Janelle Bynum (D) and Jamie McLeod-Skinner (D) are running in the Democratic primary for Oregon’s 5th Congressional District on May 21, 2024. McLeod-Skinner won the Democratic primary in 2022, defeating then-incumbent Rep. Kurt Schrader (D). McLeod Skinner lost to Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R) in the general election 50.9%-48.8%. Democratic strategist Hannah Love said while there…
Thirteen Republican primary runoffs for the Texas House of Representatives are taking place on May 28, 2024. There were 59 contested Republican primaries on March 5, 2024, 46 of which had an incumbent on the ballot. Nine incumbent House Republicans lost in the primaries and 29 advanced to the general election without going to a…
Nine candidates are running in the Republican primary in Indiana’s 5th Congressional District on May 7, 2024. Incumbent Rep. Victoria Spartz (R) and Chuck Goodrich (R) lead in polls and local media attention. Spartz announced in Feb. 2023 that she would not run for re-election. Spartz rescinded her retirement decision on Feb. 5, 2024, in…
Incumbent Steny Hoyer (D), Quincy Bareebe (D), Andrea Crooms (D), and Mckayla Wilkes (D) are running in the Democratic primary in Maryland’s 5th Congressional District on May 14, 2024. The Longview News-Journal‘s Matt Wynn wrote that the challengers are “taking on the monumental task of beating one of Congress’s most senior members.” Hoyer was a…
As of April 16, 2024, PredictIt’s 2024 presidential general election market shows President Joe Biden (D) at $0.52 and former President Donald Trump (R) at $0.45. Biden has held the lead in this market since March 31, 2024. No other candidate has more than a $0.10 share price. The share price, which rises and falls…
Shomari Figures (D) defeated Anthony Daniels (D) in the Democratic primary runoff in Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District on April 16, 2024. Figures received 61.0% of the vote to Daniels’ 39.0%. Figures and Daniels were the top two finishers in the 11-candidate primary on March 5, 2024. The two advanced to a runoff because neither received…
This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in New Jersey was March 25, 2024. Fifty candidates, including 25 Democrats and 25 Republicans, are running for New Jersey’s 12 U.S. House districts. That’s 4.17 candidates per district, less than the 4.67 candidates per district that ran in 2022 but the same as the 4.17…
Eight candidates are running in the Republican primary for Indiana’s 8th Congressional District. Four lead in media attention: John Hostettler (R), Dominick Kavanaugh (R), Mark Messmer (R), and Kristi Risk (R). Incumbent Larry Bucshon (R), who was first elected in 2016, is not running for re-election. This is the first open race in the district…
This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in Oregon was March 12, 2024. Thirty candidates are running for Oregon’s six U.S. House districts, including 17 Democrats and 13 Republicans. That’s 5.0 candidates per district, less than the 7.5 candidates per district in 2022, the 8.0 candidates per district in 2020, and the 6.4…
There were 29 Republican primaries for the Ohio House of Representatives on March 19, 2024. An incumbent ran in 19 of those primaries. Five incumbents lost in the primaries, the most since at least 2012. The 2024 elections took place in the context of a conflict within the House Republican caucus over the election of…