227 recalls in 2017: Less successful in 2017

[Ballotpedia]( [View this email in your browser]( [The Daily Brew]( Recall efforts less successful than previous years, driven by drop in mayoral, school recall success rates Ballotpedia has tracked 227 recalls against 311 elected officials. Of the 58 elected officials who faced recall elections, 30 officials were recalled, for a rate of 51.7 percent. This is lower than the 56.3 percent rate for 2016 recalls and the 64.5 percent rate for 2015 recalls. So far, 311 officials have been targeted for recall in 2017 compared to 381 in 2016 and 273 in 2015. The lower success rate for recall organizers across local and state recalls stems from a drop in mayoral and school board elections reaching the ballot.   Seven mayoral recalls reached the ballot in 2017, compared to 22 in 2016 and 21 in 2015. Only two mayors were successfully recalled in seven elections this year (28.5% success), while 15 were removed out of 22 efforts on the ballot (68.1%) in 2016 and 17 were removed out of 21 efforts on the ballot (80.9%) in 2015. The number of recall efforts regardless of outcome rose from 61 in 2015 to 66 in 2016 before dropping to 56 in 2017. No mayoral recalls are scheduled for the remainder of 2017. School board recalls have also contributed to a decrease in successful recall efforts. The number of school board members targeted for recall went from 78 in 2015 and 78 in 2016 to 49 in 2017. Only one school board member was recalled in 2017 as of Wednesday out of four board members facing recall elections (25%). This is a drop from 12 board members recalled out of 19 facing recall elections (63.1%) in 2016 and 17 board members recalled out of 21 facing recall elections (80.9%) in 2015. Two Wisconsin school districts are holding recall elections during the remainder of 2017. [Learn more]( Share on:    [Facebook](   [Twitter](     House to vote on tax bill The House is expected to vote on the GOP’s tax bill today. On November 2, 2017, the GOP released its tax bill, which proposes “the biggest transformation of the U.S. tax code in more than 30 years,” according to The Wall Street Journal. HR 1—the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act—proposes cutting the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 20 percent; reducing individual income tax brackets from seven to four at 12 percent, 25 percent, 35 percent, and 39.6 percent; doubling the individual standard deduction; and increasing the child tax credit, among other things. On November 9, 2017, the Senate released its version of the tax bill, and it has some key differences from the House, including a delay in the corporate tax-rate cut, the number of individual tax brackets, and the tax rate for pass-through businesses, among other things. [Find out what’s in the bill]( →   Alabama Senate polls conducted in the past week show both Moore and Jones with double-digit lead According to a National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) poll conducted on Sunday and Monday, former U.S. attorney Doug Jones (D) leads former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore (R) in the Alabama Senate race by 12 points, 51 percent to 39 percent. It is Jones' best performance in a poll and suggests an increasingly unpredictable race in the wake of sexual misconduct and assault allegations from five women against Moore. An Emerson College poll taken two days before the NRSC survey showed Moore holding the double-digit lead in the race, with 55 percent to Jones' 45 percent. Another poll from Opinion Savvy/Decision Desk HQ found Moore and Jones tied with 46 percent support each. Earlier this week, the NRSC withdrew their support of Moore. [Learn more]( →   Ballotpedia depends on the support of our readers. The Lucy Burns Institute, publisher of Ballotpedia, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. All donations are tax deductible to the extent of the law. Donations to the Lucy Burns Institute or Ballotpedia do not support any candidates or campaigns. [Donate Securely Online]( Decide which emails you want from Ballotpedia. [Unsubscribe]( or [adjust your preferences]( →   [Facebook](   [Twitter](