Tag: 2024 elections
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71 candidates filed for federal and statewide offices last week
Seventy-one people declared candidacies for federal or statewide offices in the past week, 42 more than last week. All of these candidates declared before their state’s official filing deadline. Twenty-nine of those candidates were Democratic, while 36 were Republican. Five are minor-party candidates, and one is running in a nonpartisan race. Forty-two candidates are running…
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Two state supreme court justices announce retirement, marking first official vacancies of 2024
Ballotpedia has tracked two state supreme court justice vacancies for 2024. The first state supreme court justice to confirm her retirement in 2024 was Massachusetts Supreme Court Justice Elspeth Cypher, who announced in June 2023 that she plans to retire on January 12, 2024. The second to confirm retirement in 2024 was Justice Keith G.…
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38 states and D.C. have confirmed the candidate filing deadlines for their 2024 statewide and presidential primary elections
The 2024 election season is quickly approaching. Since our last update in mid-October, additional states or territories have confirmed the election dates for 2024 statewide or presidential primaries. However, several states confirmed their candidate filing deadlines during this time. Forty-one states, Guam, and the District of Columbia have confirmed the dates for their 2024 statewide…
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Joe Biden, Donald Trump lead respective presidential primary polling averages and PredictIt markets
As of Oct. 24, 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 59%, followed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) at 13%. No other candidate has more than a 10% polling average. In PredictIt’s Republican…
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Nebraska voters to decide on veto referendum to repeal tax credits for education scholarship accounts
The Nebraska Secretary of State announced that a veto referendum to repeal Legislative Bill 75—an act that established tax credits for taxpayers who contribute to education scholarships for students to attend private schools—qualified for the November 2024 ballot on Oct. 10. Support Our Schools, the committee behind the referendum, submitted over 117,000 signatures on Aug.…
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Gov. Newsom signs legislative compromise on fast food restaurant minimum wage and working conditions; campaign announces it will withdraw referendum
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed Assembly Bill 1228 (AB 1228) on Sept. 28. AB 1228 is a legislative compromise reached with proponents of a veto referendum on a different bill (Assembly Bill 257) that qualified for the 2024 ballot. AB 1228 will repeal AB 257, which was passed during the 2022 legislative session. AB…
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70 candidates filed for federal and statewide offices last week
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…
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131 candidates filed for federal and statewide offices last week
One hundred thirty-one (131) people declared candidacies for federal or statewide offices in the past week, 81 more than last week. All of these candidates declared before their state’s official filing deadline. Forty-seven (47) of those candidates were Democratic, while 60 were Republican. Twenty-four (24) are minor-party candidates. One hundred twenty-one (121) candidates are running…
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Update on this year’s and next year’s ballot measure certifications
As of September 5, 2023, 41 statewide measures have been certified for the ballot in eight states, 11 more measures than the average number certified at this point in other odd-numbered years from 2011 to 2021. For 2024, 47 statewide measures have been certified in 22 states. That’s one more measure than the average number…
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71 candidates filed for federal and statewide offices last week
Seventy-one (71) people declared candidacies for federal or statewide offices in the past week, 17 more than last week. All of these candidates declared before their state’s official filing deadline. Thirty-three (33) of those candidates were Democratic, while 35 were Republican. Three are minor-party candidates. Forty-one (41) candidates are running for Congress, 27 for state…