Matt Meyer (D) won the Democratic primary for Governor of Delaware on September 10, 2024, defeating Bethany Hall-Long (D), and Collin O’Mara (D). Spotlight Delaware’s Karl Baker wrote that the trio’s campaign funds “far surpass[ed] past fundraising totals in gubernatorial races at the same stage of the campaign, except those from the 2008 contest—the last…
Incumbent Dan Newhouse (R) and Jerrod Sessler (R) are running in the general election for Washington’s 4th Congressional District on November 5, 2024. Sessler ran against Newhouse in 2022 but did not advance to the general election. Cascade PBS’s Mai Hoang wrote, “This time [Sessler] gained considerable momentum with numerous endorsements, including from the Washington…
Ruben Gallego (D), Kari Lake (R), and Eduardo Quintana (G) are running in the general election for United States Senate in Arizona on Nov. 5, 2024. Political observers including Simone Pathe of CNN, Jonathan Weisman of The New York Times, Sara Dorn of Forbes, and Lucas Wright of USA Today say this election will be…
Incumbent Gabriel Vasquez (D) and Yvette Herrell (R) are running in the general election in New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District on Nov. 5, 2024. This election is a rematch of the 2022 election, which Vasquez won by a 1,350-vote margin out of more than 192,000 votes cast. As of Aug. 27, 2024, The Cook Political…
Andrew Kim (D), Curtis Bashaw (R), and four other candidates are running in New Jersey’s U.S. Senate election on November 5, 2024. The election will fill the Senate seat formerly held by Bob Menendez Sr. (D), who first took office in 2006. Menendez resigned on August 20, 2024, and withdrew from this race, following his…
Incumbent Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R) and Rebecca Cooke (D) are running in the general election for Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District on November 5, 2024. Spectrum News 1 Wisconsin’s Charlotte Scott wrote that “voters in this district aren’t afraid to ticket split.” In 2016 and 2020, district voters re-elected then-Rep. Ron Kind (D), who represented…
Incumbent Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez (D) and Joe Kent (R) are running in the general election for Washington’s 3rd Congressional District on November 5, 2024. Axios Seattle’s Melissa Santos wrote, “The toss-up race in Washington’s 3rd Congressional District is one of this year’s most competitive U.S. House races, central to Democrats’ and Republicans’ battle for control…
Incumbent Ryan Zinke (R), Monica Tranel (D), and Dennis Hayes (L) are running in the general election for Montana’s 1st Congressional District on November 5, 2024. This is a rematch of the 2022 election. Zinke was first elected in 2022, defeating Tranel 49.6% to 46.5%. Montana’s 1st Congressional District was created after the 2020 redistricting…
Kristen McDonald Rivet (D), Paul Junge (R), and four other candidates are running in the general election for Michigan’s 8th Congressional District on November 5, 2024. Incumbent Dan Kildee (D) is retiring from public office. Michigan Public Radio’s Steve Carmody wrote Kildee’s decision to retire “marked the end of decades of Kildee family control of…
Elissa Slotkin (D), Mike Rogers (R), and five others are running in the general election for U.S. Senate in Michigan on Nov. 5, 2024. Incumbent Debbie Stabenow (D), who was first elected in 2000, did not run for re-election. The Detroit Free Press’ Todd Spangler said, “The last time a Senate seat was open in…