Tag: Democratic primaries
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Two candidates running in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District Democratic Primary
Alisha Shelton and Tony Vargas are running in the May 10, 2022, Democratic Party primary for Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District. Shelton has worked as a clinical supervisor, program director, and therapist and ran for U.S. Senate in 2020, where she finished third in the Democratic primary behind primary winner Chris Janicek (D) and Angie Philips…
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Incumbent Kurt Schrader and Jamie McLeod-Skinner running in Democratic primary for Oregon’s 5th Congressional District
Incumbent Kurt Schrader and Jamie McLeod-Skinner are running in the Democratic primary for Oregon’s 5th Congressional District on May 17, 2022. The general election is set to take place on Nov. 8, 2022. The filing deadline was March 8, 2022. Schrader has represented the 5th District since 2009, but the district’s boundaries changed as a…
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Heart of the Primaries 2022, Democrats-Issue 14
March 17, 2022 In this issue: Former Minneapolis Council member challenges Ilhan Omar and a hypothetical matchup poll shows Kathy Hochul and Andrew Cuomo about even Criminal justice issues in spotlight in California AG primary California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) faces Republican and independent challengers in the state’s top-two primary. Politico‘s Jeremy B. White…
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Fifteen candidates are running in the May 17 Democratic primary for Governor of Oregon
Fifteen candidates are running in the May 17 Democratic primary for Governor of Oregon. Incumbent Kate Brown (D) is term-limited and cannot run for re-election. Tina Kotek and Tobias Read have led in fundraising and noteworthy endorsements. Read is the Oregon treasurer, a position to which he was first elected in 2016. He has run…
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Garza, Jaworski advance to May 24 runoff in Democratic primary for Texas attorney general
Rochelle Garza and Joe Jaworski advanced from the March 1 Democratic primary for Texas attorney general when third-place finisher Lee Merritt conceded his spot in the runoff on March 10. Garza finished first in the primary with 43.0% of the vote and Jaworski received 19.7%. Merritt finished in third place with 19.4%, Mike Fields was…
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Heart of the Primaries 2022, Democrats-Issue 13
March 10, 2022 In this issue: Working Families Party endorsements in NY congressional races and Israel an early issue in MI-11 NY Working Families Party endorses in NY-11, NY-12 The New York Working Families Party endorsed Brittany Ramos DeBarros in New York’s 11th Congressional District primary and Rana Abdelhamid in the 12th District primary. Spectrum…
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Crockett and Hamilton advance to runoff in Texas’ 30th Congressional District Democratic primary
Jasmine Crockett and Jane Hamilton advanced to a May 24 runoff in the Democratic primary for Texas’ 30th Congressional District. In the March 1 primary, Crockett received 48.5% of the vote, followed by Hamilton with 17%. No other candidate received more than 10% of the vote. Incumbent Eddie Bernice Johnson (D) , who was first…
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Heart of the Primaries 2022, Democrats-Issue 12
March 3, 2022 In this issue: Texas Democratic primary results roundup, Oregon county parties change rules to endorse challenger in OR-05 Texas results roundup Texas held the nation’s first midterm primaries on Tuesday. Races in which no candidate received a majority of the vote are headed to May 24 runoffs. Here’s a roundup of results…
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Cuellar, Cisneros head to runoff in TX-28 Democratic primary
Incumbent Henry Cuellar and Jessica Cisneros advanced to a May 24 runoff in the Democratic primary for Texas’ 28th Congressional District. In the March 1 primary, Cuellar received 48.4% of the vote, followed by Cisneros with 46.9% and Tannya Benavides with 4.7%. This year’s primary is a rematch of the 2020 primary, which Cuellar won…
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McGarvey, Scott face off in Democratic primary for Kentucky’s 3rd Congressional District
Morgan McGarvey and Attica Scott are running in the Democratic primary for Kentucky’s 3rd Congressional District on May 17. Incumbent Rep. John Yarmuth (D) announced on Oct. 12, 2021, that he was not running for re-election. McGarvey is a member of the Kentucky State Senate, having first been elected to the legislature in 2012. He…