Category: 2024 elections

  • 80% of elections in Georgia are uncontested

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    Of 1,825 regular elections in Georgia—1,453 (80%) are uncontested. An uncontested election is one where the number of candidates on the ballot is less than or equal to the number of seats up for election.  Of the 26 states where Ballotpedia is covering every election on Nov. 5, Georgia has the second highest rate of…

  • 30% of elections in Florida are uncontested

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    Of 1,059 regular elections in Florida—316 (30%) are uncontested. An uncontested election is one where the number of candidates on the ballot is less than or equal to the number of seats up for election.  Of the 26 states where Ballotpedia is covering every election on Nov. 5, Florida has the 25th highest rate of…

  • Kansas Senate’s veto-proof majority at stake in 2024 elections under new legislative maps

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    All forty seats in the Kansas State Senate are up for election on Nov. 5, 2024. Republicans hold a 29-11 majority in the chamber, and members will be elected to four-year terms. This is the first year since redistricting Kansas is holding state Senate elections, since new maps went into effect in August 2022. The…

  • All 24 seats in the New Hampshire Senate are up for election Nov. 5

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    All 24 seats in the New Hampshire State Senate are up for election on November 5, 2024. Heading into the election, Republicans hold a 14-10 majority. Control of the New Hampshire State Senate has changed twice between 2012 and 2024. Democrats gained a majority in 2018, followed by Republicans in 2020. Politico listed the New…

  • Three candidates running in general election for Florida’s 13th Congressional District on Nov. 5

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    Incumbent Anna Paulina Luna (R), Whitney Fox (D), and Tony D’Arrigo (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in) are running in the general election for Florida’s 13th Congressional District on Nov. 5, 2024. Politico’s Kimberly Leonard, Mia McCarthy, and Kierra Frazier wrote, “As the state has gotten more Republican — and Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed through a GOP-friendly…

  • All 60 seats in the Arizona House of Representatives are up for election on Nov. 5, 2024

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    Elections for the Arizona House of Representatives will take place in 2024. The general election is on November 5, 2024. The primary was July 30, 2024. The filing deadline was April 1, 2024. The Arizona House of Representatives is one of 85 state legislative chambers with elections in 2024. There are 99 chambers throughout the…

  • 63% of elections in Indiana are uncontested

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    Of 1,595 regular elections in Indiana—1,000 (63%) are uncontested. An uncontested election is one where the number of candidates on the ballot is less than or equal to the number of seats up for election.  Of the 24 states where Ballotpedia is covering every election on Nov. 5, Indiana has the 11th highest rate of…

  • 70% of elections in Illinois are uncontested

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    Of 1,183 regular elections in Illinois—828 (70%) are uncontested. An uncontested election is one where the number of candidates on the ballot is less than or equal to the number of seats up for election.  Of the 24 states where Ballotpedia is covering every election on Nov. 5, Illinois has the eighth highest rate of…

  • 84% of elections in Iowa are uncontested

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    Of 1,727 regular elections in Iowa—1,444 (84%) are uncontested. An uncontested election is one where the number of candidates on the ballot is less than or equal to the number of seats up for election.  Of the 24 states where Ballotpedia is covering every election on Nov. 5, Iowa has the highest rate of uncontested…

  • 33% of elections in Hawaii are uncontested

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    Of 90 regular elections in Hawaii—30 (33%) are uncontested. An uncontested election is one where the number of candidates on the ballot is less than or equal to the number of seats up for election.  Of the 24 states where Ballotpedia is covering every election on Nov. 5, Hawaii has the 23rd highest rate of…