Author: Briana Ryan

  • Both Denver District Attorney candidates complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey

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    Welcome to the Monday, June 24, Brew.  By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: All candidates for the June 25 Democratic primary for Denver, Colorado District Attorney complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey Both candidates running in the June 25 Democratic primary for Denver, Colorado District Attorney—Leora Joseph (D)…

  • Two candidates are running for Vermont’s At-Large U.S. House seat—the fewest since 2016

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    This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in Vermont was May 30, 2024. Two candidates are running for Vermont’s one U.S. House district—one Democrat and one Republican. Seven candidates ran in 2022, six candidates ran in 2020, and five ran in 2018. Here are some other highlights from this year’s filings: Vermont and…

  • Two candidates are running in the Republican primary for Colorado’s 8th Congressional District on June 25

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    Two candidates are running in the Republican primary for Colorado’s 8th Congressional District on June 25, 2024—Gabe Evans (R) and Janak Joshi (R). The winner of this primary will face incumbent Rep. Yadira Caraveo (D) in the general election. In the 2022 general election, Caraveo defeated Barbara Kirkmeyer (R) 48.4% to 47.7%. In this primary,…

  • Fifty-two candidates are running in primary elections for Virginia’s 11 U.S. House districts this year—the most in the last 10 years

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    This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in Virginia was April 4, 2024. Fifty-two candidates are running for Virginia’s 11 U.S. House districts, including 33 Democrats and 19 Republicans. That’s an average of 4.73 candidates per district. Here are some other highlights from this year’s filings: Virginia and Oklahoma are holding primaries on…

  • Five primaries are contested in Wisconsin this year—the fewest in the last 10 years

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    This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in Wisconsin was June 3, 2024. Twenty-three candidates are running for Wisconsin’s eight U.S. House districts, including 11 Democrats and 12 Republicans. That’s an average of  2.88 candidates per district. There were 2.75 candidates per district in 2022, 2.88 candidates per district in 2020, and 3.13…

  • Fifty-nine candidates are running for New York’s 26 U.S. House districts—the fewest since 2014

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    This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in New York was April 4, 2024. Fifty-nine candidates are running for New York’s 26 U.S. House districts, including 32 Democrats and 27 Republicans. That’s an average of 2.27 candidates per district. There were 4.12 candidates per district in 2022, 4.00 candidates per district in 2020, and…

  • One member of Congress has announced his retirement since May 22

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    Fifty-three members of Congress—eight senators and 45 representatives—have announced they will not seek re-election this year. Since our May 22 update on congressional incumbents not seeking re-election, Rep. Garret Graves (R-La.) announced his retirement from the House. Ballotpedia does not include incumbents leaving office early in our analysis of incumbents not running for re-election. If…

  • Initiative that would amend Prop.47 in California qualifies for November ballot

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    Welcome to the Monday, June 17, Brew.  By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: California initiative that would make changes to Prop. 47 qualifies for the November ballot Californians for Safer Communities qualified an initiative for the November 5 ballot that would amend Proposition 47, including increasing drug…

  • 70% of last May’s elections were uncontested

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    Welcome to the Monday, June 10, Brew.  By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: 70% of last May’s elections were uncontested As part of Ballotpedia’s growing coverage of the nation’s local elections (with a goal of covering all of them), we will be issuing monthly reports on the…

  • Forty-three candidates are running for Michigan’s 13 U.S. House districts—the fewest since 2016

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    This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in Michigan was April 23, 2024. Forty-three candidates are running for Michigan’s 13 U.S. House districts, including 23 Democrats and 20 Republicans. That’s an average of 3.3 candidates per district. Here are some other highlights from this year’s filings: Michigan and three other states—Kansas, Missouri, and…