Author: Briana Ryan
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No members of Congress have announced 2026 retirement plans since Nov. 27
No members of the U.S. Congress have announced plans to not seek re-election in 2026 since Nov. 27. That means the total number of congressional retirements for 2026 remains at one. The last incumbent to announce their retirement was Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.), who said he would not seek re-election to the U.S. House of…
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Fifteen U.S. House incumbents lost their re-election campaigns this year
When the 119th Congress takes office on Jan. 3, 2025, there will be 15 new members of the U.S. House of Representatives who defeated incumbents in a primary or general election this year. Since 2014, 125 U.S. House incumbents—49 Democrats and 72 Republicans—have lost in a primary or general election each year. That’s an average…
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All 60 seats in the Arizona House of Representatives are up for election on Nov. 5, 2024
Elections for the Arizona House of Representatives will take place in 2024. The general election is on November 5, 2024. The primary was July 30, 2024. The filing deadline was April 1, 2024. The Arizona House of Representatives is one of 85 state legislative chambers with elections in 2024. There are 99 chambers throughout the…
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All 30 seats in the Arizona Senate are up for election on November 5
Elections for the Arizona State Senate will take place in 2024. The general election is on Nov. 5, 2024. The primary was July 30, 2024. The filing deadline was April 1, 2024. Arizona is one of 44 states holding legislative elections for 85 of 99 state legislative chambers. All 30 seats in the state Senate…
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Two seats on the Arizona Supreme Court are up for retention election on November 5
Two of the seven justices on the Arizona Supreme Court—Clint Bolick and Kathryn Hackett King—are up for retention elections on Nov. 5, 2024. In Arizona, governors select all supreme court justices from a list of names that the Arizona Commission on Appellate Court Appointments compiles. Once appointed, justices serve at least two years on the…
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Three candidates are running in the nonpartisan primary for Louisiana Public Service Commission District 2
Nick Laborde (D), Jean-Paul Coussan (R), and Julie Quinn (R) are running in the nonpartisan primary for Louisiana Public Service Commission District 2 on Nov. 5, 2024. Incumbent Commissioner Craig Greene (R) is not running for re-election. In all 50 states, the public service commission is a multi-member board responsible for regulating utilities. Louisiana is one of 10 states where commissioners are elected rather than appointed.…
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Four candidates are running in the general election for Michigan’s 3rd Congressional District on Nov. 5, 2024
Incumbent Rep. Hillary Scholten (D), Paul Hudson (R), Alexander Avery (L), and Louis Palus (Working Class Party) are running in the general election for Michigan’s 3rd Congressional District on Nov. 5, 2024. In 2022, Scholten became the first Democrat to represent the district since 1993. She previously ran unsuccessfully in 2020 as the Democratic nominee.…
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Five candidates are running in the nonpartisan primary for Louisiana’s 6th Congressional District on Nov. 5, 2024
Five candidates are running in the nonpartisan primary for Louisiana’s 6th Congressional District on Nov. 5, 2024. Quentin Anderson (D), Cleo Fields(D), and Elbert Guillory (R) lead in endorsements and media attention. Incumbent Rep. Garret Graves (R), who was first elected in 2014, is not running for re-election. The election will take place under a…