Tag: Democratic primaries
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Georgia filing deadline is March 6
The major-party filing deadline to run for elected office in Georgia is on March 6, 2020. In Georgia, prospective candidates may file for the following offices: • U.S. Senate (2 seats: 1 special election and 1 regular election) • U.S. House (14 seats) • Georgia Public Service Commission (2 seats) • State Senate (56 seats)…
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Nebraska filing deadline passes to run for U.S. congressional offices
On March 2, the non-incumbent filing deadline passed for candidates to run for elected office in Nebraska. The incumbent filing deadline passed on February 18. One U.S. Senate seat and three U.S. House seats are up for election in the state. The Class II Senate seat currently held by Ben Sasse (R) is up for…
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Candidate filing period for congressional races in Georgia ends March 6
The major-party filing deadline to run for a U.S. House or Senate seat in Georgia was on March 6, 2020. In Georgia, prospective candidates could file for two seats in the U.S. Senate (one special election and one regular election) and 14 seats in the U.S. House. The U.S. Senate special election was called after…
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22 of 149 congressional primaries on Super Tuesday advance to primary runoff
Five states held statewide primaries on March 3, 2020: Alabama, Arkansas, California, North Carolina, and Texas. In those states, 22 congressional races advanced to primary runoffs. Nine are Democratic primary runoffs, and 13 are Republican primary runoffs. Alabama saw the highest percentage of primaries advance to primary runoffs. Of the six primaries on the ballot,…
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Congressional primaries in Mississippi on Tuesday
One of Mississippi's U.S. Senate seats and all four of the state's U.S. House seats are up for election this year, and the congressional primary is scheduled for March 10, 2020. All five races include the incumbent running for re-election, and four of the races feature a contested primary between one or both major parties.…
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Davis defeats Leeder in Texas’ 21st Congressional District Democratic primary
Wendy Davis defeated Jennie Lou Leeder in the Democratic primary for Texas’ 21st Congressional District on March 3, 2020. As of 12:48 a.m. ET, 19% of precincts had reported. Davis led with 84.1% of the vote to Leeder’s 15.9%. Davis will face incumbent Rep. Chip Roy in the general election on Nov. 3, 2020. Davis…
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Cunningham wins Democratic primary for Senate in NC
Cal Cunningham defeated Erica Smith and three other candidates in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in North Carolina on Tuesday. Cunningham led with 57.6% of the vote, followed by Smith with 35.2%, as of 8:40 p.m. ET with 12.4% of precincts reporting. Cunningham, a member of the Army Reserves and a former state senator…
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Sanders tops 11,000 pageviews in a week
Each week, we report the number of pageviews received by 2020 presidential campaigns on Ballotpedia. These numbers reflect the time investments of our community of thousands of readers who visit a Ballotpedia because they think the candidate is worth knowing more about, whether they believe the candidate has a strong chance of winning or…
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Biden wins South Carolina Democratic primary
Former Vice President Joe Biden won the South Carolina Democratic presidential primary on Saturday night. With 50 percent of precincts reporting, Biden received 50% of the vote. Sen. Bernie Sanders was second with 19%. Former investor Tom Steyer was the only other candidate to pass the double-digit mark and was third at 12%. Fifty-four pledged…