Tag: 2024 election coverage

  • Eleven candidates are running in the top-two primary in California’s 20th Congressional District

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    Eleven candidates are running in the top-two primary for California’s 20th Congressional District on March 5, 2024. Three candidates lead in media attention: Mike Boudreaux (R), Vince Fong (R), and David Giglio (R). The primary is taking place after former Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R) resignation in December 2023. McCarthy resigned in the wake of an…

  • Three candidates running in the Republican primary for governor of North Carolina

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    Dale Folwell, Bill Graham, and Mark Robinson are running in the Republican primary for governor of North Carolina on March 5, 2024. The general election is on Nov. 5, 2024. Incumbent Roy Cooper (D) is term-limited. The National Review’s Audrey Feinberg wrote, “North Carolina’s gubernatorial race is shaping up to be one of the most expensive and…

  • Joe Biden, Donald Trump lead respective presidential primary polling averages and PredictIt markets

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    As of Jan. 17, 2024, former President Donald Trump (R) leads in both RealClearPolitics’ (RCP) Republican presidential primary polling average and PredictIt’s Republican presidential primary market. Trump’s polling average currently stands at 62%, followed by former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley (R) at 12% and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) at 11%. No other candidate has…

  • Five candidates filed to appear on Illinois’ Republican presidential primary ballot

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    The filing deadline for the Illinois Republican presidential primary passed on Jan. 5, 2024. Five candidates filed to appear on the March 19, 2024, ballot. In order to file, candidates had to submit a petition containing 3,000 signatures.  The following candidates filed: Binkley, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, Christie, DeSantis, Haley, Former Arkansas Governor Asa…

  • 85 candidates filed for federal and statewide offices last week

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    Eighty-five people declared candidacies for federal or statewide offices in the past week, two fewer than last week. All of these candidates declared before their state’s official filing deadline. Thirty-seven of those candidates were Democratic, while 47 were Republican. One is a minor-party candidate. Seven candidates are running for Congress, 75 for state legislatures, one…

  • Seven candidates file to appear on Arizona’s Democratic presidential primary ballot

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    The filing deadline for the Arizona Democratic presidential primary passed on Dec. 11, 2023. Seven candidates filed to appear on the March 19, 2024, ballot. In order to file, candidates had to either prove they had qualified for two other state primary ballots or submit a petition containing 500 signatures.  The following candidates filed: Biden,…

  • 44 candidates filed for federal and statewide offices last week

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    Forty-four people declared candidacies for federal or statewide offices in the past week, seven fewer than last week. All of these candidates declared before their state’s official filing deadline. Twenty-one of those candidates were Democratic, while 22 were Republican. One is a minor-party candidate. Twenty-two candidates are running for Congress, 15 for state legislatures, one…

  • Joe Biden, Donald Trump lead respective presidential primary polling averages and PredictIt markets

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    As of Oct. 3, 2023, former President Donald Trump (R) leads in both RealClearPolitics’ (RCP) Republican presidential primary polling average and PredictIt’s Republican presidential primary market. Trump’s polling average currently stands at 57%, followed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) at 14%. No other candidate has more than a 10% polling average. In PredictIt’s Republican…

  • Donald Trump’s share price in PredictIt’s 2024 Republican presidential primary market highest since at least September 2022

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    As of Sept. 19, 2023, former President Donald Trump (R) leads in both RealClearPolitics’ (RCP) Republican presidential primary polling average and PredictIt’s Republican presidential primary market. Trump’s polling average currently stands at 57%, followed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) at 13%. No other candidate has more than a 10% polling average. In PredictIt’s Republican…

  • 70 candidates filed for federal and statewide offices last week

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    Seventy (70) people declared candidacies for federal or statewide offices in the past week, 61 fewer than last week. All of these candidates declared before their state’s official filing deadline. Thirty-one (31) of those candidates were Democratic, while 34 were Republican. Five are minor-party candidates. Forty-four (44) candidates are running for Congress, 20 for state…