Author: Mercedes Yanora
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Seven new candidates declare in Florida
Ballotpedia tracked seven new state-level candidates in Florida between Aug. 21 and Aug. 27. This was five fewer candidates than the prior week. Two of those candidates are Democrats and five are Republicans. The seven candidates are running for legislative offices in 2024. Details on these candidates are below: Joe Saunders (D) is running for…
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Two new candidates declare in Texas
Ballotpedia tracked two new state-level candidates in Texas between Aug. 21 and Aug. 27. This was one fewer candidate than the prior week. Both of the candidates are Republicans running for the state legislature in 2024. Details on these candidates are below: Daniel Alders (R) is running for Texas House of Representatives District 6. Alders…
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Two new candidates declare in North Carolina
Ballotpedia tracked two new state-level candidates in North Carolina between Aug. 21 and Aug. 27. This was one fewer candidate than the prior week. Both of the candidates are Democrats running in 2024, one for state executive office and one for the state legislature. Details on these candidates are below: Gabriel Esparza (D) is running…
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Two new candidates declare in Indiana
Ballotpedia tracked two new state-level candidates in Indiana between Aug. 21 and Aug. 27. This was two more candidates than the prior week. One candidate is a Democrat and one is a Republican. Both candidates are running in 2024, one for state executive office and one for the state legislature. Details on these candidates are…
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One new candidate declares in Iowa
Ballotpedia tracked one new state-level candidate in Iowa between Aug. 21 and Aug. 27. This was one more candidate than the prior week. The candidate is a Republican and is running for state legislature in 2024. Details on the candidate are below: Samantha Fett (R) is running for Iowa House of Representatives District 22. Fett…
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Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey: Indiana roundup
Indiana is holding elections, including for municipal and executive offices, on Nov. 7, 2023, and Nov. 5, 2024, respectively. A number of candidates running in these elections completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. Below is a selection of…
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Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey: New Jersey roundup
New Jersey is holding elections, including for state legislative offices, on Nov. 7, 2023. A number of candidates running in these elections completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. Below is a selection of responses from the candidates who…
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A look at contested state legislative primaries in Louisiana
Louisiana has 79 contested state legislative primaries this year, a 14% decrease from 2019. Louisiana holds top-two primaries, where all candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50% of the vote. If no candidate does, the top-two vote recipients from the primary advance to…
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Hal Rafter (D) and James Guzofski (R) are running in the Sept. 19 special election for New Hampshire House District Rockingham 1
Hal Rafter (D) and James Guzofski (R) are running in the special general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives District Rockingham 1 on Sept. 19, 2023. The previous incumbent, Benjamin T. Bartlett IV (R), resigned on April 26, 2023, due to health concerns. Rafter is a partner for Waterline, an organization that provides river…
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Election legislation roundup: General Assembly of North Carolina
As of Aug. 20, members of the North Carolina General Assembly, which includes the North Carolina House of Representatives and the North Carolina State Senate, have passed nine bills related to election administration since the beginning of the year. Of those nine bills, legislators passed one during the week of Aug. 14-20. Republicans sponsored the…