Tag: 2024 primary coverage
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Tayler Rahm drops out of Minnesota’s 2nd Congressional District Republican primary, clearing path for Joe Teirab
Joe Teirab (R) is running in the Republican primary for Minnesota’s 2nd Congressional District on August 13, 2024. He will face incumbent U.S. Rep. Angie Craig (D) in the November general election. Tayler Rahm (R) also ran in the primary but dropped out in July. Rahm said he suspended his campaign to serve as a…
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Eighteen states considered legislation to open or close primaries in the first half of 2024
Lawmakers in 18 states considered bills this year that change who may vote in at least some statewide primaries or caucuses. Only one of these bills, Louisiana’s HB 17, was adopted. That bill changes Louisiana’s unique primary system and creates closed primaries for elections for Congress and several state offices, including the state supreme court, beginning…
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A look at Vermont’s 2024 state legislative primaries
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…
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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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Eight Arizona U.S. House primaries are contested this year—the fewest since 2014
This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in Arizona was April 1, 2024. Thirty-eight candidates are running for Arizona’s nine U.S. House districts, including 16 Democrats and 22 Republicans. That’s 4.22 candidates per district. There were 4.33 candidates per district in 2022, 4.22 candidates per district in 2020, and 4.11 in 2018. Here…
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Thirteen Republican primary runoffs took place for Texas House of Representatives on May 28
Thirteen Republican primary runoffs for the Texas House of Representatives took place on May 28, 2024. Eight primary runoffs had an incumbent on the ballot, and the incumbent lost in six of those runoffs. There were 59 contested Republican primaries on March 5, 2024, 46 of which had an incumbent on the ballot. Nine incumbent…
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Contested primaries in Colorado legislative elections reaches decade high
There are 83 legislative seats up for election this year in Colorado’s legislature—18 in the Senate and 65 in the House. There are 25 total contested primaries in 2024 (11 Democratic and 14 Republican) out of a possible 166. This rate of 15.1% is the highest since Ballotpedia began tracking this figure in 2010. The…
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2.5% of state legislative incumbents who ran for re-election have lost in primaries
So far this year, 25 state legislative incumbents — eight Democrats and 17 Republicans — have lost to primary challengers. Click here to read our previous report. Across the eight states that have held primaries, 2.5% of incumbents running for re-election have lost, which is less than at this point in 2022 (4.1%). Republican incumbents…