Year: 2024

  • Incumbent Rick Scott (R), Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D), and four other candidates are running in the general election for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat

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    Incumbent Rick Scott (R), Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D), and four other candidates are running in Florida’s U.S. Senate election on November 5, 2024. TIME Magazine’s Nik Poli wrote the race was “a potential dark horse of the 2024 cycle,” and University of Central Florida professor Aubrey Jewett said, “Florida could be decisive in helping to decide…

  • Four candidates are running in the general election for Nevada’s 2nd Congressional District on Nov. 5, 2024

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    Incumbent Mark Amodei (R), Lynn Chapman (Independent American Party), Javi Tachiquin (L), and Greg Kidd (No Political Party) are running in the Nov. 5, 2024, general election for Nevada’s 2nd Congressional District. Amodei and Kidd lead in media attention and fundraising. The Nov. 5 election will be the first time since 1998 that no Democrat…

  • Seven candidates are running for four seats on the Cobb County School Board in Georgia

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    Seven candidates are running for four seats on the Cobb County School District school board in Georgia on Nov. 5, 2024. Republicans hold a 4-3 majority on the seven-member board. Democratic incumbent Leroy Tre Hutchins (D) is running unopposed in District 3. The other three districts up for election each have Republican incumbents, one of…

  • Vermont Senate veto-proof supermajority on the line in Nov. 5 elections

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    Elections for the Vermont State Senate will take place in 2024. The general election is on Nov. 5, 2024. The primary was Aug. 13, 2024. The filing deadline was May 30, 2024. All 30 seats are up for election. Democrats hold 21 seats and Republicans hold seven. Vermont is one of 29 states where one…

  • Vermont House veto-proof supermajorty on the line in Nov. 5 elections

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    Elections for the Vermont House of Representatives will take place in 2024. The general election is on Nov. 5, 2024. The primary was Aug. 13, 2024. The filing deadline was May 30, 2024. All 150 seats are up for election. Democrats hold 107 seats and Republicans hold 37.  Vermont is one of 29 states where one party has large…

  • 36% of last October’s elections were uncontested

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    Throughout October, Ballotpedia covered 14 elections in 5 states, 36% of which were uncontested. That’s down from September when 86% of the 1,312 covered were uncontested. Ballotpedia defines an uncontested election as one where the number of candidates running is less than or equal to the number of seats up for election. This analysis does…

  • Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #133

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    Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving  school board governance, the politics surrounding it, and education policy.  Happy Halloween Eve!🎃 This is the final issue of Hall Pass before the Nov. 5 elections. On Nov. 6, instead of Hall Pass, you will receive one edition of our…

  • What to look for in this year’s state legislative elections

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    Welcome to the Wednesday, Oct. 30, Brew.  By: Ethan Sorell Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Ballotpedia is monitoring state government trifectas, veto-proof majorities, and battleground state legislative chambers on election day Across 44 states, there are elections for seats in 85 of the nation’s 99 legislative chambers. Ballotpedia is…

  • All 110 seats in the Michigan House of Representatives are up for election this year

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    Elections for the Michigan House of Representatives will take place in 2024. The general election is on Nov. 5, 2024. The primary was Aug. 6, 2024. The filing deadline was Apr. 23, 2024. All 110 seats are up for election. Democrats hold 56 seats and Republicans hold 54. If Republicans gain more than one seat,…

  • Ten state treasurer, eight state auditor elections scheduled for Nov. 5

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    ESG developments this week In this week’s edition of Economy and Society : Election Day is in one week, and Ballotpedia staffers will be working around the clock to bring our readers updates on the latest election results. Next week’s edition of Economy and Society will land in your inbox on Thursday, but don’t worry…