Daniel Nichanian. https://xitter.twitterapi.xyz/t.co/vIb1Tme7H9 Editor & founder of @BoltsMag. Local politics, criminal justice, voting rights.
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NEW: My midterms cheat sheet features 670+ races—up and down the ballot, & why they matter.
Now it's in PDF, printable form!
Save it, print it, give it to your kids to color the Senate map, & use it your worksheet on election night.
Find it here: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the-ba…
This article I wrote in Bolts in 2023 about prosecutor elections in the South felt very specialized at the time, a piece for our readers who really care about criminal justice policy...
... but it suddenly has aged very differently! boltsmag.org/prosecutor-elec…
If you’re in elections withdrawal, fear not.
We have a 5000-word piece walking you through each state that had a Supreme Court election.
If you’re in a rush, Montana, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, Oklahoma ended up being some of the most interesting. boltsmag.org/supreme-court-r…
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A great wrap-up of state Supreme Court races from @Taniel and the @boltsmag team that drives home how many of these races are still completely uncontested!
boltsmag.org/supreme-court-r…
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A Texas GOP gerrymander last year pushed Democrat Alisa Simmons out of office. She then ran for countywide office, and last week won the race for Tarrant County executive—part of a larger shift ushering in a Democratic majority in the county government.
boltsmag.org/tarrant-county-…
One of the midterms' most eye-popping results: Dems flipped 7 seats across the 2 high courts in Texas.
4 seats on supreme court; & 3 on court of criminal appeals.
I really wanted to start wrapping my head around what that might mean: boltsmag.org/supreme-court-r…
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New from @boltsmag - while Democrats had been on the verge of disappearing from the Ohio Supreme Court heading into the midterms, a strong night for their party allowed them to keep one seat and flip another.
@Taniel
boltsmag.org/supreme-court-r…
CNN just called: Scott Colom has won the Mississippi Senate race.
He is first Black candidate to win statewide in Mississippi, for any office, since Reconstruction.
CNN is the first major network call for this contest; call comes as Colom leads by 0.4% with very few ballots.
Details, and video from the scene, via @radamsWAPT:
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BREAKING:
Hinds county affidavit ballot totals
@scott_colom 703, @cindyhydesmith 96,
Ty Pinkins 8
I wrote on each state that voted for supreme court seats this year. All 31.
These are powerful bodies with a huge say on issues you care about, from abortion to redistricting, so we want to know who sits on them.
Here's where & why Dems ' gains matter: boltsmag.org/supreme-court-r…
Collaborating with my colleague @alex_burness, who has been closely following many of these states.
The big, big results: Montana, North Carolina, Ohio, and Texas.
Check it out to learn more!
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BREAKING Hinds county officials conferring before final affidavit ballot results are announced.
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As you watch the MS count, recall a shocking number of Mississippians can’t vote because of the state’s lifetime ban boltsmag.org/mississippi-lif…
A large share of Mississippians are disenfranchised due to a felony conviction.
@alex_burness talked to someone who served one year in prison in 2007 for theft—and has been banned from voting since (and for life):
