Tag: 2024 elections coverage
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Jeff Hurd (R) defeated five other candidates in the Republican primary in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District
Jeff Hurd (R) won the Republican primary for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District on June 25, 2024. As of Jun. 26, Hurd received 42.0% of the vote. Ron Hanks (R) finished second with 27.7% of the vote. Stephen Varela (R) received 9.7%, Lew Webb (R) received 7.8%, Curtis McCrackin (R) received 6.7%, and Russ Andrews (R)…
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John Avlon (D) defeated Nancy Goroff (D) in the Democratic primary in New York’s 1st Congressional District
John Avlon (D) won the Democratic primary in New York’s 1st Congressional District on Jun. 25, 2024. As of Jun. 26, Avlon received 70.4% of the vote to Nancy Goroff’s (D) 29.6%. According to Spectrum News, Avlon and Goroff differed in their strategy for the general election. Avlon said he would try to appeal to…
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Voters in Rhode Island will decide on four bond measures at the general election
Voters in Rhode Island will decide on four bond measures at the general election on Nov. 5, 2024. The bond measures were included in the state budget bill, House Bill 7225 (HB 7225), as a provision of Article 5. Each article was approved separately by the House and Senate. To put a legislatively referred bond…
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Trump leads presidential race in cash on hand for first time since October 2023
As of May 31, 2024, the end of the most recent presidential campaign finance filing period, former President Donald Trump (R) led noteworthy presidential candidates in cash on hand with $117 million, followed by President Joe Biden (D) with $92 million, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (I) with $6 million, and Chase Oliver with $25,362. Biden…
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Sarah Klee Hood and John Mannion running in the June 25 Democratic primary for New York’s 22nd Congressional District
Two candidates are running in the Democratic primary election for New York’s 22nd Congressional District on June 25: Sarah Klee Hood (D) and John Mannion (D). The Democratic primary winner will face incumbent U.S. Rep. Brandon Williams (R) in the November general election. Klee Hood and Mannion addressed voters at a May candidate forum. Both…
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Incumbent U.S. Rep. Tom Cole wins Republican primary for Oklahoma’s 4th Congressional District
Incumbent U.S. Rep. Tom Cole (R) won the Republican primary election for Oklahoma’s 4th Congressional District on June 18, 2024. Cole received 64.6% of the vote. Paul Bondar (R) finished in second place with 25.8%. Nick Hankins (R), Rick Harris (R), and Andrew Hayes (R) also ran in the primary. Cole and Bondar led in…
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Michigan sees fewest contested state legislative primaries and open seats since 2010
Michigan has 67 contested state legislative primaries in 2024, a 26% decrease from 2020, the most recent cycle to also feature elections for all 110 House seats and no Senate seats. Twenty-seven of the contested primaries are for Democrats, and 40 are for Republicans. This is down 44% and 7% from 2020, respectively. Of the…
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Suhas Subrmanyam defeated 15 other candidates in the Democratic primary in Virginia’s 10th Congressional District
Suhas Subramanyam (D) won the Democratic primary for Virginia’s 10th Congressional District on Jun. 18, 2024. Subramanyam won 30.3% of the vote. Dan Helmer (D) finished in second place with 26.8% of the vote. Atif Qarni (D) received 10.6% of the vote, Eileen Filler-Corn (D) received 9.3% of the vote, and Jennifer Boysko (D) received…
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Abortion-related amendment restored to the ballot in NY, joining four other states where abortion is confirmed on the ballot—CO, FL, MD, and SD
Voters in 11 states could vote on abortion-related measures in Nov. 2024. Ballot measures are certified in five states—Colorado, Florida, Maryland, New York, and South Dakota. On June 18, a New York state appellate court restored the previously certified New York Equal Protection of Law Amendment to the ballot for Nov. 5, 2024. On May…
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Two candidates are running for Vermont’s At-Large U.S. House seat—the fewest since 2016
This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in Vermont was May 30, 2024. Two candidates are running for Vermont’s one U.S. House district—one Democrat and one Republican. Seven candidates ran in 2022, six candidates ran in 2020, and five ran in 2018. Here are some other highlights from this year’s filings: Vermont and…