Author: Briana Ryan
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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…
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Six candidates are running in the general election for Oregon’s 5th Congressional District on Nov. 5
Six candidates are running in the general election for Oregon’s 5th Congressional District on Nov. 5, 2024. Incumbent Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R) and Janelle Bynum (D) lead in endorsements, campaign finance, and media attention. This third rematch between Chavez-DeRemer and Bynum will take place in a district that Joe Biden (D) won by 8.8 percentage…
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For a fourth 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 August 21 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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Incumbent Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R) and Rebecca Cooke (D) are running in the general election for Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District
Incumbent Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R) and Rebecca Cooke (D) are running in the general election for Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District on November 5, 2024. Spectrum News 1 Wisconsin’s Charlotte Scott wrote that “voters in this district aren’t afraid to ticket split.” In 2016 and 2020, district voters re-elected then-Rep. Ron Kind (D), who represented…
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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…