Category: 2024 elections
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Andrea Salinas (D) and Mike Erickson (R) are running in the a rematch in OR-06 general election
Incumbent Andrea Salinas (D) and Mike Erickson (R) are running in the general election for Oregon’s 6th Congressional District on November 5, 2024. The race is a rematch from 2022, when Salinas defeated Erickson 50.1% to 47.7%. This is the second general election in the district’s history. It was first created as a result of…
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Incumbent Henry Cuellar (D), Jay Furman (R), and Bailey Cole (L) are running in the general election in Texas’ 28th Congressional District
Incumbent Henry Cuellar (D), Jay Furman (R), and Bailey Cole (L) are running in the general election in Texas’ 28th Congressional District on Nov. 5, 2024. The election is taking place after Cuellar’s indictment on charges of bribery, money laundering, and acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government. The Department of Justice charged…
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65% of July’s elections were uncontested
Throughout July, Ballotpedia covered 525 elections in 11 states, 65% of which were uncontested. That’s down from June, when 76% of the 5,072 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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Incumbent Sen. Sherrod Brown (D) and Bernie Moreno (R) are running in the November general election for the U.S. Senate in Ohio
Incumbent Sen. Sherrod Brown (D) and Bernie Moreno (R) are running in Ohio’s U.S. Senate election on November 5, 2024. CNN’s Simone Pathe said, “Brown is the only Democrat to win a nonjudicial statewide race in Ohio over the past decade, so the big question for 2024 is whether he can defy expectations again in his red-trending state.” The New York Times’sJonathan…
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Incumbent Zach Nunn (R) and Lanon Baccam (D) are running in the general election in Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District
Incumbent Zach Nunn (R) and Lanon Baccam (D) are running in the general election in Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District on Nov. 5, 2024. Nunn defeated then-incumbent Cindy Axne (D) in 2022 50.3% to 48.9%. As of the Q2 2024 campaign finance reports, Nunn had raised $3.96 million and Baccam had raised $2.71 million. The Democratic…
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Donald Trump’s (R) lead in PredictIt’s 2024 general presidential election market narrows as Vice President Kamala Harris (D) enters the race
As of July 30, 2024, PredictIt’s 2024 presidential general election market shows former President Donald Trump (R) at $0.54 and Vice President Kamala Harris at $0.49. Trump has held the lead in this market since May 16, 2024. No other candidate has more than a $0.10 share price. The share price, which rises and falls…
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Eugene Vindman (D) and Derrick Anderson (R) are running in the general election for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District
Eugene Vindman (D) and Derrick Anderson (R) are running in the general election for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District on November 5, 2024. Incumbent Abigail Spanberger (D) is running for Governor of Virginia. Spanberger was first elected in 2018. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is supporting Vindman as part of its Red to Blue program…
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Colorado’s Adam Frisch (D) and Jeff Hurd (R) are running in the open 3rd Congressional District
Adam Frisch (D), Jeff Hurd (R), and four others are running in the general election for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District on Nov. 5. Incumbent Lauren Boebert (R) is running for re-election in the 4th District, leaving the 3rd District open. Hurd won the Republican primary, running on a platform of growing Colorado’s rural economies. He…
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Number of Delaware state legislative incumbents facing primary challengers near average from 2010-2022
Delaware has 13 contested state legislative primaries this year, one less than in 2022 when 14 state legislative primaries were contested. Of the 13 contested primaries, 10 are for Democrats and three are for Republicans. For Democrats, this is one less than in 2022 when there were 11 Democratic primaries. The three Republican primaries are…
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Most contested state legislative primaries in Wyoming this year since at least 2010
Wyoming has 54 contested state legislative primaries on August 20, 2024, the most the state has had since Ballotpedia began tracking in 2010. All contested primaries are Republican primaries, marking a record high for Republicans and a record low for Democrats. About 35.1% of all possible state legislative primaries are contested, the highest percentage since…