42 people declared candidacies for federal or statewide offices in the past week, five more than last week. All of these candidates declared before their state’s official filing deadline.

Twenty-four of those candidates were Democratic, while 18 were Republican.

Thirty candidates are running for Congress, four for governorship, and eight for a lower state executive office. 

Since the beginning of the year, Ballotpedia has identified 654 declared candidates for federal and statewide offices.

An official candidate is someone who registers with a federal or state campaign finance agency before the candidate filing deadline or appears on candidate lists released by government election agencies. A declared candidate is someone who has not completed the steps to become an official candidate but who might have done one or more of the following:

• Appeared in candidate forums or debates
• Published a campaign website
• Published campaign social media pages
• Advertised online, on television, or through print
• Issued press releases
• Interviewed with media publications

For more on Ballotpedia’s definition of candidacy, click here.