Tag: 2024 election coverage
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Thirteen Republican primary runoffs took place for Texas House of Representatives on May 28
Thirteen Republican primary runoffs for the Texas House of Representatives took place on May 28, 2024. Eight primary runoffs had an incumbent on the ballot, and the incumbent lost in six of those runoffs. There were 59 contested Republican primaries on March 5, 2024, 46 of which had an incumbent on the ballot. Nine incumbent…
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Democratic party committees hold fundraising edge over Republican party committees
As of April 30, 2024, the end of the most recent party committee campaign finance filing period, the three committees associated with the Democratic Party have raised a cumulative $519 million and spent $392 million for the 2024 election cycle, while the three committees associated with the Republican Party have raised $430 million and spent…
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One Utah U.S. House district is open this year—tying with 2014 and 2020 for the most this decade
This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in Utah was January 8, 2024. Thirteen candidates are running for Utah’s four U.S. House districts, including three Democrats and 10 Republicans. That’s 3.25 candidates per district. There were 3.25 candidates per district in 2022, 3.75 candidates per district in 2020, and 2.5 in 2018. Here…
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Most South Carolina state legislative incumbents facing primary challenges since 2010
South Carolina has 79 contested state legislative primaries in 2024, an increase of 65% from the preceding cycle. Twenty-seven of these primaries are for Democrats, up 125% from 2022. This is up 4% from 2020 and 35% from 2016, the last two cycles featuring elections for every state House and Senate seat. Fifty-two primaries are…
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Four candidates are running in the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate in Arizona on July 30, 2024
Four candidates are running in the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate in Arizona. Two candidates lead in endorsements, campaign finance, and media attention: Kari Lake (R) and Mark Lamb (R). Incumbent Sen. Krysten Sinema (I), who was first elected in 2018, is not running for re-election. Lake was a news anchor for Fox 10…
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Decade-high number of Tennessee state legislative candidates
Tennessee has 240 major party candidates running for state legislative office, the most of any election cycle since 2014. Of the 240 total candidates, 106 are Democrats, a decade-high and up 34% from 2022. There are 134 Republican candidates, one candidate fewer than in 2022. Tennessee has 41 contested state legislative primaries this year, a…
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Thirteen candidates running in June 11 nonpartisan primary for mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada
Thirteen candidates are running in the nonpartisan primary for Las Vegas mayor on June 11, 2024. Shelley Berkley, Victoria Seaman, and Cedric Crear have led in polling, media coverage, and fundraising. Incumbent Carolyn Goodman, who was first elected in 2011, is term-limited. Goodman’s husband, Oscar, served as Las Vegas mayor from 1999 to 2011. Goodman is one of eight mayors in the 100 largest cities…
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Eight candidates are running in the Republican primary for Missouri Secretary of State on August 6, 2024
Eight candidates are running in the Republican primary for Missouri Secretary of State on August 6, 2024. Four lead in media attention and fundraising: Valentina Gomez (R), Denny Hoskins (R), Dean Plocher (R), and Shane Schoeller (R). Republican incumbent Jay Ashcroft is running for Governor of Missouri. Each candidate has said that trust in elections…
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Colorado voters to decide on constitutional right to abortion in Nov. 2024, joining Florida, Maryland, and South Dakota
Colorado is the fourth state set to vote on an abortion-related ballot measure in November. The initiative will be the 10th abortion-related measure to be decided by Colorado voters. Colorado has seen more abortion-related ballot measures than any other state. There have been nine on the ballot since the first in 1984, and this year…
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2.7% of state legislative incumbents who filed for re-election have lost in primaries
Thirty state legislative incumbents—seven Democrats and 23 Republicans—have lost to primary challengers so far this year. Across the 10 states that have held primaries, 2.7% of incumbents running for re-election have lost, a decline from the 2022 election cycle that aligns more closely with 2020. These totals include data from the Nebraska State Senate and both legislative chambers…