Category: 2024 elections
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48 candidates filed for federal and statewide offices last week
Forty-eight people declared candidacies for federal or statewide offices in the past week, one more than last week. All of these candidates declared before their state’s official filing deadline. Twenty-one of those candidates were Democrats, while 25 were Republicans. One is a minor-party candidate, and one candidate is running in a nonpartisan race. Thirty-three of…
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38 states and D.C. have confirmed the candidate filing deadlines for their 2024 statewide and presidential primary elections
The 2024 election season is quickly approaching. Since our last update in mid-October, additional states or territories have confirmed the election dates for 2024 statewide or presidential primaries. However, several states confirmed their candidate filing deadlines during this time. Forty-one states, Guam, and the District of Columbia have confirmed the dates for their 2024 statewide…
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Joe Biden, Donald Trump lead respective presidential primary polling averages and PredictIt markets
As of Oct. 24, 2023, 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 59%, followed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) at 13%. No other candidate has more than a 10% polling average. In PredictIt’s Republican…
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47 candidates filed for federal and statewide offices last week
Forty-seven people declared candidacies for federal or statewide offices in the past week, 27 fewer than last week. All of these candidates declared before their state’s official filing deadline. Nineteen of those candidates were Democratic, while 26 were Republican. Two are minor or third-party candidates. Thirty-two candidates are running for Congress, 13 for state legislatures,…
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Democratic party committees end September with almost twice as much in cash on hand than Republican party committees
As of Sept. 30, 2023, the end of the most recent party committee campaign finance filing period, the three committees associated with the Democratic Party have raised a cumulative $229 million and spent $205 million for the 2024 election cycle, while the three committees associated with the Republican Party have raised $194 million and spent…
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Joe Biden, Donald Trump lead respective presidential primary polling averages and PredictIt markets
As of Oct. 17, 2023, 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 58%, followed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) at 13%. No other candidate has more than a 10% polling average. In PredictIt’s Republican…
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Fifteen U.S. House members and five U.S. Senators have announced they won’t seek reelection in 2024
On Sept. 23, Rep. Andy Kim (D-N.J) became the 15th U.S. House member not to seek reelection in 2024. Kim, in office since 2019, is retiring to run for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.). Including Kim, 20 members of Congress—five Senators and 15 Representatives—have announced they will not seek…
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Donald Trump (R) and Joe Biden (D) lead respective presidential primaries in fundraising
Former President Donald Trump (R) leads the field of Republican presidential primary candidates in fundraising with $57 million in cumulative receipts through Sept. 30, 2023. He is followed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) with $31 million, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy (R) with $27 million, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley (R) with $19 million, and North…
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44 candidates filed for federal and statewide offices last week
Forty-four people declared candidacies for federal or statewide offices in the past week, seven fewer than last week. All of these candidates declared before their state’s official filing deadline. Twenty-one of those candidates were Democratic, while 22 were Republican. One is a minor-party candidate. Twenty-two candidates are running for Congress, 15 for state legislatures, one…
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Joe Biden, Donald Trump lead respective presidential primary polling averages and PredictIt markets
As of Oct. 3, 2023, 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 57%, followed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) at 14%. No other candidate has more than a 10% polling average. In PredictIt’s Republican…