Category: State

The major-party filing deadline to run for elected office in Texas is on December 9, 2019. Independent candidates must submit their declaration of intent to run on the same date, but the final filing deadline for independent candidates is June 25, 2020. In Texas, prospective candidates may file for the following offices:   U.S. Senate…

A special general election runoff was held for District 152 of the Georgia House of Representatives on December 3, 2019. Bill Yearta (R) won the special election with 3,419 votes and defeated Jim Quinn (R).   The general election was held on November 5, 2019. The filing deadline passed on September 18, 2019.   The…

A new state legislative special election has been added to our list. The special election is for the District 11 seat in the Illinois State Senate on November 3, 2020. The primary is on March 17, and the filing deadline is on December 9, 2019.

The Michigan Bureau of Elections announced on November 29 that it had rejected a recall effort targeting state Rep. Larry Inman (R) due to a typo. In the original petition language approved in July 2019, the group had described one of Inman’s charges as “Attempted extortion under color of official right.” The word “right” was…

On December 2, 2019, a three-judge panel of North Carolina’s state superior court ruled unanimously that U.S. House elections in 2020 will take place under a remedial map adopted last month by state lawmakers. The court had earlier ruled that the original map constituted a partisan gerrymander in violation of state law. The court also…

Two new state legislative special elections have been added to our list. The special elections are for the District 30A and 60A seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives on February 4, 2020. The primary for the District 30A seat is on January 14, and the primary for the District 60A seat is on January…

Two new state legislative special elections have been added to our list. The special elections are for the District 48 and 132 seats in the Connecticut House of Representatives on January 14, 2020. There are no primaries, and the candidates are nominated directed by local party town committees.

The ballot access deadline for established party candidates in Illinois is December 2, 2019. The state’s primary is scheduled for March 17, 2020, and the general election is November 3, 2020. Offices on the ballot include U.S. Senate, all 18 U.S. House seats, 20 of the 59 state Senate seats, all 118 state House seats,…

A special election runoff is scheduled to take place on December 3 in District 152 of the Georgia House of Representatives. Jim Quinn (R) and Bill Yearta (R) are competing in the runoff election; they both advanced from the November 5 general election after defeating Mary Egler (D) and Tyler Johnson (R). The runoff election…

The ballot access deadline for candidates in California is December 6, 2019. The primary is scheduled for March 3, 2020, and the general election is November 3, 2020. Offices on the ballot include all 53 U.S. House seats, 20 out of 40 state Senate seats, and all 80 state House seats. California’s statewide filing deadline…