Category: State
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Results in the five most expensive Republican Pennsylvania Senate primaries
5 Most Expensive Elections Republican primary elections for 22 of 49 seats in the Pennsylvania State Senate took place on May 17, 2022. Of the 22 seats up for election in 2022, nine had a primary election with more than one candidate. Across all contested Republican primary elections, candidates raised $2.4 million. Incumbents raised an…
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Results in the five most expensive Democratic Pennsylvania Senate primaries
Democratic primary elections for 22 of 49 seats in the Pennsylvania State Senate took place on May 17, 2022. Of the 22 seats up for election in 2022, four had a primary election with more than one candidate. Across all contested Democratic primary elections, candidates raised $1.0 million. Incumbents raised an average of $656,824 per…
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Results in the five most expensive Democratic Pennsylvania House primaries
5 Most Expensive Elections Democratic primary elections for 145 of 203 seats in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives took place on May 17, 2022. Of the 145 seats up for election in 2022, 45 had a primary election with more than one candidate. Across all contested Democratic primary elections, candidates raised $5.1 million. Incumbents raised…
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Results in the five most expensive Republican Pennsylvania House primaries
Republican primary elections for 164 of 203 seats in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives took place on May 17, 2022. Of the 164 seats up for election in 2022, 48 had a primary election with more than one candidate. Across all contested Republican primary elections, candidates raised $4.1 million. Incumbents raised an average of $118,454…
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Primary watch: number of contested state legislative primaries is up 34% compared to 2020
There are 34% more contested state legislative primaries this year than in 2020, including 68% more Republican primaries and 18% more top-two/four primaries. Democratic primaries are down 9%. These figures include elections in 24 states that account for 2,952 of the 6,166 state legislative seats up for election this year (48%). A primary is contested…
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Three candidates running in the Democratic primary for governor of New York
Incumbent Kathy Hochul, Tom Suozzi, and Jumaane Williams are running in the Democratic primary election for Governor of New York on June 2, 2022. Hochul is running for re-election to a full term. Hochul, previously New York’s lieutenant governor, became governor in August 2021 following the resignation of Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D). Hochul was first…
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Candidates for office in Missouri complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey
Below are a selection of responses from the candidates who filled out Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey since May 15, 2022. To read each candidate’s full responses, click their name at the bottom of the article. Raymond Reed is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Missouri’s 2nd Congressional District and the Democratic primary…
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These Pennsylvania Senate candidates raised the most and lost their primaries
General elections for 25 of 49 seats in the Pennsylvania State Senate will take place on November 8, 2022. State senatorial primary elections were held on May 17, 2022. This article details the five candidates in each party who raised the most money and lost their primary election. In the 2022 election cycle, nine of…