Year: 2024
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All candidates for Texas House of Representatives District 5 Republican primary complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey
All three candidates running in the March 5, 2024, Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 5 — Incumbent Cole Hefner (R), Dewey Collier (R), and Jeff Fletcher (R) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. Here are the candidates’…
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Ten candidates are running in the nonpartisan general election for mayor of Anchorage, Alaska
Ten candidates are running in the nonpartisan general election for mayor of Anchorage, Alaska, on April 2, 2024. Four candidates lead in endorsements and local media attention: incumbent David Bronson, Suzanne LaFrance, Bill Popp, and Chris Tuck. First elected in 2021, Bronson is running on his first-term record. Bronson says he opposed the Anchorage Assembly’s…
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There are no open U.S. House seats in Illinois for the first time in a decade
This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in Illinois was Dec. 4, 2023. Forty-four candidates are running for Illinois’ 17 U.S. House districts, including 23 Democrats and 21 Republicans. That’s 2.59 candidates per district. In 2022, the first election after the number of Congressional districts in Illinois decreased from 18 to 17, 5.59…
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Five candidates are running in the Democratic primary in Illinois’ 7th Congressional District
Five candidates are running in the Democratic primary for Illinois 7th Congressional District on March 19, 2024. Three lead in endorsements: incumbent Danny K. Davis (D), Kina Collins (D) and Melissa Conyears-Ervin (D). Davis was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1996. Since 2000, Davis has won at least 80% of the…
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29 Republican primaries for the Ohio House of Representatives amid conflict over state speaker
There are 29 Republican primaries for the Ohio House of Representatives on March 19, 2024. An incumbent is running in 19 of those primaries. The 2024 elections are taking place in the context of a conflict within the House Republican caucus over the election of a speaker. After Republicans won a 67-32 margin in the…
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Update on 2024 ballot measure certifications
For 2024, 59 statewide ballot measures have been certified for the ballot in 25 states, which is three less than the average (62) for this point in the election cycle from 2012 to 2022. The average number of statewide ballot measures certified for an even-numbered year during this period was 157. Here’s an update on…
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J.P. Morgan, State Street withdraw from Climate Action 100+
ESG developments this week Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics. On Wall Street and in the private sector J.P. Morgan, State Street withdraw from Climate…
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Federal Register weekly update: Tops 12,000 pages
The Federal Register is a daily journal of federal government activity that includes presidential documents, proposed and final rules, and public notices. It is a common measure of an administration’s regulatory activity, accounting for both regulatory and deregulatory actions. The Federal Register hit an all-time high of 95,894 pages in 2016. This week’s Federal Register…
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159 candidates filed for congressional and statewide offices last week
One hundred fifty-nine people declared candidacies for congressional or statewide offices in the past week, 67 more than last week. All of these candidates declared before their state’s official filing deadline. Fifty-seven of those candidates were Democratic, while 97 were Republican. Five are minor-party candidates or running in nonpartisan races. Thirty-nine candidates are running for…