Tag: 2024 election coverage
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Five candidates are running in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Virginia on June 18
Five candidates are running in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Virginia on June 18, 2024. Hung Cao (R) and Scott Parkinson (R) have received the most media attention and endorsements. Incumbent Sen. Tim Kaine (D) has served since 2013 and is running for re-election. Political commentators have framed the primary within national politics,…
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Fifty-two candidates are running in primary elections for Virginia’s 11 U.S. House districts this year—the most in the last 10 years
This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in Virginia was April 4, 2024. Fifty-two candidates are running for Virginia’s 11 U.S. House districts, including 33 Democrats and 19 Republicans. That’s an average of 4.73 candidates per district. Here are some other highlights from this year’s filings: Virginia and Oklahoma are holding primaries on…
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Five primaries are contested in Wisconsin this year—the fewest in the last 10 years
This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in Wisconsin was June 3, 2024. Twenty-three candidates are running for Wisconsin’s eight U.S. House districts, including 11 Democrats and 12 Republicans. That’s an average of 2.88 candidates per district. There were 2.75 candidates per district in 2022, 2.88 candidates per district in 2020, and 3.13…
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Berkley, Seaman advance to November 5 Las Vegas mayoral election runoff
Thirteen candidates ran in the nonpartisan primary for Las Vegas mayor on June 11, 2024. Shelley Berkley and Victoria Seaman were the top two vote-getters, and they advanced to a general election scheduled for November 5, 2024, because no candidate received a majority of the vote. Throughout the race, Berkley, Seaman, and Cedric Crear led…
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Hawaii has 37 contested state legislative primaries in 2024: What to know
Hawaii has 37 contested state legislative primaries on August 10, 2024. There are 146 candidates, including 96 Democrats and 50 Republicans, running for 63 seats in the state legislature. The average number of total primary candidates in Hawaii from 2010 to 2024 was 158.5. Among them are 58 total incumbents, and 19 incumbents facing a…
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Fifty-nine candidates are running for New York’s 26 U.S. House districts—the fewest since 2014
This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in New York was April 4, 2024. Fifty-nine candidates are running for New York’s 26 U.S. House districts, including 32 Democrats and 27 Republicans. That’s an average of 2.27 candidates per district. There were 4.12 candidates per district in 2022, 4.00 candidates per district in 2020, and…
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Montanans for Election Reform submit signatures for a pair of initiatives establishing a top-four primary system and majority vote requirement
Montanans for Election Reform submitted signatures on June 13 for a pair of initiatives that would amend the Montana Constitution to change the state’s electoral system. Initiative CI-126 would create a top-four primary system for elections for governor, lieutenant governor, state executives, state legislators, and congressional offices. Under the system, every candidate would run in…
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Incumbent U.S. Rep Nancy Mace wins Republican primary election for South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District
Incumbent U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace (R) won the Republican primary election for South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District on June 11, 2024. Mace received 56.8% of the vote. Catherine Templeton (R) finished in second with 29.8%, and Bill Young (R) finished in third with 13.4%. According to The Post and Courier, South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District…
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Sam Brown wins Republican primary election for the U.S. Senate in Nevada
Sam Brown (R) won the June 11 Republican primary election for the U.S. Senate in Nevada with 57.9%. Jeff Gunter (R) finished in second with 15.6%, and Jim Marchant (R) finished in third with 6.6%. Two candidates, Brown and Marchant, led in polling and media attention. According to Nevada Current Deputy Editor April Corbin Girnus,…
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Crisp County, Ga., magistrate judge primary ends in tie, rare runoff, following recount
Republican voters in Crisp County, Ga., will get a second shot to pick their nominee in the county’s chief magistrate judge race on June 18. George Holmes and Brandon Rivers faced each other in a primary on May 21. Initial returns showed Holmes leading Rivers by one vote, enough to secure the nomination. But in…