Category: 2024 elections
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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…
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RNC leads DNC in cash on hand for first time this election cycle
As of June 30, 2024, the end of the most recent party committee campaign finance filing period, the three committees associated with the Democratic Party have raised a cumulative $636 million and spent $472 million for the 2024 election cycle, while the three committees associated with the Republican Party have raised $586 million and spent…
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Alaska has two contested top-four state legislative primaries in 2024. Here is a closer look
Alaska has two contested top-four state legislative primaries on August 20, 2024. This is the second state legislative primary since Alaska voters approved a ballot measure to establish a top-four primary system in 2020. Under the system, the top four vote-getters in the primary, regardless of partisan affiliation, advance to the general election. The state’s…
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Incumbent Frank Mrvan (D), Randell Niemeyer (R), and four other candidates are running in the general election in Indiana’s 1st Congressional District
Incumbent Frank Mrvan (D), Randell Niemeyer (R), and four other candidates are running in the general election in Indiana’s 1st Congressional District on Nov. 5, 2024. Democrats have won every election for this district since 1930. A Daily Kos analysis of the round of redistricting following the 2020 census concluded that the 1st district had…
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Incumbent Yadira Caraveo (D), Gabe Evans (R), and five other candidates are running in the general election in Colorado’s 8th Congressional District
Incumbent Yadira Caraveo (D), Gabe Evans (R), and five other candidates are running in the general election in Colorado’s 8th Congressional District on Nov. 5, 2024. Colorado Public Radio describes the 8th as “Colorado’s most politically competitive congressional seat.” Both the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee are targeting the district. In…
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Biden withdraws from 2024 presidential race, endorses Harris
On July 21, President Joe Biden (D) announced on social media platform X that he was ending his campaign for re-election. In a statement, Biden said: “It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President. And while it has been my intention to seek reelection, I believe it is in…
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Tayler Rahm drops out of Minnesota’s 2nd Congressional District Republican primary, clearing path for Joe Teirab
Joe Teirab (R) is running in the Republican primary for Minnesota’s 2nd Congressional District on August 13, 2024. He will face incumbent U.S. Rep. Angie Craig (D) in the November general election. Tayler Rahm (R) also ran in the primary but dropped out in July. Rahm said he suspended his campaign to serve as a…
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Angela Alsobrooks (D) and Larry Hogan (R) are running in the general election for the U.S. Senate in Maryland
Angela Alsobrooks (D), Larry Hogan (R), and three other candidates are running in Maryland’s U.S. Senate election on Nov. 5, 2024. Incumbent Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), who was first elected in 2006, is not running for re-election. On the state of the race, Maryland Matters’ Josh Kurtz said, “For Alsobrooks, it’s about trying to tie…
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Five candidates are running for Delaware’s At-Large Congressional District—the most since 2016
This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in Delaware was July 9, 2024. Five candidates are running for Delaware’s At-Large Congressional District, including three Democrats and two Republicans. Two candidates ran in 2022, three candidates ran in 2020, and three ran in 2018. Here are some other highlights from this year’s filings: Delaware…
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Three candidates are running in the top-two primary for Washington Attorney General on August 6, 2024
Nick Brown (D), Manka Dhingra (D), and Pete Serrano (R) are running in the top-two primary election for Attorney General of Washington on August 6, 2024. Incumbent Bob Ferguson (D) is running for Governor of Washington, leaving the office open for the first time since 2012. According to the Washington State Standard, Ferguson “prides himself on…