Author: Joel Williams
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Indiana House District 93 candidates raise most money ahead of May 3 primary
Note: This article was updated on May 1, 2022. Elections for all 100 seats in the Indiana House of Representatives will take place on November 8, 2022. State house primary elections are held on May 3, 2022. Republicans hold a 71-29 majority heading into the election. This article details the five most and least expensive…
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Indiana Senate District 14 candidates raise most money ahead of May 3 primary
Elections for 25 of 50 seats in the Indiana State Senate will take place on November 8, 2022. State senatorial primary elections are held on May 3, 2022. Republicans hold a 39-11 majority heading into the election. This article details the five most and least expensive contested primary elections in the State Senate. In the…
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Campaign for ranked-choice voting ballot initiative in Missouri has raised millions ahead of signature deadline
The campaign supporting a ranked-choice voting (RCV) ballot initiative in Missouri has received millions in contributions in the weeks ahead of its signature deadline. The initiative would change the state’s primary system to utilize open primaries in which the top four vote recipients, regardless of partisan affiliations, advance to the general election. The Better Elections…
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Three candidates file to run for Missouri State Auditor
Three candidates—two Republicans and one Democrat—filed to run for Missouri State Auditor. The Republican primary will take place on Aug. 2, while the general election will take place on Nov. 8. The current auditor, Nicole Galloway (D), is not running for re-election. Missouri Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick will face state Rep. David Gregory in the Republican…
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Fourteen appellate court judges are on the ballot in Missouri this year
Two judges on the Missouri Supreme Court and 12 judges on the Missouri Court of Appeals have terms expiring on Dec. 31. Each of these judges must stand for a retention election this year in order to remain on the court. A retention election is a simple yes-no election where the judge is the only…
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No Democrats file for South Dakota’s U.S. House seat for second election cycle
Two candidates filed to run for South Dakota’s one U.S. House seat in 2022. The filing deadline for this election was March 29. This is the fewest number of candidates to file for the seat since 2016 (when there were also two candidates). Three candidates ran for the seat in 2020, and six candidates ran…
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Both Democratic U.S. Representatives from Missouri face primary challengers
U.S. Reps. Cori Bush (District 1) and Emanuel Cleaver (District 5) both face primary challengers this election cycle. Five candidates are running in the District 1 primary and two candidates are running in the District 5 primary. Those primaries will take place on Aug. 2, with the winners advancing to general elections on Nov. 8.…
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All four Republican U.S. Representatives from Missouri face primary challengers
U.S. Reps. Ann Wagner (District 2), Blaine Luetkemeyer (District 3), Sam Graves (District 6), and Jason Smith (District 8) face primary challengers this election cycle. In the 2020 election cycle, two incumbents (Wagner and Smith) were unopposed in Republican primaries. Luetkemeyer and Graves face the most primary challengers at four apiece. Wagner faces four challengers,…
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Six Republicans running in primary for Alabama’s open U.S. Senate seat
Six candidates are running in the Republican primary election for U.S. Senator from Alabama on May 24, 2022. Senator Richard Shelby (R), first elected in 1986, is not running for re-election. The candidates to perform best in recent polling and receive the most endorsements are Katie Britt, Mo Brooks, and Michael Durant. Former President Donald…
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Eight candidates are running in Republican primary for North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District
Eight candidates are running in the Republican primary election for North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District on May 17, 2022. If no candidate receives more than 30 percent of the vote in the primary election, a runoff between the top two finishers will take place on July 26, 2022. The general election will take place on…