidates will advance from the primary. The general election, which will also feature nine judges up for retention election, will be held on November 8, 2016.
    • New Mexico: Four district court judgeships and two metropolitan court judgeships will be up for partisan primary election. Two of the district court races and both of the metropolitan court races are Democratic primaries, and the other two district court races are Republican primaries. Four of the six races feature an incumbent running for re-election. The primary winners will advance to the general election, which will also feature five district court judges, five probate court judges, and two magistrate court judges running in retention elections. Nine of the 12 incumbents are Republicans, and the other three are Democrats serving on district courts. The general election will be held on November 8, 2016.
  • California and South Dakota will hold general elections for school boards.
    • California: Two of the state’s largest school districts by student enrollment are holding elections.
      • Three of the five school board seats in the San Diego Unified School District will be up for primary election. The general election will be held on November 8, 2016. The San Diego Unified School District served 130,303 students during the 2013-2014 school year.
      • Four of the seven school board seats in the Twin Rivers Unified School District will be up for general election. Only three of the seats will appear on the ballot, however, since only incumbent Michael Baker ran for the Trustee Area 1 seat. The Trustee Area 5 race features two newcomers, Michelle Deleon and Basim Elkarra, competing for the open seat. The Democratic Party of Sacramento County endorsed Elkarra and challenged Deleon's ability to label herself an "educator" on her candidate statement. After a judge ruled in favor of the party's challenge, Deleon was required to change her description to "community volunteer." The Twin Rivers Unified School District served 31,122 students during the 2013-2014 school year.
    • South Dakota: Two of the seven school board seats in the Rapid City Area School District will be up for general election. The Area 3 race features incumbent Dave Davis facing a pair of challenges for his re-election bid. In Area 6, three newcomers are competing for an open seat. The Rapid City Area School District served 13,353 students during the 2013-2014 school year.
  • In California, Yermo Community Services District directors Bob Smith and Geoff Berner are facing a recall election. The recall effort began due to accusations that Smith and Berner had mismanaged the district and failed to take responsibility for their actions. A group called Citizens For a Better Yermo organized the recall effort. Smith initially announced his intention to resign from office in September 2015, but he rescinded his resignation in December 2015. Another member of the board of directors, Sean Cloughen, was also originally targeted for recall, but he resigned before the election. The Yermo Community Services District is facing two lawsuits: one for wrongful death and another for wrongful termination. A fourth director, David Jensen, criticized the recall effort and stated that members of Citizens For a Better Yermo are “non taxpayers, non property owners, felons, liars and those who sue the CSD for profit.”
    • In 2015, Ballotpedia covered 180 recall efforts organized against 275 officials. Of the 61 officials whose recalls made it to the ballot, 40 were ousted and 21 were retained.
    • Click here for more California recalls and here for more historical special district recalls.
  • FILING DEADLINE: Deadline to run for the mayor's office and five city council seats in Honolulu, Hawaii. The city primary election will be held on August 13, 2016, and the general election will be held on November 8, 2016. Mayor Kirk Caldwell (D) is running for re-election to his office. Honolulu is the largest city in Hawaii and the 54th-largest city in the United States by population.



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