Category: 2024 elections
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Eight Arizona U.S. House primaries are contested this year—the fewest since 2014
This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in Arizona was April 1, 2024. Thirty-eight candidates are running for Arizona’s nine U.S. House districts, including 16 Democrats and 22 Republicans. That’s 4.22 candidates per district. There were 4.33 candidates per district in 2022, 4.22 candidates per district in 2020, and 4.11 in 2018. Here…
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New Mexico has 42 contested state legislative primaries this year. Here’s a breakdown
New Mexico has 42 contested state legislative primaries this year, the highest number since Ballotpedia started tracking that figure in 2014. There are 213 total candidates running in New Mexico’s state legislative primaries this year, 26 fewer than in 2020. New Mexico’s 42 Senate seats are up for election every four years, while the 70…
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Incumbent Tony Gonzales (R) defeated Brandon Herrera (R) in the Republican primary runoff in Texas’ 23rd Congressional District
Incumbent Tony Gonzales (R) defeated Brandon Herrera (R) in the Republican primary runoff in Texas’ 23rd Congressional District on May 28, 2024. Gonzales received 50.7% of the runoff vote to Herrera’s 49.3%. Gonzales and Herrera were the top two finishers in the five-candidate primary on Mar. 5, 2024, receiving 45.4% and 24.2% of the vote,…
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Lower number of retiring Nevada state legislative incumbents than in prior years
There are 52 state legislative seats up for election in Nevada in 2024. Across those, 12 incumbents (nine Democrats and three Republicans) did not file to run for re-election. That is below the average number of retirements per election cycle since Ballotpedia began tracking this data in 2010 (15.9). In 2022, 19 incumbents (seven Democrats…
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Thirteen Republican primary runoffs took place for Texas House of Representatives on May 28
Thirteen Republican primary runoffs for the Texas House of Representatives took place on May 28, 2024. Eight primary runoffs had an incumbent on the ballot, and the incumbent lost in six of those runoffs. There were 59 contested Republican primaries on March 5, 2024, 46 of which had an incumbent on the ballot. Nine incumbent…
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Democratic party committees hold fundraising edge over Republican party committees
As of April 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 $519 million and spent $392 million for the 2024 election cycle, while the three committees associated with the Republican Party have raised $430 million and spent…
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One Utah U.S. House district is open this year—tying with 2014 and 2020 for the most this decade
This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in Utah was January 8, 2024. Thirteen candidates are running for Utah’s four U.S. House districts, including three Democrats and 10 Republicans. That’s 3.25 candidates per district. There were 3.25 candidates per district in 2022, 3.75 candidates per district in 2020, and 2.5 in 2018. Here…
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Most South Carolina state legislative incumbents facing primary challenges since 2010
South Carolina has 79 contested state legislative primaries in 2024, an increase of 65% from the preceding cycle. Twenty-seven of these primaries are for Democrats, up 125% from 2022. This is up 4% from 2020 and 35% from 2016, the last two cycles featuring elections for every state House and Senate seat. Fifty-two primaries are…
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Four candidates are running in the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate in Arizona on July 30, 2024
Four candidates are running in the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate in Arizona. Two candidates lead in endorsements, campaign finance, and media attention: Kari Lake (R) and Mark Lamb (R). Incumbent Sen. Krysten Sinema (I), who was first elected in 2018, is not running for re-election. Lake was a news anchor for Fox 10…
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Janelle Bynum wins the Democratic primary for Oregon’s 5th Congressional District against Jamie McLeod-Skinner
Janelle Bynum (D) won the Democratic primary for Oregon’s 5th Congressional District on May 21, 2024. Bynum received 70% of the vote. Jamie McLeod-Skinner (D) finished in second with 30%. McLeod-Skinner won the Democratic primary in 2022, defeating then-incumbent Rep. Kurt Schrader (D). McLeod Skinner lost to Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R) in the general election…