Tag: Congress
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Congressional candidate filing period passes in five states
The filing deadline to run for Congress has passed in Alaska, Kansas, Wisconsin, Hawaii, and Minnesota. The filing deadline was on June 1, 2020, for Alaska, Kansas, and Wisconsin. For Hawaii and Minnesota, the filing deadline was June 2. Prospective candidates filed for the following congressional offices: Alaska • U.S. Senate (1 seat) • U.S.…
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Teresa Leger Fernandez wins Democratic primary in New Mexico’s 3rd District
Teresa Leger Fernandez (D) defeated Valerie Plame (D), state Rep. Joseph Sanchez (D-40), and four other candidates to win the Democratic nomination for New Mexico’s 3rd Congressional District. Fernandez received 41.8% of the vote to Plame’s 22.9% and Sanchez’s 12.8% with 70% of precincts reporting. No other candidate received over 10% of the vote. Fernandez…
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Rosendale wins Republican primary for U.S. House in Montana
State Auditor Matt Rosendale (R) defeated five other candidates including, Secretary of State Corey Stapleton (R), to win the Republican nomination for Montana’s at-large U.S. House seat. Rosendale received 48.4% of the vote to Stapleton’s 33.2% with 94% of precincts reporting. None of the other four candidates—Joe Dooling, John Evankovich, Debra Lamm, or Mark McGinley—received…
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Kathleen Williams wins Democratic nomination for Montana’s At-Large District for second cycle in a row
Kathleen Williams (D) defeated state Rep. Tom Winter (D-96) to win the Democratic nomination for Montana’s at-large U.S. House seat for the second election cycle in a row. As of 10:33 p.m. Mountain Time, Williams had received 89.6% of the vote to Winter’s 10.4% with 43% of precincts reporting. Williams was the 2018 Democratic candidate…
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Frank Mrvan wins Democratic nomination in Indiana’s 1st District to succeed Pete Visclosky
Frank Mrvan (D) defeated 14 other candidates to win the Democratic nomination to succeed outgoing Rep. Pete Visclosky (D) in Indiana’s 1st Congressional District. As of 10:50 p.m. Central Time, Mrvan had received 33.6% of the vote to Thomas McDermott Jr.’s 29.3%. No other candidate had received more than 10% of the vote. This was…
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Yvette Herrell wins Republican nomination in New Mexico’s 2nd District, sets up rematch with Xochitl Torres Small
Yvette Herrell defeated Claire Chase and Chris Mathys to win the Republican nomination in New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District. As of 11:05 p.m. Mountain Time, Herrell had received 45.6% of the vote with 83% of precincts reporting. Chase followed with 32.1%, while Mathys had 22.4%. Herrell, who had been the GOP’s 2018 nominee, will again…
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Steve King (R) becomes second member of Congress to lose a primary in 2020
State Sen. Randy Feenstra (R) defeated Rep. Steve King (R) in the Republican primary for Iowa’s 4th Congressional District. As of 10:30 p.m. Central Time, Feenstra had received 40.6% of the vote to King’s 38.7%. No other candidate had received more than 10% of the vote. Feenstra will face Democratic nominee J.D. Scholten in the…
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Theresa Greenfield wins Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Iowa
Theresa Greenfield defeated Michael Franken, Kimberly Graham, and Eddie Mauro to win the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Iowa. As of 9:30 p.m. Central Time, Greenfield had received 44.9% of the vote with 6% of precincts reporting. Franken followed with 26.6%, while Graham had 15.6%, and Mauro had 11.7%. A fifth candidate, Cal Woods,…