Year: 2024

  • Matt Meyer (D) won the Democratic primary for Governor of Delaware

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    Matt Meyer (D) won the Democratic primary for Governor of Delaware on September 10, 2024, defeating Bethany Hall-Long (D), and Collin O’Mara (D). Spotlight Delaware’s Karl Baker wrote that the trio’s campaign funds “far surpass[ed] past fundraising totals in gubernatorial races at the same stage of the campaign, except those from the 2008 contest—the last…

  • Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #126

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    Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance. In today’s edition, you’ll find: Reply to this email to share reactions or story ideas! On the issues: The debate over Bible teaching requirements in Oklahoma In this section, we curate reporting, analysis, and commentary…

  • 79 percent of August’s elections were uncontested

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    Welcome to the Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024 Brew.  By: Ethan Sorell Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: 79 percent of August’s elections were uncontested Each month, Ballotpedia publishes an article detailing the number and percentage of uncontested races in the previous month. Throughout August, Ballotpedia covered 11,320 elections in 21…

  • Incumbent Dan Newhouse (R) and Jerrod Sessler (R) are running in the general election for Washington’s 4th Congressional District

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    Incumbent Dan Newhouse (R) and Jerrod Sessler (R) are running in the general election for Washington’s 4th Congressional District on November 5, 2024. Sessler ran against Newhouse in 2022 but did not advance to the general election. Cascade PBS’s Mai Hoang wrote, “This time [Sessler] gained considerable momentum with numerous endorsements, including from the Washington…

  • Ruben Gallego (D), Kari Lake (R), and Eduardo Quintana (G) are running in the general election for U.S. Senate in Arizona

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    Ruben Gallego (D), Kari Lake (R), and Eduardo Quintana (G) are running in the general election for United States Senate in Arizona on Nov. 5, 2024. Political observers including Simone Pathe of CNN, Jonathan Weisman of The New York Times, Sara Dorn of Forbes, and Lucas Wright of USA Today say this election will be…

  • Incumbent Gabriel Vasquez (D) and Yvette Herrell (R) are running in the general election in New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District

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    Incumbent Gabriel Vasquez (D) and Yvette Herrell (R) are running in the general election in New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District on Nov. 5, 2024. This election is a rematch of the 2022 election, which Vasquez won by a 1,350-vote margin out of more than 192,000 votes cast. As of Aug. 27, 2024, The Cook Political…

  • Andrew Kim (D), Curtis Bashaw (R), and four other candidates are running in the United States Senate election in New Jersey

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    Andrew Kim (D), Curtis Bashaw (R), and four other candidates are running in New Jersey’s U.S. Senate election on November 5, 2024. The election will fill the Senate seat formerly held by Bob Menendez Sr. (D), who first took office in 2006. Menendez resigned on August 20, 2024, and withdrew from this race, following his…

  • Incumbent Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R) and Rebecca Cooke (D) are running in the general election for Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District

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    Incumbent Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R) and Rebecca Cooke (D) are running in the general election for Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District on November 5, 2024. Spectrum News 1 Wisconsin’s Charlotte Scott wrote that “voters in this district aren’t afraid to ticket split.” In 2016 and 2020, district voters re-elected then-Rep. Ron Kind (D), who represented…

  • Ballotpedia releases federal judicial vacancy count for September 1, 2024

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    In this month’s federal judicial vacancy count, Ballotpedia tracked nominations, confirmations, and vacancies from August 2, 2024, to September 1, 2024. Ballotpedia publishes the federal judicial vacancy count at the start of each month. HIGHLIGHTS New vacancies There were 48 vacancies out of 870 active Article III judicial positions, a total vacancy percentage of 5.5,…