Author: Nathan Maxwell
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U.S. Rep. Linda Sánchez (D-CA-38) and Mitch Clemmons (R) compete for California's redrawn 41st Congressional District
Linda Sánchez (D) and Mitch Clemmons (R) are running for U.S. House of Representatives in California's 41st Congressional District in the November 3, 2026, general election. The district was redrawn following California voters' approval of Proposition 50 in November 2025, one of ten states with new congressional district boundaries ahead of the 2026 elections. Inside…
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Four general election candidates to compete for Montana's open U.S. Senate seat
Alani Bankhead (D), Kurt Alme (R), Kyle Austin (L), and Seth Bodnar (I) are running for the U.S. Senate in Montana in the November 3, 2026 general election. Alme, Bankhead, and Bodnar lead in polling and media attention. On March 4, 2026, incumbent Steve Daines (R) withdrew his candidacy and endorsed Alme, who filed to…
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Six battleground Democratic primaries in the Massachusetts Senate this September
Six Democratic primaries for the Massachusetts Senate are scheduled for September 1, 2026. All 40 seats are up for election in the chamber, in which Democrats have a 35-5 majority. All six of those primaries qualified as battlegrounds under Ballotpedia’s battleground primary criteria. Two are open-seat contests — the 2nd Middlesex District and the 5th…
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Colorado's pre-2028 redistricting measures blocked, but mid-decade redistricting potential continues in three other states
New congressional maps remain possible in at least three states – Wisconsin, Maryland, and New York – ahead of the 2028 elections, after the Colorado Supreme Court blocked a set of competing ballot measures that would have redrawn the state's map for that cycle. On June 29, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled against five congressional…
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Seventeen candidates compete in top-four primary for open Alaska governor's office
Seventeen candidates are running in the top-four primary for Governor of Alaska on August 18, 2026. Six candidates — Tom Begich (D), Click Bishop (R), David Bronson (R), Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins (D), Bill Walker (Nonpartisan), and Bernadette Wilson (R) — lead in polling and media attention. Incumbent Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R) is term-limited. Alaska's last Democratic…
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New Ballotpedia analysis finds 13 state legislative supermajorities exposed to breaking this year
In eight states holding legislative elections this year, fewer than 5% of seats would need to change party control to break an existing supermajority. We call those state supermajorities highly exposed to breaking. If a majority party loses its supermajority, they lose the ability to override a governor's veto without votes from the minority party. …
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Julia Letlow (R) defeated John Fleming (R) in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. Senate in Louisiana
Julia Letlow (R) defeated John Fleming (R) to win a June 27 Republican primary runoff for U.S. Senate in Louisiana. Incumbent Bill Cassidy (R) did not advance from the primary after finishing third with 24% of the vote. NOLA's Tyler Bridges wrote ahead of the runoff, "As during the primary, Letlow and Fleming are both…
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Keisha Bottoms (D) and Rick Jackson (R) compete in toss-up race to succeed term-limited Republican governor in Georgia
Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) and Rick Jackson (R) are running for Governor of Georgia in the November 3, 2026, general election. Incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp (R) is term-limited. The last Democrat elected governor was Roy Barnes in 1998. Independent election forecasters rated the general election Toss-up/Tilt Republican. Bottoms was the mayor of Atlanta from 2018…
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Four Republicans run in Tennessee's redrawn 9th Congressional District, Democratic incumbent retiring
Charlotte Bergmann, Brent Taylor, Jeremy Thompson, and Todd Warner are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House of Representatives in Tennessee's 9th Congressional District on August 6, 2026. The Tennessee Legislature redrew the majority-minority Memphis district in a May 2026 special session called by Gov. Bill Lee (R) following the U.S. Supreme Court decision…
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Most contested state legislative incumbents in Colorado since 2010
In 2026, 15% of the state legislative incumbents running for election in Colorado will face primary contests, a record high since 2010. In total, nine incumbents face contested primaries across the Colorado House and Senate. The average number of incumbents contested each year from 2010 to 2024 was five. Six of the contested incumbents are…