Tag: elections coverage
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Alabama announces special primary elections for four U.S. House races, New Hampshire moves 2028 primary date
Two states recently revised their election calendars: Alabama scheduled special primary elections this year for four congressional districts, and New Hampshire moved its statewide and congressional primaries to June beginning in 2028. On May 12, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) announced that special primaries will happen on Aug. 11 for four of the state's seven…
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79% of last August’s elections were uncontested
Throughout August, Ballotpedia covered 11,320 elections in 21 states, 79% of which were uncontested. That’s up from July when 67% of the 560 covered were uncontested. Ballotpedia defines an uncontested election as one where the number of candidates running is less than or equal to the number of seats up for election. This analysis does…