Category: 2025 elections
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A look back at 2025 state primary election competitiveness
A smaller share of seats were open in this year’s state primary elections than in any odd year since 2011. Ballotpedia’s 2025 state primary election data included competitiveness and incumbency statistics from state legislative and state executive elections in three states — New Jersey, Virginia, and Wisconsin. The percentage of open seats in 2025 (5.9%)…
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No incumbents defeated in Virginia House primaries
No incumbents were defeated in the Virginia House of Delegates primary elections on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. Three incumbents ran in contested primaries, 3.1% of the 96 incumbents running for re-election. This is the third time the chamber’s primaries have produced no incumbent defeats since 2011. The first was 2011, and the second was 2017.…
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43% of last May’s elections were uncontested
Throughout May, Ballotpedia covered 2,891 elections in 24 states, 43% of which were uncontested. That’s down from April, when 81% of the 19,290 covered were uncontested. Ballotpedia defines an uncontested election as one where the number of candidates running is less than or equal to the number of seats up for election. This analysis does…
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Seven candidates are running for four seats on the school board for Maine’s School Administrative District 40
Three seats in Maine School Administrative District 40 are up for election on June 10, 2025. This district includes the towns of Warren, Waldoboro, and Union. Members are elected to three-year terms on the 16-member board. Bangor Daily News’ Jules Walkup wrote, “A decade ago, little attention would have been paid to school board races…
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Gina Ortiz Jones and Rolando Pablos running in June 7 San Antonio mayoral runoff election
Gina Ortiz Jones and Rolando Pablos are running in the June 7, 2025, runoff election for mayor of San Antonio, Texas. Ortiz Jones and Pablos advanced to the runoff from the nonpartisan general election on May 3. Ortiz Jones received 27.2% of the vote and Pablos received 16.6%. The two advanced to a runoff because…
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Texas voters to decide on three property tax exemption amendments, including third homestead exemption increase in three years
The Texas State Legislature voted to send three property tax exemption amendments to the Nov. 4 ballot this week—increasing two existing exemptions and authorizing the creation of a new one. Senate Joint Resolution 2 would increase the property tax exemption from $100,000 to $140,000 of the market value of a homestead. This will be the…
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Virginia sees fewest state legislative open seats since 2011
Four of Virginia’s 100 state legislative seats up for election in 2025 are open, meaning no incumbent filed to run in the election. This is the fewest for the state since Ballotpedia began tracking these figures in 2011, and newcomers are guaranteed at least 3% of the legislature. The average number of open state legislative…
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Texas voters will decide on an amendment to prohibit taxes on realized or unrealized capital gains of an individual, estate, or trust in Nov. 2025
The Texas State Legislature voted to send an amendment to voters this November that would prohibit the legislature from enacting taxes on realized or unrealized capital gains of an individual, family, estate, or trust, including a tax on the sale or transfer of a capital asset. The amendment would not apply to property taxes, sales…
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Gina Ortiz Jones and Rolando Pablos advance to June 7, 2025, mayoral runoff election in San Antonio
On May 3, Gina Ortiz Jones and Rolando Pablos advanced to the June 7, 2025, mayoral runoff election in San Antonio, Texas. Twenty-seven candidates ran in the nonpartisan general election on May 3. Beto Altamirano, John Courage, Adriana Garcia, Melissa Cabello Havrda, Ortiz Jones, Pablos, Manny Pelaez, and Clayton Perry were notable candidates based on…
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81% of last April’s elections were uncontested
Throughout April, Ballotpedia covered 19,290 elections across 21 states, 81% of which were uncontested. That’s up from March, when 39% of the 194 covered were uncontested. Ballotpedia defines an uncontested election as one where the number of candidates running is less than or equal to the number of seats up for election. This analysis does…