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Elections Ballotpedia is covering in April 2026

By

Ellie Mikus

In April 2026, Ballotpedia is tracking 25 elections across 12 states. These include two statewide elections, eight special elections to fill vacancies in four states, and five recall elections in three states.

Last month, Ballotpedia tracked elections across 13 states. This included 21 special elections, four local elections, and one recall election.

In April 2024, Ballotpedia tracked elections in 15 states, and in April 2022, Ballotpedia tracked elections in 12 states.

Upcoming elections:

This month, the following states have regularly scheduled statewide elections:

The following municipalities have local elections:

The following special elections have been called:

The following recall elections have been called:

In context:

Ballotpedia is covering two battleground races in April, both taking place on April 7, 2026.

Georgia’s 14th Congressional District

Shawn Harris (D) and Clayton Fuller (R) are running in the April 7 runoff election to represent Georgia's 14th Congressional District. Both candidates advanced to the runoff after neither received a majority of votes in the special general election on March 10. Harris received 37.3% of the vote, and Fuller received 34.9%. Governor Brian Kemp (R) called the special election after former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R) resigned on Jan. 5, 2026.

According to The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter, District 14 was the most Republican-leaning congressional district in Georgia.

According to the Georgia Recorder’s Ross Williams, “The special election is being closely watched for any clues it may offer about the upcoming midterms, but the contest is also being held at a time when House Republicans are clinging to a narrow majority in Washington.”

Harris is a retired U.S. Army brigadier general and cattle producer. Fuller is a former district attorney for the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit and an officer in the Air National Guard.

As of March 10, Republicans have a 217-214 majority in the U.S. House with one independent officeholder and three vacancies.

As of March 23, 11 special elections have been called for the 119th Congress. From the 113th Congress to the 118th Congress, 80 special elections were held. For more data on historical congressional special elections, click here.

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Wisconsin Supreme Court

Maria Lazar and Chris Taylor are running in the general election for the Wisconsin Supreme Court on April 7, 2026. Incumbent Rebecca Bradley is not running for re-election.

Wisconsin’s Supreme Court elections are officially nonpartisan. Lazar's campaign website says she is not a member of a political party. Media outlets have identified her as a conservative, and she worked in the state's attorney general's office under J.B. Van Hollen (R). Taylor is a former Democratic member of the Wisconsin Assembly.

Liberals are expected to have a majority on the court until at least 2028. Bradley is a member of the court's conservative minority. If Lazar wins, the court would maintain its 4-3 liberal majority. If Taylor wins, the liberal majority would increase from 4-3 to 5-2.

According to the Associated Press' Scott Bauer, "The winner is elected to a 10-year term on the state’s highest court, with several hot-button issues pending including challenges to congressional district maps and the future of a state law that effectively ended collective bargaining for most public workers. The next justice will be on the court in the lead-up to the November midterm election where Wisconsin voters will elect a new governor and decide who controls the state Legislature."

Lazar is a judge for District II of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals. She was a judge on the Waukesha County Circuit Court from 2015 to 2021 and an assistant attorney general for the Wisconsin Department of Justice from 2010 to 2015. Taylor is a judge for District IV of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals. She was a judge on the Dane County Circuit Court from 2020 to 2023 and a Democratic state legislator from 2011 to 2020. She also previously worked as the public policy director for Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin.

Liberals first won a 4-3 majority in 2023, when Janet Protasiewicz defeated Daniel Kelly 55.4% to 44.4%, shifting ideological control of the Court for the first time in 15 years. In 2025, liberals retained their 4-3 majority when Susan Crawford defeated Brad Schimel 55.0% to 44.9%. The last time a conservative won an election for Wisconsin Supreme Court was in 2019, when Brian Hagedorn defeated Lisa Neubauer 50.2% to 49.7%.

Campaign finance reports covering the second half of 2025 show that Taylor raised $2 million, and Lazar raised $198,000 by Dec. 31. Between Jan. 1 and Feb. 2, Taylor raised $822,000, and Lazar raised $191,000.

According to the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, satellite groups had spent $638,300 as of March 18. As of the same point in 2025, satellite spending had reached $24.7 million. The 2023 and 2025 races broke records as the most expensive judicial races in U.S. history. According to WisPolitics, the candidates and satellite groups spent more than $100 million in the 2025 election and more than $56 million in the 2023 election.

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This promo post was compiled by Ellie Mikus, with contributions from Emma Burlingame and Lara Bonatesta.