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Phil Murphy

56th governor of New Jersey since 2018

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Jan 14, 2026
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How many house, senate, governor, and other seats have flipped since the beginning of 2025?

Since January 2025, reporting documents a patchwork of partisan changes across state and local levels but no single authoritative tally for every chamber; notable, verifiable flips include Democratic ...

Jan 2, 2026

Which U.S. governors in the last 25 years pardoned people convicted of murder and what were the stated reasons?

In the last 25 years governors across multiple states have used clemency to pardon or commute sentences for people convicted of murder, most commonly citing rehabilitation, disproportionate or excessi...

Nov 28, 2025

Which governor races flipped from Republican to Democrat in November 2025?

Democrats flipped one governorship from Republican to Democrat in November 2025: Virginia, where Democrat Abigail Spanberger defeated Republican Winsome Earle-Sears, taking the seat held by outgoing R...

Nov 25, 2025

How do state laws and timelines affect when House special elections are scheduled between Dec 2025 and Mar 2026?

State law gives governors primary authority to schedule House special elections, but timing varies: federal law sets a 49‑day benchmark in an extraordinary mass‑vacancy scenario, while most ordinary v...

Oct 29, 2025

Have Democratic lawmakers proposed stimulus-style payments for undocumented immigrants and what were the arguments for and against?

Democratic lawmakers at the state and federal levels have proposed and enacted stimulus-style payments that explicitly or effectively reached undocumented immigrants in multiple instances since 2021; ...