Tag: 2024 election coverage
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Dave Boliek (R) defeated Jack Clark (R) in the Republican primary runoff for North Carolina State Auditor
Dave Boliek (R) won the Republican primary runoff for North Carolina State Auditor on May 14, 2024. Boliek defeated Jack Clark (R) 53.1% to 46.9%. Clark and Boliek were the top two finishers in the March 5 Republican primary with 23.2% and 22.1% of the vote, respectively. State law permitted Boliek to request a runoff…
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Incumbent Steny Hoyer (D) defeated Quincy Bareebe (D), Mckayla Wilkes (D), and Andrea Crooms (D) in the Democratic primary in Maryland’s 5th Congressional District
Steny Hoyer (D) won the Democratic primary for Maryland’s 5th Congressional District on May 14, 2024. Hoyer received 70.6% of the vote. Quincy Bareebe (D) finished in second place with 11.7%. Mckayla Wilkes (D) and Andrea Crooms (D) also ran in the primary. The Longview News-Journal’s Matt Wynn wrote that the challengers were “taking on…
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John B. McCuskey (R) defeated Mike Stuart (R) in the Republican primary for Attorney General of West Virginia
John B. McCuskey (R) won the Republican primary for West Virginia Attorney General on May 14, 2024. McCuskey defeated Mike Stuart (R) 60.2% to 39.8%. Incumbent Patrick Morrisey (R) ran for governor, leaving the office open. Both McCuskey and Stuart ran on their record in elected office. Both candidates said they would prioritize suing the…
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Brad Knott (R) defeated Kelly Daughtry (R) in the Republican primary in North Carolina’s 13th Congressional District
Brad Knott (R) won the Republican primary runoff in North Carolina’s 13th Congressional District on May 14, 2024. Kelly Daughtry (R) also appeared on the ballot but suspended her campaign on May 2, 2024. Knott defeated Daughtry 90.8% to 9.2%. Daughtry and Knott were the top two finishers in the March 5 primary with 27.4%…
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April McClain-Delaney (D) defeated 15 other candidates in the Democratic primary in Maryland’s 6th Congressional District
April McClain-Delaney (D) won the Democratic primary for Maryland’s 6th Congressional District on May 14, 2024. McClain-Delaney received 39.1% of the vote. Joe Vogel (D) finished in second place with 26.7%. Peter Choharis (D), George Gluck (D), Geoffrey Grammer (D), Ashwani Jain (D), Lesley Lopez (D), Tekesha Martinez (D), Stephen McDow (D), Mohammad Mozumder (D),…
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Second-lowest number of incumbents defeated in Pennsylvania House primaries
Two challengers defeated incumbents in the April 23 primaries for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. This is the second-lowest number of incumbents defeated since Ballotpedia began gathering data in 2010. The defeated incumbents are: The only other year with fewer incumbent defeats was 2010 when one Republican was defeated. Conversely, a decade-high of 10 incumbent…
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Incumbent U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz (R) defeated Chuck Goodrich (R) and seven other candidates in the Republican primary in Indiana’s 5th Congressional District
Incumbent U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz (R) won the Republican primary in Indiana’s 5th Congressional District on May 7, 2024. Spartz received 39.1% of the vote. Chuck Goodrich (R) finished in second with 33.2% of the vote. Seven other candidates also ran in the primary. Spartz announced in Feb. 2023 that she would not run for…
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Incumbent Andy Ogles (R) and Courtney Johnston (R) are running in the Republican primary in Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District
Incumbent Andy Ogles (R) and Courtney Johnston (R) are running in the Republican primary in Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District on Aug. 1, 2024. Ogles was first elected in 2022 after winning the Republican nomination with 35.4% of the vote in a ten-candidate primary. According to Hoodline, Ogles “came under fire for his behavior in Congress…
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Contested primaries in Colorado legislative elections reaches decade high
There are 83 legislative seats up for election this year in Colorado’s legislature—18 in the Senate and 65 in the House. There are 25 total contested primaries in 2024 (11 Democratic and 14 Republican) out of a possible 166. This rate of 15.1% is the highest since Ballotpedia began tracking this figure in 2010. The…
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2.5% of state legislative incumbents who ran for re-election have lost in primaries
So far this year, 25 state legislative incumbents — eight Democrats and 17 Republicans — have lost to primary challengers. Click here to read our previous report. Across the eight states that have held primaries, 2.5% of incumbents running for re-election have lost, which is less than at this point in 2022 (4.1%). Republican incumbents…