Year: 2024
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Incumbent Michelle Fischbach (R) and Steve Boyd (R) are running in the Republican primary in Minnesota’s 7th Congressional District
Incumbent Michelle Fischbach (R) and Steve Boyd (R) are running in the Republican primary in Minnesota’s 7th Congressional District on Aug. 13, 2024. The primary is taking place after the state Republican Party declined to endorse either Fischbach or Boyd at its nominating convention. According to MinnPost, Boyd’s status as “an outsider who promises to…
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Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) becomes the fourth U.S. House incumbent to lose a primary election this year
Wesley Bell (D) defeated Rep. Cori Bush (D) and two other candidates in the Democratic primary for Missouri’s 1st Congressional District on August 6. Bell received 51.2% of the vote and Bush received 45.6%. The primary election took place against the backdrop of a federal investigation of Bush’s alleged misuse of campaign funds to pay…
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Eleven candidates are running for Connecticut’s five U.S. House districts—tying with 2022 for the second-fewest in the last ten years
This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in Connecticut was June 11, 2024. Eleven candidates are running for Connecticut’s five U.S. House districts, including five Democrats and six Republicans. That’s an average of 2.2 candidates per district. There was an average of 2.2 candidates per district in 2022, 2.6 candidates per district in…
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Update on 2024 state ballot measure certifications: six new measures, 26 pending signature verification
For 2024, 140 statewide ballot measures have been certified for the ballot in 39 states, two fewer measures than the average (142) 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. In 2022, 140 measures were…
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House Republicans argue against ESG in financial services report
The House Republican Environmental, Social, and Governance Working Group last week released a report on ESG. The report argued the Biden administration promoted ESG initiatives to advance environmental and social policies without congressional support. It also proposed anti-ESG policies related to proxy voting, shareholder proposals, ESG ratings, and other topics. Ballotpedia tracks support for and…
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54.91% of state legislators are Republican, 44.27% Democratic
At the end of July 2024, Republicans controlled 54.91% of all state legislative seats nationally, while Democrats held 44.27%. Republicans held a majority in 56 chambers, and Democrats held the majority in 41 chambers. Two chambers (Alaska House and Alaska Senate) were organized under multipartisan, power-sharing coalitions. Democrats hold 846 state Senate seats and 2,424 state House seats, overall seven fewer seats since last month. Republicans…
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Incumbent Rep. Michael Lawler (R/Conservative Party), Mondaire Jones (D), and Anthony Frascone (Working Families Party) are running in the general election in New York’s 17th Congressional District
Incumbent Rep. Michael Lawler (R/Conservative Party), Mondaire Jones (D), and Anthony Frascone (Working Families Party) are running in New York’s 17th Congressional District election on November 5, 2024. Lawler and Jones lead in campaign finance, polls, endorsements and media attention. City & State New York’s Rebecca C. Lewis said this election “may offer Democrats one…
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Less than 10 percent of Rhode Island’s state legislative primaries are contested in 2024
Rhode Island has 20 contested state legislative primaries on September 10, 2024, the lowest since Ballotpedia started tracking in 2010. That amounts to 8.8% of all possible primaries for the state’s legislature being contested in 2024. All of the state’s contested state legislative primaries are Democratic primaries—there are no contested Republican primaries. This is the…
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Three candidates running for one of the most competitive districts in the country – New York’s 22nd Congressional District
Incumbent Brandon Williams (R), John Mannion (D), and Christopher Gowett (independent) are running in the general election for New York’s 22nd Congressional District on Nov. 5. The election for New York’s 22nd Congressional District is forecasted as one of the most competitive in the country. According to Politico, “The Cook Political Report has identified the…