Tag: 2024 election coverage

  • Ballotpedia identifies New Hampshire Republican trifecta as highly vulnerable in New Hampshire House of Representatives elections

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    General elections for the New Hampshire House of Representatives will take place on November 5, 2024. All 400 seats in 203 districts are up for election. Republicans hold a 197-191 majority in the chamber, with one independent and 11 vacancies. Republicans have controlled the House since 2021. The New Hampshire House of Representatives has a…

  • Fourteen candidates are running for six seats on the Onaway Area Community School Board in Michigan

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    Fourteen candidates are running for six seats on the seven-member Onaway Area Community School Board in Michigan on Nov. 5, 2024. Eight candidates are running for three full six-year terms. Incumbents James Rieger and Lorrie Kowalski and challengers Kathleen Christian, James Gibson, John Kaszonyi, Tom Moran, Stacey Porter and Taed T.A. Price are on the…

  • 70% of elections in Minnesota are uncontested

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    Of 4,196 regular elections in Minnesota—2,918 (70%) are uncontested. An uncontested election is one where the number of candidates on the ballot is less than or equal to the number of seats up for election.  Of the 24 states where Ballotpedia is covering every election on Nov. 5, Minnesota has the ninth highest rate of…

  • 79% of elections in Michigan are uncontested

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    Of 7,903 regular elections in Michigan—6,267 (79%) are uncontested. An uncontested election is one where the number of candidates on the ballot is less than or equal to the number of seats up for election.  Of the 24 states where Ballotpedia is covering every election on Nov. 5, Michigan has the second highest rate of…

  • 38% of elections in Maine are uncontested

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    Of 378 regular elections in Maine—142 (38%) are uncontested. An uncontested election is one where the number of candidates on the ballot is less than or equal to the number of seats up for election.  Of the 24 states where Ballotpedia is covering every election on Nov. 5, Maine has the 21st highest rate of…

  • 67% of elections in Kentucky are uncontested

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    Of 1,168 regular elections in Kentucky—783 (67%) are uncontested. An uncontested election is one where the number of candidates on the ballot is less than or equal to the number of seats up for election.  Of the 24 states where Ballotpedia is covering every election on Nov. 5, Kentucky has the 10th highest rate of…

  • 63% of elections in Indiana are uncontested

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    Of 1,595 regular elections in Indiana—1,000 (63%) are uncontested. An uncontested election is one where the number of candidates on the ballot is less than or equal to the number of seats up for election.  Of the 24 states where Ballotpedia is covering every election on Nov. 5, Indiana has the 11th highest rate of…

  • 70% of elections in Illinois are uncontested

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    Of 1,183 regular elections in Illinois—828 (70%) are uncontested. An uncontested election is one where the number of candidates on the ballot is less than or equal to the number of seats up for election.  Of the 24 states where Ballotpedia is covering every election on Nov. 5, Illinois has the eighth highest rate of…

  • 84% of elections in Iowa are uncontested

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    Of 1,727 regular elections in Iowa—1,444 (84%) are uncontested. An uncontested election is one where the number of candidates on the ballot is less than or equal to the number of seats up for election.  Of the 24 states where Ballotpedia is covering every election on Nov. 5, Iowa has the highest rate of uncontested…

  • 33% of elections in Hawaii are uncontested

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    Of 90 regular elections in Hawaii—30 (33%) are uncontested. An uncontested election is one where the number of candidates on the ballot is less than or equal to the number of seats up for election.  Of the 24 states where Ballotpedia is covering every election on Nov. 5, Hawaii has the 23rd highest rate of…