Six candidates are running for three of five seats on the Montana Public Service Commission on Nov. 5, 2024. Districts 2 and 3 are open. An incumbent is running in District 4. The Daily Montanan’s Keila Szpaller wrote, “The PSC has been in the public eye recently because commissioners have approved significant rate hikes requested by both NorthWestern and Montana-Dakota Utilities.” Opposition to the rate increase…
Elections for the Nevada Assembly are being held on Nov. 5, 2024. All 42 seats are up for election. Nevada is one of 10 states that has a divided government. Republican Joe Lombardo (R) holds the governorship while Democrats hold both chambers of the Nevada Legislature. Democrats hold 26 seats to Republicans’ 14, with two…
Ballotpedia’s 2024 study of competitiveness in state executive official elections found that 45.1% of incumbents (74 incumbents across 164 seats) did not seek re-election, leaving those seats open. That was above the average rate of open state executive seats from 2011-2023 (35.7%). Every year, Ballotpedia publishes an annual report on the competitiveness of state executive…
California’s Nov. 5, 2024, general election ballot will feature six presidential candidates and their running mates. They are: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., running as an independent, withdrew from the presidential election in August, but will still appear on California’s ballot as the American Independent Party’s nominee. Claudia De La Cruz is the Party for Socialism…
Alabama’s Nov. 5, 2024, general election ballot will feature five presidential candidates and their running mates. They are: Oliver is the Libertarian Party’s presidential nominee and Stein is the Green Party’s presidential nominee, but both will appear on Alabama’s ballot as independents. Stein’s running mate is Butch Ware, but she filed to appear on Alabama’s…
Colorado’s Nov. 5, 2024, general election ballot will feature eight presidential candidates and their running mates. They are: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., running as an independent, withdrew from the presidential election in August, but will still appear on Colorado’s ballot as an unaffiliated candidate. This is 13 fewer candidates on Colorado’s presidential ballot compared to…
Connecticut’s Nov. 5, 2024, general election ballot will feature five presidential candidates and their running mates. They are: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. withdrew from the presidential election in August, but will still appear on Connecticut’s ballot. This is the most candidates on Connecticut’s presidential ballot since at least 2008. In 2020, Connecticut’s ballot had four…
Delaware’s Nov. 5, 2024, general election ballot will feature five presidential candidates and their running mates. They are: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. withdrew from the presidential election in August, but will still appear on Delaware’s ballot. From 2012 to 2020, Delaware had four candidates on its presidential ballot, and in 2008 it had six candidates…
Florida’s Nov. 5, 2024, general election ballot will feature seven presidential candidates and their running mates. They are: This is the same number of candidates on Florida’s presidential ballot compared to 2020. In 2020, Florida’s ballot had seven candidates: Donald Trump (R), Joe Biden (D), Jo Jorgensen (L), Howie Hawkins (G), and three other independent…
Two ESG opponents—William Hild (the executive director of Consumers’ Research) and Eric Bledsoe (a senior fellow at the Foundation for Government Accountability)—gave testimonies before the Texas Senate on Oct. 17. They argued the state’s anti-ESG laws produced positive results and said non-ESG investment funds tend to outperform investments that consider other factors. Ballotpedia tracks support…