Author: Daniel Anderson
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Four new state legislative special elections in Missouri
Four new state legislative special elections have been added to our list. The special elections are for the District 22, 36, 74, and 78 seats in the Missouri House of Representatives on November 5, 2019. There is no primary, and party nominees will be selected by party committees.
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Wichita mayor faces eight primary challenges in bid for second term
Nonpartisan primaries are scheduled on August 6 for mayor and one school board seat in Wichita, Kansas. The mayoral race features nine candidates, including incumbent Jeff Longwell. Although the position is nonpartisan, Longwell is affiliated with the Republican Party. He was first elected as mayor on April 7, 2015, with 59.4% of the vote. In…
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New state legislative special election in Georgia
A new state legislative special election has been added to our list. The special election is for the District 71 seat in the Georgia House of Representatives on September 3, 2019. The general runoff election is on October 1, if needed, and the filing deadline is on July 19.
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One Democrat, four Republicans file for California Assembly special election
The filing deadline to run for the District 1 seat in the California State Assembly passed on July 3. The following five candidates filed: Elizabeth Betancourt (D), Megan Dahle (R), Patrick Henry Jones (R), Lane Rickard (R), and Joe Turner (R). The top two vote recipients in the August 27 primary, regardless of their…
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Nearly half of 2019’s state legislative elections lack either a Democrat or Republican candidate
Nearly half of all state legislative seats up for election in 2019 have only one Democratic or Republican Party candidate. Overall, 192 (48.7%) of the state legislative elections this year lack either a Democratic or Republican candidate. So far, every state legislative regular election does have at least one major-party candidate on the ballot.…
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Special election called for Texas House seat
A new state legislative special election has been added to our list. The special election is for the District 100 seat in the Texas House of Representatives on November 5, 2019. The filing deadline is on September 4.
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Borrello wins Republican primary in New York State Senate special election
The District 57 seat in the New York State Senate was up for special primary election on June 25. Austin Morgan (D) and George Borrello (R) advanced from the primary to the general election, which is scheduled for November 5. Morgan ran unopposed and won the Democratic nomination by default, while Borrello defeated Curtis Crandall…
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New special election for Iowa House District 46
A new state legislative special election has been added to our list. The special election is for the District 46 seat in the Iowa House of Representatives on August 6, 2019. There is no primary because major-party candidates will be nominated directly by the parties instead, and the filing deadline for independent and third-party candidates…
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New special election for California Assembly District 1
A new state legislative special election has been added to our list. The special election is for the District 1 seat in the California State Assembly on November 5, 2019. The primary is on August 27, and the filing deadline is on July 3.
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New special election for New Hampshire House Rockingham 9
A new state legislative special election has been added to our list. The special election is for one of the two Rockingham 9 seats in the New Hampshire House of Representatives on October 8, 2019. The primary is on August 20, unless a primary is not required because only one candidate from each party filed…