Elections
The Council of State Governments’ Elections Center offers our members and other interested parties data and analysis regarding the 2012 elections. Looking at elections in all three branches of state government from across the nation, the Elections Center is a resource for both pre- and post-election party control data and how the outcomes might affect various policy areas heading into 2013.
Post-Election Gubernatorial Party Control
Pre-Election Gubernatorial Party Control
Post-Election Legislative Party Control
Post-Election Legislative Party Control
Pre-Election Legislative Party Control
2012 Lieutenant Governor Winners
2012 Secretary of State Winners
State Leaders and the New Congress
2012 State Supreme Court Winners
2012: Current State Officials Seeking Congressional Seats
The Council of State Governments’ Elections Center offers our members and other interested parties data and analysis regarding the 2012 elections. Looking at elections in all three branches of state government from across the nation, the Elections Center is a resource for both pre- and post-election party control data and how the outcomes might affect various policy areas heading into 2013.
Post-Election Gubernatorial Party Control
Pre-Election Gubernatorial Party Control
Post-Election Legislative Party Control
Post-Election Legislative Party Control
Pre-Election Legislative Party Control
2012 Lieutenant Governor Winners
2012 Secretary of State Winners
State Leaders and the New Congress
2012 State Supreme Court Winners
2012: Current State Officials Seeking Congressional Seats
Election-day registration considered in Illinois, its end mulled in Wisconsin
By Kathryn Tormey | Monday, April 1, 2013 at 9:40 am
Stateline Midwest ~ March 2013
While at least one Midwestern state may adopt same-day voter registration this year, officials in another have said they want to repeal it.
10 Questions with Mike Allen: More Ways to Get Your Message Out
By Mary Branham | Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at 9:11 am
Mike Allen, Politico’s chief political correspondent, believes state leaders can learn a lot from the 2012 elections. Although the 2013 Congress is likely to be even more polarized, he offers some hope for states still trying to rebuild after the Great Recession.
Michigan recall law for state legislators gets revamped
By Tim Anderson | Friday, January 25, 2013 at 5:03 pm
Stateline Midwest ~ January 2013
One of the five states in the Midwest that allows for voter recall of state legislators has made significant changes to the process.
New year, new faces: Legislative turnover high in many Midwestern states entering 2013 sessions
By Tim Anderson | Friday, December 14, 2012 at 10:48 am
Stateline Midwest ~ December 2012
The 2013 legislative sessions in the Midwest will begin soon with hundreds of new lawmakers taking office, but with a balance of power between the two major political parties that remains largely unchanged.
The 2008 Campaign Forever Changed How People Will Run for Office
By Mary Branham | Sunday, December 2, 2012 at 12:54 pm
Mike Allen thinks the 2012 election is more historic than the 2008 election when Barack Obama became the first African-American elected president.
“I believe it changed forever how people will run for office, nationally, statewide and in legislative districts,” Allen, Politico’s chief political correspondent, said during Saturday’s keynote luncheon address.
