Tag: Congress

  • Adkins wins Republican primary for Kansas’ 3rd Congressional District

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    Amanda Adkins won the Republican primary for Kansas’ 3rd Congressional District Aug. 4. With 89% of precincts reporting, she led the field of candidates with 31% of the vote. The Associated Press called the race at 9:50 p.m. CDT.

  • Meijer wins MI-03 Republican primary

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    Peter Meijer won the Republican primary for Michigan’s 3rd Congressional District. With 64% of precincts reporting, he led the field of candidates with 51% of the vote, followed by Lynn Afendoulis with 25%, and Tom Norton with 18%. Decision Desk HQ called the race at 8:12 p.m. Central Time.

  • Marshall defeats Kobach in Kansas’ Republican primary for U.S. Senate

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    U.S. Rep. Roger Marshall defeated former Secretary of State Kris Kobach, plumber Bob Hamilton, and eight others in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Kansas. As of 9:25 p.m. Central Time, Marshall had received 37% of the vote followed by Kobach and Hamilton with 26% and 20%, respectively. No other candidate received over 10% of the vote. During the…

  • LaTurner defeats incumbent Watkins in KS-02 GOP primary

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    Jake LaTurner won Kansas’ 2nd Congressional District Republican primary with 49% of the vote to incumbent Steve Watkins’ 34% and Dennis Taylor’s 17%, with 57% of precincts reporting. Watkins is the sixth incumbent representative defeated in a primary in 2020. He was first elected in 2018, defeating Paul Davis (D) by less than 1 percentage…

  • Tennessee to hold congressional primaries August 6

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    Tennessee is holding primaries for one seat in the U.S. Senate and nine seats in the U.S. House on August 6. Candidates are competing for a place on the general election ballot on November 3. The filing deadline for candidates to run in this election was April 2. The open race for the state’s U.S.…

  • Previewing the Democratic primary for Michigan’s 13th Congressional District

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    There are three battleground primaries taking place in Michigan on Aug. 4. Battlegrounds are elections that Ballotpedia expects to have a meaningful effect on the balance of power in governments or to be particularly competitive or compelling. Democratic primary for Michigan’s 13 Congressional District Incumbent Rep. Rashida Tlaib and Brenda Jones are running in the…

  • Heart of the Primaries 2020, Republicans-Issue 28 (July 29, 2020)

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    This week: Sen. Pat Roberts endorses Roger Marshall, Hagerty and Sethi line up support in Tennessee Senate contest, and Vermont Republicans hold first gubernatorial debate On the news Where do Republican and conservative pundits and commentators disagree? Each week, we bring you excerpts that highlight differing views. On the Silent Majority “Trump announced that Bill…

  • Heart of the Primaries 2020, Democrats-Issue 28 (July 29, 2020)

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    This week: Ilhan Omar challenger raises $3.2 million in second quarter, Working Families Party spends in support of Rashida Tlaib, and Bernie Sanders endorses in Vermont gubernatorial primary On the news Where do Democratic and progressive pundits and commentators disagree? Each week, we bring you excerpts that highlight differing views. On Medicare for All in…

  • 3,077 major party candidates filed for 2020 Congress elections

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    As of July 27, 3,077 major party candidates have filed to run for the Senate and House of Representatives in 2020. So far, 481 candidates are filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to run for U.S. Senate. Of those, 382—194 Democrats and 188 Republicans—are from one of the two major political parties. In 2018,…

  • Candidate filing deadline to run for congressional office passes in Louisiana

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    On July 24, 2020, the major-party filing deadline to run for elected office in Louisiana passed. The candidate filing period ran from July 22 to July 24; the Louisiana State Legislature moved the filing period from earlier in the month in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Prospective candidates filed for the following congressional offices:…