To: National Desk, Political Reporter

Contact: Bill Wyatt, 202-624-8667, or Nicole Casal Moore, 303-364-7700, both of National Conference of State Legislatures

News Advisory:

The nation's foremost, bipartisan state elections experts are available now through election night to discuss this year's highly competitive state elections.

-- Tim Storey is the country's leading expert on state legislative elections and redistricting. For the past 10 years, Tim has spearheaded National Conference of State Legislatures' (NCSL) StateVote election analysis. His candid commentary and breadth of knowledge of state legislative politics has landed him in the pages of the New York Times, the USA Today, the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post among others.

-- Jennie Drage Bowser is a leading expert on state ballot initiatives and referenda. Bowser spends the better part of each election year tracking and analyzing the more than 200 questions posed to voters across the country. Bowser maintains the nation's only interactive initiative and referendum database providing users with real-time information on all ballot measures no matter how controversial or mundane.

Fully 83 percent of the nation's state legislative seats are up for grabs while voters in 36 states will choose their governors on Nov. 7. The stakes are high. Nearly three dozen legislative chambers could see a party control change.

Additionally, more than 200 ballot initiatives and referenda will be decided on election night. Issues such as same-sex marriage, abortion, minimum wage, property rights and smoking restrictions will all be decided by voters on election day.

Tim Storey can be reached at 303-856-1537 while Jennie Drag Bowser can be reached at 303-856-1356. On election night, Tim and Jennie can be reached at 303-413-0534 or send an e-mail to press- room@ncsl.org.

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