Arkansas was the first in 2025, when Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) signed SB 142 on Feb. 21. Before Wisconsin, the most ...

Watson v. Republican National Committee is a case scheduled for argument before the Supreme Court of the United States during the court's October 2025-2026 term. The case came on a writ of certiorari ...

Since 1990, justices have won retention 98% of the time. As of November 2025, Pennsylvania was the most recent state to hold retention elections. All three justices won retention with over 64% of the ...

Arizona has a Democratic triplex and a divided trifecta. The Democratic Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, and attorney general. The Republican Party controls both chambers of ...

Missouri has a Republican trifecta and a Republican triplex. The Republican Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and both chambers of the state legislature. As ...

Maine has a Democratic trifecta and a Democratic triplex. The Democratic Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and both chambers of the state legislature. As of ...

Illinois has a Democratic trifecta and a Democratic triplex. The Democratic Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and both chambers of the state legislature. As ...

Pennsylvania has a divided government. The Democratic Party controls the office of governor and the lower chamber of the state legislature, while the Republican Party controls the offices of attorney ...

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Virginia has a Republican triplex and a divided trifecta. The Republican Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, and attorney general. The Democratic Party controls both chambers ...

Nevada has a divided government. The Republican Party controls the office of governor, while the Democratic Party controls the offices of attorney general, secretary of state, and both chambers of the ...