Category: 2024 elections
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Independent presidential candidate Cornel West completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey
Cornel West (Independent) announced his candidacy for the 2024 presidential election on June 5, 2023. As of Oct. 9, West will appear on the ballot in 15 states, including the battleground states of Michigan, North Carolina, and Wisconsin. West completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about…
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Four candidates are running in the general election for Michigan’s 3rd Congressional District on Nov. 5, 2024
Incumbent Rep. Hillary Scholten (D), Paul Hudson (R), Alexander Avery (L), and Louis Palus (Working Class Party) are running in the general election for Michigan’s 3rd Congressional District on Nov. 5, 2024. In 2022, Scholten became the first Democrat to represent the district since 1993. She previously ran unsuccessfully in 2020 as the Democratic nominee.…
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Three justices on the Oklahoma Supreme Court and three justices on the Oklahoma Court of Appeals face a retention election
Three of the nine justices on the Oklahoma Supreme Court and three of the five justices on the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals are up for a retention election on November 5, 2024. Oklahoma is one of two states with two courts of last resort. The Oklahoma Supreme Court is the court of last resort…
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Both candidates for Thousand Oaks, Calif., city council complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey
Both candidates running in the general election for Thousand Oaks, Calif., City Council District 4—Al Adam and Jeff Schwartz—completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. All survey respondents are asked to tell voters what characteristics or principles they believe…
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Both candidates for Superior Court Judge in Kittitas County, Wash., complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey
Both candidates running in the general election for Kittitas County Superior Court Judge Position 1—Chris Herion and Matt Mills—completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. All respondents running for judicial office are asked to tell voters why they are…
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86% of last September’s elections were uncontested
Throughout September, Ballotpedia covered 1,312 elections in 12 states, 86% of which were uncontested. That’s up from August, when 79% of the 11,320 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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Both candidates for Michigan Supreme Court complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey
Both candidates running in the Nov. 5, 2024, general election for Michigan Supreme Court — Andrew Fink and Kimberly Thomas — 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: What are the…
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Four candidates are running for the Montana Supreme Court—two for chief justice, two for associate justice
Montana is holding an election for two Montana Supreme Court justices—one for chief justice and one associate justice seat. Chief Justice Mike McGrath and Justice Dirk M. Sandefur are retiring at the end of their terms. The Supreme Court clerk, a partisan position, is also up for election. Incumbent Bowen Greenwood (R) is running for…
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Joe Biden (D) issued one executive order in September
President Joe Biden (D) issued one executive order in September, bringing his total to 142. The order he issued in September was: Biden issued 25 executive orders in January 2021, more than any other month of his presidency. He did not issue any executive orders in November 2022, January 2023, January 2024, May 2024, and…
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Kamala Harris (D) maintains lead in PredictIt’s 2024 general presidential election market
As of Oct. 6, 2024, PredictIt’s 2024 presidential general election market showed Vice President Kamala Harris at $0.54 and former President Donald Trump (R) at $0.50. Harris has held the lead in this market since Aug. 1, 2024. No other candidate has more than a $0.10 share price. The share price, which rises and falls…