Two candidates are running in the Republican primary for Colorado’s 8th Congressional District on June 25, 2024—Gabe Evans (R) and Janak Joshi (R). The winner of this primary will face incumbent Rep. Yadira Caraveo (D) in the general election. In the 2022 general election, Caraveo defeated Barbara Kirkmeyer (R) 48.4% to 47.7%. In this primary,…
Four candidates are running in the Republican primary election for U.S. Senate in Utah on June 25, 2024: John Curtis (R), Trent Staggs (R), Jason Walton (R), and Brad Wilson (R). Incumbent U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney (R) announced he would not seek re-election, meaning the office will be open. All four candidates attended a candidate…
Five candidates are running in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Virginia on June 18, 2024. Hung Cao (R) and Scott Parkinson (R) have received the most media attention and endorsements. Incumbent Sen. Tim Kaine (D) has served since 2013 and is running for re-election. Political commentators have framed the primary within national politics,…
Incumbent U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace (R) won the Republican primary election for South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District on June 11, 2024. Mace received 56.8% of the vote. Catherine Templeton (R) finished in second with 29.8%, and Bill Young (R) finished in third with 13.4%. According to The Post and Courier, South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District…
Andre Jacque, Roger Roth, and Tony Wied are running in the Republican primary for Wisconsin’s 8th Congressional District on August 13, 2024. The previous incumbent, Rep. Mike Gallagher (R), resigned on April 20, 2024. In addition to the regularly scheduled primaries and general election for a full term, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers (D) called for…
Incumbent Tony Gonzales (R) defeated Brandon Herrera (R) in the Republican primary runoff in Texas’ 23rd Congressional District on May 28, 2024. Gonzales received 50.7% of the runoff vote to Herrera’s 49.3%. Gonzales and Herrera were the top two finishers in the five-candidate primary on Mar. 5, 2024, receiving 45.4% and 24.2% of the vote,…
Thirteen Republican primary runoffs for the Texas House of Representatives took place on May 28, 2024. Eight primary runoffs had an incumbent on the ballot, and the incumbent lost in six of those runoffs. There were 59 contested Republican primaries on March 5, 2024, 46 of which had an incumbent on the ballot. Nine incumbent…
Fifteen candidates are running in the June 11 Republican primary election for the U.S. Senate in Nevada. Two candidates, Sam Brown (R) and Jim Marchant (R), lead in polling and media attention. According to Nevada Current Deputy Editor April Corbin Girnus , Nevada congressional candidates’ stances on former President Donald Trump (R) and his policies are a “terse political minefield…
Incumbent Andy Ogles (R) and Courtney Johnston (R) are running in the Republican primary in Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District on Aug. 1, 2024. Ogles was first elected in 2022 after winning the Republican nomination with 35.4% of the vote in a ten-candidate primary. According to Hoodline, Ogles “came under fire for his behavior in Congress…
Three candidates are running in the Republican primary for South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District on June 11: Incumbent U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace (R), Catherine Templeton (R), and Bill Young (R). According to The Post and Courier, South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District is considered “the most moderate of South Carolina’s six Republican-held congressional districts, covering a…