Category: 2024 elections

  • Ten candidates are running in the top-two primary in California’s 31st Congressional District

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    Ten candidates are running in the top-two primary for California’s 31st Congressional District on March 5, 2024. Five lead in endorsements, media attention, and fundraising: Bob Archuleta (D), Gil Cisneros (D), Gregory Hafif (D), Mary Ann Lutz (D), and Susan Rubio (D). Four of the five are elected officials. Incumbent Grace Napolitano (D) is not…

  • Thirty-six candidates are running for Alabama’s seven U.S. House districts—a decade-high

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    This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in Alabama was Nov. 10, 2023.  Thirty-six candidates are running for Alabama’s seven U.S. House districts, including 15 Democrats and 21 Republicans. That’s 5.14 candidates per district, more than in the previous three election cycles. There were 3.14 candidates per district in 2022, 3.57 candidates per…

  • Only one contested U.S. House primary in Arkansas in 2024

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    This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in Arkansas was Nov. 14, 2023.  Nine candidates filed to run for Arkansas’ four U.S. House districts—four Democrats and five Republicans. That’s 2.25 candidates per district, fewer than the three candidates per district in 2022, but more than the 1.75 candidates in 2020. In 2018, 3.25…

  • Six U.S. House districts in California are open this year—the most since 2014

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    This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in California was Dec. 10, 2023. Two-hundred forty-one candidates filed to run for California’s 52 U.S. House districts, including 125 Democrats, 88 Republicans, and 28 independent or minor party candidates. That’s 4.63 candidates per district. In 2022, the first election after the number of congressional districts…

  • Eleven candidates are running in the top-two primary in California’s 20th Congressional District

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    Eleven candidates are running in the top-two primary for California’s 20th Congressional District on March 5, 2024. Three candidates lead in media attention: Mike Boudreaux (R), Vince Fong (R), and David Giglio (R). The primary is taking place after former Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R) resignation in December 2023. McCarthy resigned in the wake of an…

  • Three candidates running in the Republican primary for governor of North Carolina

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    Dale Folwell, Bill Graham, and Mark Robinson are running in the Republican primary for governor of North Carolina on March 5, 2024. The general election is on Nov. 5, 2024. Incumbent Roy Cooper (D) is term-limited. The National Review’s Audrey Feinberg wrote, “North Carolina’s gubernatorial race is shaping up to be one of the most expensive and…

  • Joe Biden, Donald Trump lead respective presidential primary polling averages and PredictIt markets

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    As of Jan. 17, 2024, former President Donald Trump (R) leads in both RealClearPolitics’ (RCP) Republican presidential primary polling average and PredictIt’s Republican presidential primary market. Trump’s polling average currently stands at 62%, followed by former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley (R) at 12% and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) at 11%. No other candidate has…

  • 44 candidates filed for congressional and statewide offices last week

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    Forty-four people declared candidacies for congressional or statewide offices in the past week. All of these candidates declared before their state’s official filing deadline. Eighteen of those candidates were Democratic, while 24 were Republican. Two are minor-party candidates. Twenty-one candidates are running for Congress, 21 for state legislatures, one for governorship, and one for a…

  • Two candidates filed to appear on Ohio’s Democratic presidential primary ballot

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    The filing deadline for the Ohio Democratic presidential primary passed on Dec. 20, 2023, and the ballot was certified on Jan. 9, 2024. Two candidates filed to appear on the March 19, 2024, ballot.  In order to file, candidates had to submit a petition containing 1,000 signatures.  The following candidates filed: Biden, Gabriel Cornejo, Frank…

  • Five candidates filed to appear on Ohio’s Republican presidential primary ballot

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    The filing deadline for the Ohio Republican presidential primary passed on Dec. 20, 2023, and the ballot was certified on Jan. 9, 2024. Five candidates filed to appear on the March 19, 2024, ballot. In order to file, candidates had to submit a petition containing 50 signatures per delegate and 1,000 signatures per at-large delegate. …