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State ballot measures tracker

Who's calling the shots?: Ballot measures:
TV ads in 2014 state ballot measure races
1.
California — 46: Require drug testing for doctors; raise malpractice caps
$28.1 million
17,000 ads
2.
California — 45: Require approval for health insurance rate changes
$26.2 million
17,300 ads
3.
Colorado — 68: Expand gambling; create new education fund
$13.8 million
13,600 ads
4.
California — 1&2: $7 billion bond for water projects; increase savings in rainy day fund
$13.7 million
7,486 ads
5.
Oregon — 92: Label GMOs
$7.2 million
9,647 ads
6.
Florida — 2: Legalize medical marijuana
$4.7 million
6,308 ads
7.
California — 48: Approve gaming contracts for two Native American tribes
$4.4 million
2,399 ads
8.
Massachusetts — 3: Repeal the law that allows casinos
$4.4 million
3,756 ads
9.
Colorado — 105: Label GMOs
$4.3 million
3,386 ads
10.
Washington — 594: Require background checks for all guns
$3.9 million
4,922 ads
11.
Tennessee — 1: Declare that constitution doesn't secure abortion rights
$3.2 million
3,894 ads
12.
Massachusetts — 2: Expand bottle deposit
$3.1 million
1,675 ads
13.
Michigan — 1: Realign industrial taxes
$2.8 million
6,743 ads
14.
Maine — 1: Prohibit traps, bait and dogs in bear hunts
$2.4 million
6,445 ads
15.
California — 47: Reduce sentences for drug and nonviolent crimes
$2.4 million
1,195 ads
16.
Nevada — 3: Create a 2 percent tax on businesses to fund schools
$2.4 million
1,975 ads
17.
Washington — 1351: Reduce K-12 class sizes
$2.1 million
1,524 ads
18.
Oregon — 90: Create top-two primary
$2 million
4,156 ads
19.
Illinois — Expand Crime Victims' Bill of Rights
$1.9 million
628 ads
20.
Oregon — 91: Legalize recreational marijuana
$1.5 million
2,601 ads
21.
Missouri — 7: Increase sales tax to fix roads
$1.2 million
3,577 ads
22.
Michigan — 1&2: Authorize wolf hunting season
$1 million
1,222 ads
23.
Missouri — 10: Require governor to pay public debt
$989,200
1,109 ads
24.
Alaska — 1: Repeal Tax Breaks for Oil Companies
$892,900
8,166 ads
25.
Missouri — 1: Guarantee right to farm
$863,400
2,129 ads
26.
North Dakota — 5: Redirect oil taxes to conservation
$756,600
2,071 ads
27.
South Dakota — 17: Health insurance must include all providers
$739,800
1,863 ads
28.
Colorado — 67: Define "person" to include unborn in state criminal code
$720,300
437 ads
29.
Missouri — 3: Tie teacher promotion to student performance
$650,200
1,022 ads
30.
Tennessee — 2: Empower governor to appoint judges
$552,200
903 ads
31.
Hawaii — 4: Use public funds for private pre-K
$541,400
857 ads
32.
Arkansas — 4: Allow alcohol sales statewide
$429,100
955 ads
33.
North Dakota — 1: Declares right to life "at any stage of development" in state constitution
$381,200
1,244 ads
34.
North Dakota — 7: Allow pharmacies to be owned by non-pharmacists
$326,100
778 ads
35.
North Dakota — 2: Prohibits mortgage taxes
$288,000
752 ads
36.
Montana — End late voter registration the Friday before Election Day
$285,200
1,195 ads
37.
Florida — 1: Dedicate existing taxes to conservation trust fund
$224,600
562 ads
38.
Arkansas — 3: Extend state legislature term limits and limit lobbying
$210,600
447 ads
39.
Rhode Island — 4: $125 million in bonds for education
$177,300
234 ads
40.
California — 41: Offer veterans affordable housing
$164,900
330 ads
41.
Louisiana — 1&2: Shore up state medical and hospital funds
$159,200
280 ads
42.
Nevada — 1: Create new intermediate appeals court
$147,100
199 ads
43.
Washington — 591: Eliminate background checks for guns
$95,300
423 ads
44.
Nebraska — 425: Increase state minimum wage to $9/hour
$82,600
158 ads
45.
New Mexico — C: $141 million in bonds for higher education
$69,000
95 ads
46.
Massachusetts — 1: Stop indexing gas tax to inflation
$66,600
111 ads
47.
West Virginia — 1: Exempt certain youth nonprofits from property taxes
$57,700
160 ads
48.
Alaska — 4: Prohibit mining in Bristol Bay
$28,500
182 ads
49.
Alaska — 2: Legalize recreational marijuana
$28,500
145 ads
50.
North Dakota — 6: Give each parent equal parental rights, unless deemed unfit
$5,360
56 ads
51.
Louisiana — 1: Shore up state medical fund
$1,120
nine ads