Author: Briana Ryan
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Eight candidates are running in the general election for Nevada’s 1st Congressional District
Eight candidates are running in Nevada’s 1st Congressional District election on November 5, 2024. Incumbent Rep. Dina Titus (D) and Mark Robertson (R) lead in endorsements, campaign finance, and media attention. The race will be a rematch between Titus and Robertson, who ran against each other in the 2022 general election. According to The Nevada…
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Twenty-four candidates are running for Louisiana’s six U.S. House districts this year—the second-fewest in the last 10 years
This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in Louisiana was July 19, 2024. This is the first election to take place after Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry (R) signed revised congressional maps into law on Jan. 22, 2024. On May 15, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked an April 30 ruling by the U.S.…
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Incumbent Rep. Susie Lee (D) and Drew Johnson (R) are running in Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District election November 5, 2024
Incumbent Rep. Susie Lee (D) and Drew Johnson (R) are running in Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District election on November 5, 2024. The race is receiving attention from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee(DCCC) and the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC). The DCCC named Lee one of its frontline candidates. According to the DCCC’s website, the Frontline…
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Allison Cartwright (D) and Erin Murphy (D) are running in the Democratic primary for Suffolk County clerk of supreme judicial court on September 3, 2024
Allison Cartwright (D) and Erin Murphy (D) are running in the Democratic primary for Suffolk County clerk of supreme judicial court on September 3, 2024. Incumbent Maura Doyle (D), who was appointed in 1996, is not running for re-election. The Boston Herald’s Gayla Cawley wrote that the race “is shaping up to be a battle…
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Recall efforts against four members of the Milwaukee Public Schools Board fails to go to a vote
The Milwaukee Election Commission announced on Aug. 19 that the MPS School Board Recall Collaborative did not collect enough signatures to recall Milwaukee Public Schools Board of School Directors At-Large Representative Missy Zombor. The commission previously announced on Aug. 15 that the collaborative did not collect enough signatures to recall District 1 Representative Marva Herndon,…
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Incumbent Rep. Pat Ryan (D) and Alison Esposito (R) are running in the general election for New York’s 18th Congressional District
Incumbent Rep. Pat Ryan (D/Working Families Party) and Alison Esposito (R/Conservative Party) are running in New York’s 18th Congressional District election on November 5, 2024. The race is receiving attention from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee(DCCC) and the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC). The DCCC named Ryan one of its frontline candidates. According to the…
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For a third straight month, the number of members of Congress who have announced retirement so far this year is 53
Fifty-three members of Congress—eight senators and 45 representatives—have announced they will not seek re-election this year. That’s the same number that was reported in our July 15 update on congressional incumbents not seeking re-election. Since then, there have been no new retirement announcements. The last incumbent to announce their retirement was Rep. Garret Graves (R-La.)…
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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…