Tag: elections
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How many races in 2020 had the same candidates in 2018?
In the 2020 general election, 366 elections in Ballotpedia’s coverage scope are rematches between the same candidates who ran for office in 2018. Rematch elections in 2020 include: 23 elections for the U.S. House One state executive election 339 state legislative elections Three local races in our coverage scope. Republicans won 205 of the 2018…
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Absentee/mail-in voting witness requirements in the 2020 general election
Heading into the Nov. 3 general election, six states are expected to require absentee/mail-in voters to obtain the signature of a witness or notary in order to have their ballots counted. They are: Alabama: Two witnesses or one notary Alaska: One witness Mississippi: Notary or other officer authorized to administer oaths Missouri: Notary or other…
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Biden gains cash advantage over Trump for first time in 2020 presidential election cycle
Joe Biden outraised Donald Trump by $150 million according to campaign finance reports filed with the Federal Election Commission on September 20. The Biden campaign raised $212 million in August, a percentage difference of 109% from the Trump campaign’s $62 million. Biden’s campaign spent $130 million to Trump’s $61 million. As of August 31, the…
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Did COVID-19 affect the number of candidates who filed for election in 2020?
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, states have changed election dates, voting procedures, and candidate filing deadlines. We took a look at the potential effect these changes had on candidate filing ratios (the number of candidates who filed compared to the number of seats up for election). We chose the date of comparison as March…
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Former U.S. Sen. Kassebaum (R) endorses Bollier (D) in KS race
Former U.S. Sen. Nancy Kassebaum (R) endorsed Barbara Bollier (D) in the Senate race in Kansas. Kassebaum held the seat from 1978 until 1997. Pat Roberts (R), the retiring incumbent in 2020, succeeded her. Bollier, Roger Marshall (R), and Jason Buckley (L) are on the ballot. Bollier, a state senator, served in the state House…
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Two Nevada Supreme Court seats are up for nonpartisan election in November
The seats of Nevada Supreme Court Justices Mark Gibbons and Kris Pickering will be up for nonpartisan election on November 3, 2020. Pickering is seeking re-election while Gibbons is not. Pickering is unopposed for the November election to reclaim her seat. Ozzie Fumo and Douglas Herndon will face each other in an effort to fill…
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Kansas’ state legislative Republican primaries alter the ideological makeup of GOP caucus
On August 4, 12 of the 28 Republican state legislative incumbents facing primary challenges in Kansas lost their primaries. These results could alter the makeup of the Republican caucus in 2021. Local media sources like The Wichita Eagle, Shawnee Mission Post, and The Kansas City Star identified nine incumbents whose primaries and defeats were representative…
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All candidates in New York’s 10th Congressional District election complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection Survey
All three candidates running in the election for New York’s 10th Congressional District—Incumbent Jerrold Nadler (D), Cathy Bernstein (R), and Michael Madrid (L)—completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection Survey. Ballotpedia asks all federal, state, and local candidates to complete a survey so voters can discover what motivates them on political and personal levels. One question in the…
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Nearly three in four of this year’s federal races will not be competitive, election forecasters say
Five hundred and twenty-one federal elections are taking place this November, including elections for president in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, elections for 35 seats in the U.S. Senate, and elections for all 435 voting seats in the U.S. House. A Ballotpedia review of election forecasts found forecasters project 137 of those…
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Delaware primary review: less than 25% of offices up in November appeared on primary ballot
Delaware held its statewide primary on September 15, 2020. Candidates competed to advance to the general election scheduled for November 3. In Delaware, unopposed primary candidates automatically advance to the general election. Consequently, only 13 state-level offices were on the primary ballot even though 55 seats are up for election in 2020. There were 15…