Category: 2024 elections
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Abortion, public safety, and the cost of living: three central themes in race for governor of Washington
Bob Ferguson (D) and Dave Reichert (R) are running for governor of Washington on November 5, 2024. They advanced from the top-two primary on August 6, 2024, with Ferguson receiving 44.9% of the vote and Reichert 27.5%. Twenty-eight candidates ran in the primary. Incumbent Jay Inslee (D) did not run for re-election. There are three…
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Ballotpedia identifies six battleground districts in the Pennsylvania Senate elections
General elections for the Pennsylvania State Senate will occur on Nov. 5, 2024. There are 25 state Senate seats up for election. Republicans currently have a 28-22 majority. Both the Republican State Leadership Committee and the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee listed Pennsylvania as a state in which they would prioritize state legislative elections in 2024.…
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Three candidates are running in the nonpartisan primary for Louisiana Public Service Commission District 2
Nick Laborde (D), Jean-Paul Coussan (R), and Julie Quinn (R) are running in the nonpartisan primary for Louisiana Public Service Commission District 2 on Nov. 5, 2024. Incumbent Commissioner Craig Greene (R) is not running for re-election. In all 50 states, the public service commission is a multi-member board responsible for regulating utilities. Louisiana is one of 10 states where commissioners are elected rather than appointed.…
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Minnesota House of Representatives elections could change the state’s Democratic trifecta
General elections for the Minnesota House of Representatives will take place on Nov. 5, 2024. All 134 seats are up for election. Democrats hold a 68-64 majority in the chamber, with two vacancies. Democrats have controlled the House since 2019. According to the MinnPost, House Democrats are campaigning on legislation they passed since the party…
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Donald Trump (R) takes lead in PredictIt’s 2024 general presidential election market for first time since July
As of Oct. 15, 2024, PredictIt’s 2024 presidential general election market showed former President Donald Trump (R) at $0.53 and Vice President Kamala Harris at $0.49. Trump has held the lead in this market since Oct. 11, 2024. No other candidate has more than a $0.10 share price. The share price, which rises and falls…
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Four candidates running in Michigan’s Supreme Court elections on Nov. 5
Four candidates are running in two general elections for Michigan’s Supreme Court on November 5. Andrew Fink and Kimberly Thomas are running for a full eight-year term. Incumbent David Viviano (R) is not running for re-election. Incumbent Kyra Harris Bolden and Patrick W. O’Grady are running in a special election. Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) appointed Harris Bolden in November 2022. The winner of the special election will serve the remainder of Bridget Mary McCormack’s term, which…
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Incumbent Martin Heinrich (D) and Nella Domenici (R) running in New Mexico’s U.S. Senate election
Incumbent Martin Heinrich (D) and Nella Domenici (R) are running in the general election for the United States Senate in New Mexico on Nov. 5, 2024. Heinrich was first elected in 2012. He won re-election in 2018 by 23 percentage points. Domenici is the daughter of the late U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici (R), who was in office from 1973 to 2009. He was the last Republican to be elected to…
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Eight candidates are running in the general election for mayor of San Francisco, California, on Nov. 5
Eight candidates are running in the general election for mayor of San Francisco, California, on Nov. 5. Four candidates lead in polling and media attention: Incumbent Mayor London Breed, Mark Farrell, Daniel Lurie, and Aaron Peskin. Though San Francisco holds nonpartisan elections, all four of the leading candidates are registered Democrats ABC7 News conducted interviews with the…
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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.…