Author: Mercedes Yanora
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All candidates for U.S. House Ohio District 15 Democratic primary complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey
Both of the candidates running in the March 19, 2024, Democratic primary for Ohio’s 15th Congressional District — Zerqa Abid (D) and Adam Miller (D) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. Here are the candidates’ responses to the question:…
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All candidates for U.S. House Illinois District 13 Republican primary complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey
Both of the candidates running in the March 19, 2024, Republican primary for Illinois’ 13th Congressional District — Thomas Clatterbuck (R) and Joshua Loyd (R) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. Here are the candidates’ responses to the question:…
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All candidates for U.S. House Ohio District 7 Democratic primary complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey
Both of the candidates running in the March 19, 2024, Democratic primary for Ohio’s 7th Congressional District — Doug Bugie (D) and Matthew Diemer (D) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. Here are the candidates’ responses to…
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All candidates for Ohio House of Representatives District 10 Democratic primary complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey
Both of the candidates running in the March 19, 2024, Democratic primary for Ohio House of Representatives District 10 — Sarah Pomeroy (D) and Mark Sigrist (D) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. Here are the candidates’ responses to the question:…
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All candidates for U.S. House Ohio District 10 Democratic primary complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey
All four candidates running in the March 19, 2024, Democratic primary for Ohio’s 10th Congressional District completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. The candidates are Amy Cox (D), David Esrati (D), Joseph Kuzniar (D), and Tony Pombo (D). Here are the…
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Decade-high number of incumbents in contested state legislative primaries in Ohio
Twenty-five Ohio state legislative incumbents face primary challenges, representing 29% of all incumbents running for re-election. This is the highest number and percentage of contested incumbents since at least 2014. Of the 25 incumbents in contested primaries, four are Democrats and 21 are Republicans. Ohio has 51 contested state legislative primaries this year, a 9%…
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Decade-low number of open seats in Illinois’ state legislative primaries
Six seats in the Illinois state legislature are open, meaning no incumbents filed. This guarantees that at least 4% of the seats up for election will be represented by newcomers next year, a decade low. Twenty incumbents face primary challenges, representing 15% of all incumbents running for re-election. Of the 20 incumbents in contested primaries,…
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2.6% of state legislative incumbents who filed for re-election have lost in primaries
So far this year, 12 state legislative incumbents — one Democrat and 11 Republicans — have lost to primary challengers. Across the four states that have held primaries, 2.6% of incumbents running for re-election have lost, which is less than at this point in 2022 (3.6%). These totals include data from elections in both legislative…