Tag: primaries
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Three months to voter registration deadline for Missouri’s primary
The voter registration deadline for Missouri’s 2022 primary election is three months away. Those who wish to vote in-person must be registered by July 6. Registration is possible online, in-person, or by mail. If registration forms are mailed, they must be postmarked on or before July 6. The primary is scheduled for Aug. 2. A…
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Rate of state legislative incumbents facing primary challengers doubles in Idaho compared to recent years
More state legislative incumbents are facing primary challenges in Idaho this year than at any point since at least 2014. Seventy-five incumbents are seeking re-election this year, 61.3% of whom (46) are running in contested primaries. From 2014 to 2020, the percentage of incumbents in contested primaries hovered at around half that rate ranging from…
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In Idaho’s two congressional districts, there is one contested primary this year
The filing deadline for candidates running for state or federal office in Idaho was March 11, 2022. This year, nine candidates—two Democrats, six Republicans, and one Libertarian—are running for Idaho’s two U.S. House districts. That’s 4.5 candidates per district, less than the 5.0 candidates per district in 2020 and 9.0 in 2018. Here are some…
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Fifteen candidates are running in the May 17 Democratic primary for Governor of Oregon
Fifteen candidates are running in the May 17 Democratic primary for Governor of Oregon. Incumbent Kate Brown (D) is term-limited and cannot run for re-election. Tina Kotek and Tobias Read have led in fundraising and noteworthy endorsements. Read is the Oregon treasurer, a position to which he was first elected in 2016. He has run…
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Nine candidates running in Republican primary for governor of Nebraska
Nine candidates are running in the Republican Party primary for governor of Nebraska on May 10. Incumbent Gov. Pete Ricketts (R) is term-limited. Candidates Charles Herbster, Brett Lindstrom, and Jim Pillen lead in endorsements, funding, or media attention. Herbster, who served as the chairman of former President Donald Trump’s (R) Agriculture and Rural Advisory Committee,…
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One incumbent defeated in Texas’ state legislative primaries, continuing a decade-long decrease
Texas held the first statewide primary of the 2022 election cycle for federal and state offices on March 1. Heading into the primaries, it was guaranteed that at least one of the 151 state legislative incumbents seeking re-election would lose. Rep. Claudia Ordaz Perez (D), who currently represents House District 76, was drawn into House…
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Republican candidates fuel an increase in contested state legislative primaries in Indiana
The filing deadline for candidates running for state or federal office in Indiana this year was Feb. 4, 2022. Elections will take place in 25 of the state’s 50 Senate districts and all 100 state House districts. Two hundred and fifty-eight candidates filed for those 125 districts: 84 Democrats and 174 Republicans. Fifty-one primary elections…
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West Virginia U.S. House delegation shrinking from three to two sets up primary between two representatives
The filing deadline for candidates running for state or federal office in West Virginia was Jan. 29, 2022. Thirteen candidates—three Democrats and 10 Republicans—are running for the state’s two U.S. House districts. That’s 6.5 candidates per district, more than the 4.7 candidates per district in 2020 and 6.3 in 2018. Here are some other highlights…
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Texas filing deadline update: 2022 to have the most contested Republican state legislative primaries in at least eight years
The filing deadline for candidates running for state or federal office in 2022 in Texas was Dec. 13, 2021. State legislative elections will take place in all 31 Texas State Senate districts and all 151 Texas House of Representatives districts. In all, 461 candidates filed for those 181 districts, including 269 Republicans, 192 Democrats, and…
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Primaries held in four states on Aug. 3
Ballotpedia covered primaries in Arizona, Kansas, Michigan, and Washington on Aug. 3. On the ballot were two state Senate special primaries and regular mayoral, city, and county primaries. Democratic and Republican primaries were held for Michigan State Senate Districts 8 and 28. Both elections were called after the previous incumbents, Peter Lucido (R) and Peter…