Author: Douglas Kronaizl
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Garza defeats incumbent Moore in Travis County, Texas, District Attorney runoff
José Garza defeated incumbent Margaret Moore in the Democratic primary runoff for Travis County District Attorney in Texas. Garza received 68% of the vote to Moore’s 32%. The race attracted national attention after Garza received endorsements from U.S. Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). Moore was endorsed by the Austin American-Statesman and Austin…
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11,715 major party candidates filed for 2020 state legislative elections
On November 3, 2020, 5,875 state legislative seats are up for regular election across 86 chambers in 44 states. This includes 1,164 state senate seats and 4,711 state house seats. As of July 9, we’ve collected post-filing deadline data in 41 states. In 2020, 5,524 state legislative seats are up for regular election in those…
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Two Michigan incumbents complete Candidate Connection surveys
U.S. Reps. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) and Haley Stevens (D-Mich.), both first elected in 2018, recently completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. Both candidates are running in uncontested primaries, meaning it is likely they will be the Democratic nominees in their respective general elections. Slotkin and Stevens are two of the 30 House Democrats representing Districts that voted…
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House Judiciary Chairman Nadler wins three-way Democratic primary in New York’s 10th District
Rep. Jerry Nadler, first elected in 1992, defeated Lindsey Boylan and Jonathan Herzog in the Democratic primary for New York’s 10th Congressional District. The election was held on June 23, 2020, but results were delayed. due to the number of absentee ballots. New York state law prohibits such ballots from being counted until the beginning…
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Decade-high number of incumbents slated for Oklahoma’s state legislative general election
On June 30, 2020, voters across Oklahoma cast their ballots in the state’s legislative primaries. This year, 125 state legislative seats are up for election. Following the primaries, at least 106 incumbents are advancing to the general election, the highest number within the past decade. The higher number of incumbents in the general election is…
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Two incumbents defeated in Kentucky state legislative primaries so far
On June 23, 2020, voters across Kentucky cast their ballots in the state’s legislative primaries. In total, there were six party primaries for state Senate seats and 32 primaries in the state House. By partisan affiliation, there were 13 Democratic primaries and 25 Republican primaries for a total of 38, a decrease from the 51…
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Owens wins four-way primary in Utah’s 4th Congressional District
Nonprofit owner and former professional football player Burgess Owens (R) defeated three other candidates in the Republican primary for Utah’s 4th Congressional District on June 30, 2020. As of 10:15 a.m. Mountain Time on July 1, Owens had received 44 percent of the vote followed by state Rep. Kim Coleman (R-42) and radio personality Jay…
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10,813 major party candidates filed for 2020 state legislative elections
On November 3, 2020, 5,875 state legislative seats are up for regular election across 86 chambers in 44 states. This includes 1,164 state senate seats and 4,711 state house seats. As of June 25, 2020, we’ve collected post-filing deadline data in 35 states. In 2020, 5,100 state legislative seats are up for regular election in…
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All candidates in New York’s 10th District Democratic primary complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey
U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) recently completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. Nadler, a 28-year incumbent and Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, is running for re-election in New York’s 10th Congressional District. He joins Lindsey Boylan and Jonathan Herzog, the two other candidates in the race, in completing a Candidate Connection Survey. Ballotpedia asks all…
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8,413 major party candidates filed for 2020 state legislative elections
In 2020, 3,952 state legislative seats are up for regular election in those states, compared to 3,925 in 2018. 8,413 major party candidates—4,047 Democrats and 4,366 Republicans—have filed to run for state legislature in 32 states where filing deadlines have passed, compared to 8,900—4,486 Democrats and 4,414 Republicans—in 2018. Elections in open seats tend to…