Tag: 2025 elections coverage
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Maine ballot initiative campaigns raise $3.3 million ahead of Nov. 2025 election
The quarterly deadline for campaign finance reports in Maine was Oct. 6, meaning the latest filings for ballot measure committees cover contributions and expenditures through Sept. 30. Through Sept. 30, campaigns for and against the two ballot initiatives on Maine’s Nov. 4, 2025, ballot have raised a combined $3.3 million. The two ballot measures are…
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Sixteen candidates running for Texas' 18th Congressional District on Nov. 4
Sixteen candidates are running in the special general election for Texas' 18th Congressional District on November 4, 2025. Candidates from all parties are running in the election, and if no one wins an outright majority, the top two candidates will advance to a runoff. The winner of this election will be the fourth person to…
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Mentor School Board election to decide majority control of the board
Incumbent Maggie Cook, Robert Haag, Daniel Hardesty, Robert Izzo, Linda O’Brien, and Don Schutz are running in the nonpartisan general election for three at-large seats on the Mentor Exempted Village School District school board on Nov. 4, 2025. The candidates are divided into two slates: the first including two Democratic-affiliated candidates (Cook and Haag) and…
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Emily Dean and Andy Shirtliff to face off in election for Helena mayor
Emily Dean and Andy Shirtliff are running in the nonpartisan general election for mayor of Helena, Montana, on Nov. 4, 2025. Shirtliff and Dean advanced from the nonpartisan primary on Sept. 9, 2025. Shirtliff received 48.33% of the vote and Dean received 36.53%. This election was the first since 2001 in Helena to require a…
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2025 recall success rate behind 15-year average
Out of the 306 elected officials named in recall efforts in 2025, 32 had been removed from office in a recall election as of Oct. 10, a success rate of 10%. That rate is lower than the 17% success rate Ballotpedia tracked from 2010 to 2024. The highest success rate occurred in 2011, when 83…
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A look at state executive election competitiveness in 2025
Ballotpedia's 2025 study of competitiveness in state executive official elections found that 50% of incumbents (4 incumbents across 8 seats) did not seek re-election, leaving those seats open. An average of 41.7% of state executive seats were open in odd-year elections from 2011-2023. An average of 58.3% state executive incumbents sought re-election in odd years…
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Top 10 elections to watch this Nov. 4
With three weeks to go until Election Night, our staff is busy preparing to cover elections across the country. In preparation, our team has selected 10 elections from that coverage to make up our list of the most important, compelling, and competitive elections in the country. Our editorial department selected these elections based on past…
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Katie Wilson and incumbent Bruce Harrell are running in Nov. 4 general election for mayor of Seattle
Incumbent Bruce Harrell and Katie Wilson are running in the November 4 general election for mayor of Seattle. In the Aug. 5 primary, Wilson defeated Harrell 48.1% to 43.6%. Following the primary, KOMO News political analyst and CEO of Strategies 360 Ron Dotzauer said he "believes the race will remain competitive, with messaging on cost…
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Twenty-eight races in 2025 are rematches of a previous contest
In 2025, looking at the elections held so far and those that have yet to happen, 28 races are rematches of contests that previously happened in 2023, 2021, and 2019. Fifteen of the 28 rematches are state legislative elections, and 13 are local elections. Of the 15 state legislative races, 14 are rematches for a…
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Voters to decide on 30 statewide ballot measures in 2025—three fewer than the decade average
Voters in nine states will decide on 30 statewide ballot measures in 2025, which is below the average (33) for odd-numbered years over the past decade. Six measures were decided earlier in the year in three states—Louisiana, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Voters in six states—California, Colorado, Maine, New York, Texas, and Washington—will decide on the remaining…