Jeff Singer

1 day ago | the-downballot.com | David Nir |Jeff Singer

Former state Rep. Amish Shah announced Tuesday that he would seek a rematch against Republican Rep. David Schweikert, who defeated him 52-48 in last year's general election for Arizona's 1st District. This constituency, which is based in northeastern Phoenix and Scottsdale, is one of the swingiest in the nation. Calculations by The Downballot show that Donald Trump won it by just a 51-48 margin, four years after Joe Biden carried it by an even more slender 50-49 spread.

1 day ago | the-downballot.com | Jeff Singer

Democrat John Ewing unseated Republican Mayor Jean Stothert in Tuesday's officially nonpartisan election to lead Omaha, a victory that ends the GOP's 12-year hold on Nebraska's largest city. Stothert conceded the race after 9 PM local time with Ewing ahead 54-46, though more votes remained to be counted. Ewing, who will be Omaha's first Black mayor, overcame a large fundraising disadvantage in his campaign to deny Stothert what would have been an unprecedented fourth term.

2 days ago | the-downballot.com | David Nir |Jeff Singer

State Auditor Rob Sand announced on Monday that he would seek the Democratic nomination for governor of Iowa, a long-anticipated development that gives his party a major candidate in what's become a conservative state. Sand launched his campaign to flip this post just hours before CBS reported that Rep. Randy Feenstra had also decided to run to succeed retiring Gov.

3 days ago | the-downballot.com | David Nir |Jeff Singer

Montana's Supreme Court, which has long been dominated by a moderate majority, could shift sharply toward conservative control next year if Republicans flip a seat held by a retiring swing justice. Such an outcome would leave the seven-member court with four members elected with the support of the GOP, which already controls the governorship and both chambers of the legislature. Up for grabs is the seat held by two-term Justice Beth Baker, who announced her retirement last month.

6 days ago | the-downballot.com | David Nir |Jeff Singer

In a scathing opinion more than 570 pages long, a panel of three federal judges issued a final ruling on Thursday concluding that not only did the congressional map Alabama Republicans adopted in 2023 violate the civil rights of Black voters, but that lawmakers had also intentionally discriminated against that same group in passing their map.