Early results showed more bond measures passing than failing, but many of the races were tight.
Long-maturity muni bonds have reached their cheapest levels as demand for tax-free debt fades.
Issuance of so-called prepaid gas bonds have jumped to some $6.5 billion this year.
Hospitals are pulling back municipal debt issuance in the midst of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
As politicians jockey over whose states performed best, it seems that the entire country fared worse than it should have.
States and cities have turned to the municipal-bond market to soften the hit of the pandemic.
The volume of taxable municipal-debt sales more than doubled last year to about $140 billion.
States last week reported more than 29,000 new Covid-19 cases in places such as nursing homes and assisted-living facilities.
More than half of the 10 largest ballot measures would fund school improvements.
The Atlanta-based corporation is reducing its staff amid continuing challenges for companies selling sugary drinks.