Tag: 2024 state legislature election
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All 110 seats in the Michigan House of Representatives are up for election this year
Elections for the Michigan House of Representatives will take place in 2024. The general election is on Nov. 5, 2024. The primary was Aug. 6, 2024. The filing deadline was Apr. 23, 2024. All 110 seats are up for election. Democrats hold 56 seats and Republicans hold 54. If Republicans gain more than one seat,…
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One seat could determine Republican supermajority in North Carolina state House elections
All 120 seats in the North Carolina House of Representatives are up for election on Nov. 5, 2024. Heading into the election, there are 70 Republicans, 48 Democrats, and two vacancies in the House. Three incumbents — one Democrat and two Republicans — lost in the primaries. Click here to learn more. After the 2022…
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Wisconsin to hold state legislative elections for the first time since redistricting
The general election for the Wisconsin Senate will take place on Nov. 5, 2024. Sixteen out of 33 Senate seats are up for election, including eight districts with Republican incumbents running, four districts with Democratic incumbents running, and four open districts. Republicans hold a 22-10 majority, with one vacancy. Democrats would need to gain seven…
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General elections for half of the Alaska Senate’s twenty seats will take place in November
General elections for the Alaska state Senate will take place on Nov. 5, 2024. Ten of the chamber’s 20 seats are up for election. Senators serve four-year terms, and half of the Senate is up for election every two years. Of the seats up for election in 2024, Democrats hold five and Republicans hold five.…
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Wisconsin to hold first Assembly elections in November since redistricting
Elections for the Wisconsin State Assembly will take place in 2024. The general election is on November 5, 2024. The primary was August 13, 2024. The filing deadline was June 3, 2024. Wisconsin is is one of 44 states holding regular legislative elections across 85 of 99 state legislative chambers. Four incumbents lost in the…
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Open state legislative seats reach second-lowest point in eight election cycles
This year there are 953 open state legislative seats, guaranteeing at least 16% of all seats will be won by newcomers. This is the second-smallest number and percentage of open seats since Ballotpedia began gathering data in 2010. Ballotpedia uses the number and percentage of open seats to help determine the overall competitiveness of an…
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New Hampshire has fewer state legislative primaries as national committees target state
New Hampshire has 52 contested state legislative primaries on September 10, the fewest since Ballotpedia started tracking in 2010. The 52 contested primaries are 11.5% of all possible state legislative primaries. Ballotpedia defines a contested primary as one with more candidates than nominations available. There are 18 contested Democratic primaries and 34 contested Republican primaries.…
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Less than 10 percent of Rhode Island’s state legislative primaries are contested in 2024
Rhode Island has 20 contested state legislative primaries on September 10, 2024, the lowest since Ballotpedia started tracking in 2010. That amounts to 8.8% of all possible primaries for the state’s legislature being contested in 2024. All of the state’s contested state legislative primaries are Democratic primaries—there are no contested Republican primaries. This is the…
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Most contested state legislative primaries in Wyoming this year since at least 2010
Wyoming has 54 contested state legislative primaries on August 20, 2024, the most the state has had since Ballotpedia began tracking in 2010. All contested primaries are Republican primaries, marking a record high for Republicans and a record low for Democrats. About 35.1% of all possible state legislative primaries are contested, the highest percentage since…
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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…