Category: 2024 elections

  • President Joe Biden issues first endorsement in the 2023 cycle

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    President Joe Biden (D) endorsed Heather Boyd (D) in a special state legislative election in Pennsylvania on May 15, his first endorsement in the 2023 election cycle. Boyd is running against Katie Ford (R) and Alfe Goodwin (L) to fill a vacancy left in House District 163 following state Rep. Michael Zabel’s (D) resignation on…

  • Trump leads PredictIt’s 2024 Republican presidential primary market

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    As of May 8, 2023, PredictIt’s 2024 presidential market shows President Joe Biden (D) leading at $0.49, followed by former President Donald Trump (R) at $0.32, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) at $0.16. Biden has held the lead in this market since Jan. 22, 2023. No other candidate has more than a $0.10 share…

  • Trump maintains lead in PredictIt’s 2024 Republican presidential primary market

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    PredictIt’s 2024 presidential market shows President Joe Biden (D) leading at $0.50 as of May 1, 2023, followed by former President Donald Trump (R) at $0.29, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) at $0.15. Biden has held the lead in this market since Jan. 22, 2023. No other candidate has more than a $0.10 share…

  • 33 candidates filed for federal and statewide offices last week

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    Thirty-three people declared candidacies for federal or state offices in the past week, seven fewer than the 40 that declared the week before. All of these candidates declared before their state’s official filing deadline. Eighteen of the 33 candidates are Democrats, while 14 are Republicans. One is a minor party candidate. Twenty-seven candidates are running…

  • President Joe Biden (D) announces re-election bid

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    On April 25, 2023, exactly four years after he announced his 2020 presidential campaign, President Joe Biden (D) announced his campaign for re-election in 2024. Biden’s entry brings the tally of noteworthy presidential candidates to three Democrats, five Republicans, and one Republican with an exploratory committee. Below is a summary of each candidate’s campaign activity…

  • Biden maintains lead in PredictIt’s 2024 presidential election market heading into his re-election campaign announcement

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    As of April 24, 2023, PredictIt’s 2024 presidential market shows President Joe Biden (D) leading at $0.46, followed by former President Donald Trump (R) at $0.33, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) at $0.16. Biden has held the lead in this market since Jan. 22, 2023. No other candidate has more than a $0.10 share…

  • 40 candidates filed for federal and statewide offices last week

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    Ballotpedia identified 40 declared candidates for federal and statewide offices over the previous week. All of these candidates declared prior to their state’s official filing deadline. That number is seven more than the number of candidates processed the previous week (33). Seventeen of those candidates were Democratic, while 19 were Republican. Four were third-party. Of…

  • Democratic Party committees lead Republican Party committees in fundraising for the 2024 election cycle

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    The three committees associated with the Democratic Party have raised a cumulative $81 million for the 2024 election cycle, while those associated with the Republican Party have raised $66 million. Those figures are through March 31, 2023, the most recent required reporting deadline. The three Democratic committees are the Democratic National Committee (DNC), the Democratic…

  • Trump leads PredictIt’s 2024 Republican presidential primary market

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    As of April 17, 2023, PredictIt’s 2024 presidential market shows President Joe Biden (D) leading at $0.40, followed by former President Donald Trump (R) at $0.29, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) at $0.22. Biden has held the lead in this market since Jan. 22, 2023. No other candidate has more than a $0.10 share…

  • Donald Trump leads the Republican presidential primary in fundraising

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    Donald Trump’s (R) presidential campaign has raised a cumulative $14 million as of March 31, 2023, most of the candidates currently running in the Republican presidential primary. Vivek Ramaswamy (R) raised $11 million, Nikki Haley (R) raised $5 million, and Corey Stapleton (R) raised $7,717. The chart below shows total receipts, contributions, and disbursements for…