Category: 2024 elections
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Two candidates advance to general election runoff for Mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma
Karen Keith and Monroe Nichols are running in the general runoff election for Mayor of Tulsa on November 5, 2024. Seven candidates ran in the August 27 general election. No candidate received a majority of the vote, requiring a runoff. Nichols received the most votes with 33.1%, Keith received the second most with 32.6%. Brent…
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Both candidates for Island County, Wash., Commission District 1 complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey
Both candidates running in the general election for Island County, Wash., Commission District 1—incumbent Melanie Bacon (D) and Marie Shimada (D)—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 about their three key…
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Both candidates for Pierce County, Wash., Sheriff complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey
Both candidates running in the general election for Pierce County, Wash., Sheriff—Patti Jackson and Keith Swank—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 about their three key campaign messages. Both Jackson and…
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Incumbent Don Bacon (R) and Tony Vargas (D) running in the general election for NE-02
Incumbent Don Bacon (R) and Tony Vargas (D) are running in the general election for Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District on November 5, 2024. The election is a rematch from 2022, when Bacon defeated Vargas 51.3% to 48.7%. The Guardian wrote that it was “not difficult to imagine a scenario in which the [presidential] race does…
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All incumbents re-elected in Wyoming State Senate Republican primaries
Elections for the Wyoming State Senate will take place in 2024. The general election is on November 5, 2024. The primary was Aug. 20, 2024. The filing deadline was May 31, 2024. There were 11 contested Republican primaries for the Wyoming State Senate that took place on Aug. 20, 2024. Ballotpedia identified eight of those…
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Lowest percentage of contested state legislative primaries this year – tied with 2014
This year there are 1,742 contested primaries, meaning 16% of all primaries are contested. This percentage is tied with 2014 (16%) as the lowest percentage of contested primaries since Ballotpedia began gathering data in 2010. Do these historic lows apply to all states, though? More on that below. Looking at the data for partisan trends,…
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Two incumbents defeated in Republican primaries for Tennessee State Senate
There were eight Republican primaries for the Tennessee State Senate on Aug. 1, 2024. An incumbent ran in seven of those primaries. Two incumbents—Jon Lundberg (R) and Frank Niceley (R)—lost their primaries. The 2024 elections took place in the context of a conflict among House Republicans over a proposal to expand Tennessee’s school voucher program.…
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Two incumbents defeated in Republican primaries for Tennessee House of Representatives
There were 19 Republican primaries for the Tennessee House of Representatives on Aug. 1, 2024. An incumbent ran in 13 of those primaries. Two incumbents—Patsy Hazlewood (R) and John Ragan (R)—lost their primaries. The 2024 elections took place in the context of a conflict among House Republicans over a proposal to expand Tennessee’s school voucher…
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Four candidates running for U.S. Senate in Texas
Incumbent Ted Cruz (R), Colin Allred (D), Ted Brown (L), and Tracy Andrus (D) (Write-In) are running in the U.S. Senate race in Texas on November 5, 2024. In 2018, Cruz defeated Beto O’Rourke (D) 50.9% to 48.3%. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee identified Texas and Florida’s Senate elections as their top two pickup opportunities…
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Incumbent Susan Wild (D) and Ryan Mackenzie (R) running in the general election for Pennsylvania’s 7th Congressional District
Incumbent Susan Wild (D) and Ryan Mackenzie (R) are running in the general election for Pennsylvania’s 7th Congressional District on November 5, 2024. In 2022, Wild defeated Lisa Scheller (R) 51.0%-49.0% in what was the most expensive House race in the state, according to the Federal Election Commission. Both parties are targeting the district, which…