Tag: 2024 elections
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Incumbent Yadira Caraveo (D), Gabe Evans (R), and five other candidates are running in the general election in Colorado’s 8th Congressional District
Incumbent Yadira Caraveo (D), Gabe Evans (R), and five other candidates are running in the general election in Colorado’s 8th Congressional District on Nov. 5, 2024. Colorado Public Radio describes the 8th as “Colorado’s most politically competitive congressional seat.” Both the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee are targeting the district. In…
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Arizona lawmakers implement a new deadline for certifying results, while Governor Katie Hobbs vetoes other changes
Arizona enacted 10 election-related bills in the first half of 2024, the second most of any state with a divided government. New laws change the deadline for certifying elections, modify rules for hand-counted post-election audits, and add new notification requirements if a voter’s registration is changed: HB 2785 moved up the statewide primary date by one week…
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Twenty-eight candidates are running in the top-two primary for governor of Washington – Semi Bird (R), Bob Ferguson (D), Mark Mullet (D), and Dave Reichert (R) lead in media coverage and endorsements
Twenty-eight candidates are running in the top-two primary for governor of Washington. Semi Bird (R), Bob Ferguson(D), Mark Mullet (D), and Dave Reichert (R) have received the most media attention and endorsements. The primary is Aug. 6, 2024. The top-two finishers will advance to the general election on Nov. 5, 2024. Incumbent Jay Inslee (D) is not running for re-election. Political commentators have identified two themes…
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Fifty-two candidates are running in primary elections for Virginia’s 11 U.S. House districts this year—the most in the last 10 years
This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in Virginia was April 4, 2024. Fifty-two candidates are running for Virginia’s 11 U.S. House districts, including 33 Democrats and 19 Republicans. That’s an average of 4.73 candidates per district. Here are some other highlights from this year’s filings: Virginia and Oklahoma are holding primaries on…
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Five primaries are contested in Wisconsin this year—the fewest in the last 10 years
This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in Wisconsin was June 3, 2024. Twenty-three candidates are running for Wisconsin’s eight U.S. House districts, including 11 Democrats and 12 Republicans. That’s an average of 2.88 candidates per district. There were 2.75 candidates per district in 2022, 2.88 candidates per district in 2020, and 3.13…
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Hawaii has 37 contested state legislative primaries in 2024: What to know
Hawaii has 37 contested state legislative primaries on August 10, 2024. There are 146 candidates, including 96 Democrats and 50 Republicans, running for 63 seats in the state legislature. The average number of total primary candidates in Hawaii from 2010 to 2024 was 158.5. Among them are 58 total incumbents, and 19 incumbents facing a…
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Fifty-nine candidates are running for New York’s 26 U.S. House districts—the fewest since 2014
This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in New York was April 4, 2024. Fifty-nine candidates are running for New York’s 26 U.S. House districts, including 32 Democrats and 27 Republicans. That’s an average of 2.27 candidates per district. There were 4.12 candidates per district in 2022, 4.00 candidates per district in 2020, and…
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Crisp County, Ga., magistrate judge primary ends in tie, rare runoff, following recount
Republican voters in Crisp County, Ga., will get a second shot to pick their nominee in the county’s chief magistrate judge race on June 18. George Holmes and Brandon Rivers faced each other in a primary on May 21. Initial returns showed Holmes leading Rivers by one vote, enough to secure the nomination. But in…
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Twenty-seven Missouri state legislative incumbents facing primary challengers in 2024, third-most since 2010
There are 180 state legislative seats up for election in Missouri in 2024. Across those, 55 incumbents (22 Democrats and 33 Republicans) did not file to run for re-election. That is more than the average number of retirements in Missouri from 2010 to 2022 (53.0). In 2022, 49 incumbents (6 Democrats and 43 Republicans) did…
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Two U.S. House seats are open in Washington—a decade-high
This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in Washington was May 10, 2024. Sixty-two candidates are running for Washington’s 10 U.S. House districts, including 26 Democrats, 25 Republicans, three Independents, and eight minor-party candidates. That’s an average of 6.2 candidates per district. That’s lower than the 6.8 candidates per district in 2022 and the…