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  • Special elections to be held in two Georgia legislative districts on June 15

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    Special elections are being held on June 15 to fill vacant seats in Districts 34 and 156 in the Georgia House of Representatives. If no candidate earns a majority of the vote in the special election, the top two vote-getters will advance to a general runoff election. The runoff, if necessary, will be held on…

  • Val Demings announces she’s running for U.S. Senate from Florida

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    U.S. Rep. Val Demings (D) officially announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate on June 9. Demings currently represents Florida’s 10th Congressional District. Marco Rubio (R) is Florida’s incumbent U.S. Senator who is up for election in 2022. He was first elected to the Senate in 2010. Demings announced she was running in a three-minute…

  • Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 113 special election set for Nov. 2

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    Election officials have scheduled a special election for the District 113 seat in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for Nov. 2, 2021. The seat became vacant after Martin Flynn (D) was elected to the state Senate on May 18. There is no primary, and candidates will be nominated directly by political parties.

  • Seventy-nine percent of state legislative incumbents in New Jersey will not face a contested primary this year

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    Ninety percent of state legislative incumbents in New Jersey are seeking re-election in 2021. Of these 108 incumbents, 79%—85 legislators—will advance to the general election without a primary challenge, according to Ballotpedia’s primary election competitiveness analysis. The remaining 23 incumbents—nine Democrats and 14 Republicans—will face contested primaries on June 8, 2021. When an incumbent faces…

  • Tennessee House of Representatives District 29 special election set for Sept. 14

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    Election officials have scheduled a special election for the District 29 seat in the Tennessee House of Representatives on Sept. 14, 2021. The seat became vacant after Mike Carter (R) died on May 15. The primary is on July 27, and the filing deadline is on June 17.

  • Special election primary to be held June 12 in Louisiana Senate district

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    A special election primary is being held on June 12 for District 7 of the Louisiana State Senate. Joanna Cappiello-Leopold (D), Gary Carter Jr. (D), Mack Cormier (D), and Patricia McCarty (R) are running in the primary. Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win…

  • Virginia municipal primaries to be held June 8 

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    The municipal primary elections in Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake, and Richmond in Virginia are scheduled for June 8. Candidates are competing to advance to the general election scheduled for Nov. 2.  The filing deadline to run for major party candidates passed on March 25. For minor party and independent candidates, the filing deadline is Aug.…

  • Eleven incumbents file to run for re-election to offices in King County, Wash.

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    The filing deadline passed on May 21 to run for elected office in King County, Wash. Candidates filed for the following positions: • Mayor of Seattle • Seattle City Attorney • Seattle City Council Position 8 At-Large • Seattle City Council Position 9 At-Large • Port of Seattle Commission Position 1 • Port of Seattle…

  • Special election to be held on June 8 in New Hampshire House district

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    A special election is being held on June 8 for the Merrimack 23 District of the New Hampshire House of Representatives. Muriel Hall (D) and Christopher Lins (R) are running in the general election. The winner of this special election will serve until December 2022. The seat became vacant after Samantha Fox (D) resigned on…

  • Special primary election to be held in Alabama state House district

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    A special Democratic primary will be held on May 25 for District 78 in the Alabama House of Representatives. A Democratic primary runoff, if necessary, will take place on June 22. The winner of the Democratic primary will face Loretta Grant (R) in the special general election on September 7. Terance Dawson, Kenyatté Hassell, Roderick…