Tag: elections
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Massachusetts voters to decide state executive, legislative primaries on September 1
The statewide primary election for Massachusetts is on September 1, 2020. The filing deadline to run passed on June 2. Candidates are running in elections for the following state executive and state legislative offices: • Massachusetts Governor’s Council (all eight seats) • State Senate (all 40 seats) • State House (all 160 seats) Candidates are…
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Court rules that Maine GOP-backed referendum on presidential ranked-choice voting will appear on ballot
On August 24, a Maine Superior Court ruled that voters will decide a veto referendum on a law that established ranked-choice voting (RCV) for presidential primaries and general elections. Maine was slated to use RCV for the presidential election on November 3, 2020. Since the veto referendum qualified for the ballot, however, the law is…
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Bice defeats Neese to win Republican nomination in Oklahoma’s 5th Congressional District
Stephanie Bice defeated Terry Neese to win the Republican nomination in Oklahoma’s 5th Congressional District on August 25. As of 9:45 p.m. Central Time on election night, Bice had 53% of the vote to Neese’s 47%. The two advanced to a runoff after no candidate won a majority of the vote in the June 30…
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3,160 major party candidates filed for 2020 Congress elections
As of August 24, 3,160 major party candidates have filed to run for the Senate and House of Representatives in 2020. So far, 515 candidates are filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to run for U.S. Senate. Of those, 402—200 Democrats and 202 Republicans—are from one of the two major political parties. In 2018,…
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Four states have yet to hold primaries for November election
Four states have yet to hold primaries to decide the candidates that will appear on the general election ballot on November 3, 2020: • Massachusetts (September 1) • New Hampshire (September 8) • Rhode Island (September 8) • Delaware (September 15) Louisiana also has not held a primary, but the state does not conduct true…
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Neese, Bice to compete in Republican primary runoff in Oklahoma’s 5th Congressional District August 25
Terry Neese and Stephanie Bice will compete in the Republican primary runoff in Oklahoma’s 5th Congressional District on Tuesday, August 25. The two advanced to a runoff when no candidate won 50% of the vote in the June 30 primary. Neese won 36.5% and Bice won 25.4% in the primary. David Hill, who finished third…
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Oklahoma to hold primary runoffs on August 25
Oklahoma’s statewide primary runoff is scheduled for August 25, 2020. Tulsa’s general election is scheduled for the same day. Oklahoma’s statewide primary was on June 30, 2020. If no candidate received a majority of the vote in the primary, the top two vote-getters advanced to the primary runoff. The runoff winners will advance to the…
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Pam Keith, Oz Vazquez complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey
Pam Keith defeated Oz Vazquez in the Democratic primary for Florida’s 18th Congressional District on August 18. Keith received 79.9% of the vote to Vazquez’s 20.1%. Keith will face incumbent Brian Mast (R) and K.W. Miller (independent) in the general election. Before the election, both Keith and Vazquez completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. Ballotpedia asks…
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Voters decide state legislative races in three states
Alaska, Florida, and Wyoming held statewide primaries on August 18, 2020. Candidates competed to advance to the general election scheduled for November 3. There were 265 state legislative seats up for election, including 45 state Senate seats, and 220 state House seats. The following information was current as of August 20. At that time, some…
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Voters in Alaska, Florida, and Wyoming decide August 18 congressional primaries
Congressional primary elections for two U.S. Senate seats and 29 U.S. House seats were held in Alaska, Florida, and Wyoming on August 18, 2020. Candidates competed to advance to the general election scheduled for November 3, 2020. Alaska One U.S. Senate seat and the sole at-large U.S. House seat were on the ballot in Alaska.…