Category: 2024 elections
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6,541 candidates responded to Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey in 2024
Since 2018, Ballotpedia has invited candidates to take part in our Candidate Connection initiative. We survey candidates at the federal, state, and local levels to help voters better understand how their candidates think about the world and how they intend to govern. A total of 6,541 candidates from all 50 states, four territories, and the…
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California voters decided on the highest number of local ballot measures in more than a decade
In 2024, California voters decided on 842 local ballot measures on five different election dates. This is the greatest number of local ballot measures decided in California from 2014 to 2024. Voters decided most of the ballot measures during the general election on Nov. 5, 2024, when 697 local measures were on the ballot. However,…
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44% of December’s elections were uncontested
Throughout December, Ballotpedia covered 123 elections in 13 states, 44% of which were uncontested. That’s down from November, when 65% of the 40,710 covered were uncontested. Ballotpedia defines an uncontested election as one where the number of candidates running is less than or equal to the number of seats up for election. This analysis does…
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98% of voters approve Maine school board recall
Voters approved a recall election against Kirstin Shapiro, member of the Regional School Unit 21 Board of School Directors in Maine, on December 17, 2024. A total of 171 voters cast ballots in favor of the recall, and three voters cast ballots against it, according to unofficial election night results. Shapiro resigned from her position…
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More state supreme court incumbents lost in 2024 elections than any year since at least 2008
In 2024, 82 state supreme court seats were up for election. Incumbents ran for re-election in 70 races (85%). Incumbents won re-election in 62 races and lost in eight others. This figure marked the highest total number of losses in a single year since in 2008, and tied 2008 for the lowest total percentage of…
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Fifteen U.S. House incumbents lost their re-election campaigns this year
When the 119th Congress takes office on Jan. 3, 2025, there will be 15 new members of the U.S. House of Representatives who defeated incumbents in a primary or general election this year. Since 2014, 125 U.S. House incumbents—49 Democrats and 72 Republicans—have lost in a primary or general election each year. That’s an average…
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Missouri is the 39th state to legalize sports betting after ballot initiative approval. Where else is it legalized?
After Missouri voters approved Amendment 2 on Nov. 5, 2024, Missouri became the 39th state to legalize sports betting. After the results of the election were certified on Dec. 5, 2024, sports betting officially became legal in the state. Voters approved Amendment 2, with 50.05% voting in favor and 49.95% opposing. While sports betting is…
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A look at gubernatorial elections in 2026
In the aftermath of the Gubernatorial elections held in 2024, Republicans held 27 governorships and Democrats held 23. In 2024, 11 elections were held for governor across the country. In 2026, elections for governor will be held in 36 states. Of these seats, Republicans and Democrats each hold 18 seats. Here’s what this could mean…
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Incumbent Justice Jim Kitchens and Jenifer Branning are running in the runoff election for a seat for Mississippi Supreme Court
The seats of four Mississippi Supreme Court justices were up for election on November 5, 2024. One of the four seats is going to a runoff election on November 26, 2024. The other three were decided in the November 5 general election. Judicial elections in Mississippi are officially nonpartisan. Bolts Magazine’s Caleb Bedillion and Daja…
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California, Massachusetts become first states to reject minimum wage increase ballot measures since 1996
Ballot measures to increase the minimum wage were consistently approved from 1998 to 2023, with 24 measures passing during this period. In 2024, voters in California and Massachusetts broke the trend by rejecting proposals to increase minimum wages, the first such defeats since 1996. In California, voters rejected Proposition 32, which would have increased the…