Incumbent Michelle Steel (R) and Derek Tran (D) are running in the general election on Nov. 5, 2024, in California’s 45th Congressional District. California’s 45th is one of 19 U.S. House districts that Joe Biden (D) won in 2020 and has a Republican incumbent today. That year, Biden defeated Donald Trump (R) 52.1%–46.0% in the…
Elizabeth Martinez Strauss (D) and Andrew Warren (D) are running in the Democratic primary for Hillsborough County State Attorney in Florida on Aug. 20, 2024. The primary is taking place after Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) removed Warren from office in August 2022. The governor suspended Warren after Warren signed a pledge not to prosecute crimes…
Rebecca Cooke (D), Katrina Shankland (D), and Eric Wilson (D) are running in the Democratic primary for Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District on August 13, 2024. Incumbent Derrick Van Orden (R) is running for re-election. Wisconsin TV station WEAU’s political analyst John Frank called the third district “the purplest of the purple” of Wisconsin’s congressional districts,…
Incumbent Eric Sorensen (D) and Joseph G. McGraw (R) are running in the general election in Illinois’ 17th Congressional District on Nov. 5, 2024. Sorensen was first elected in 2022, defeating Esther Joy King (R) 52.0%–48.0%. In 2020, Joe Biden (D) defeated Donald Trump (R) in the district 52.7%–44.9%. As of Jun. 21, 2024, The…
Four candidates are running in the Democratic primary for Missouri’s 1st Congressional District on Aug. 6, 2024. Incumbent Cori Bush (D) and Wesley Bell (D) lead in media attention and endorsements. The general election is Nov. 5, 2024. Bush, a progressive Democrat, was first elected to the district in 2020. She defeated then-incumbent William Lacy Clay(D) in the Democratic primary, 48.5% to 45.6%,…
Four candidates are running in the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate in Michigan—Justin Amash (R), Sherry O’Donnell (R), Sandy Pensler (R), and Mike Rogers (R). Three candidates lead in campaign finance and media attention: Amash, Pensler, and Rogers. Incumbent Debbie Stabenow (D), who was first elected in 2000, is not running for re-election. Michigan pollster Richard Czuba told Michigan Bridge, “It’s going to become a particularly nasty race, from…
Incumbent Chris Deluzio (D) and Rob Mercuri (R) are running in the general election for Pennsylvania’s 17th Congressional District on November 5, 2024. Deluzio was first elected in 2022 when he defeated Jeremy Shaffer (R) 53.4% to 45.6%. For the 2024 election, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is supporting Mercuri and targeting the district…
Incumbent Monica De La Cruz (R), Michelle Vallejo (D), and Arthur DiBianca (L) are running in the general election for Texas’ 15th Congressional District on November 5, 2024. De La Cruz was first elected to the district in 2022 when she defeated Vallejo 53.3% to 44.8%. She previously ran for the seat in 2020 when…
This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in Wyoming was May 31, 2024. Three candidates are running for Wyoming’s one U.S. House district, including one Democrat and two Republicans. Nine candidates ran in 2022, five candidates ran in 2020, and five ran in 2018. Here are some other highlights from this year’s filings:…
Vermont has 25 contested state legislative primaries on August 13. In elections from 2010 to 2022, the average number of contested state legislative primaries was 18.1. There are 17 contested Democratic primaries and eight contested Republican primaries in 2024. That is the largest number of contested Republican primaries since Ballotpedia started tracking in 2010. The…