Tag: Senate

  • Analyzing partisan splits in states holding U.S. Senate elections in 2022

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    Thirty-four Senate seats are up for election on November 8, 2022. Republicans currently hold 20 and Democrats hold 14.  For seats up for election next year, we look at party differences between the current Senate incumbent and their state’s other senator, their state’s governor, and their state’s 2020 presidential winner. Split Senate delegations Seven states…

  • Senate confirms first Biden Cabinet nominee

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    The Senate confirmed Avril Haines as director of national intelligence on January 20, 2021, by a vote of 84-10. Haines previously served as an assistant to the president and principal deputy national security advisor during the Obama administration. Ten Republican senators voted against her confirmation: Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) Sen. Ted…

  • Partisan control of U.S. Senate will come down to Georgia

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    Two of the 35 Senate races held in 2020 remain uncalled: the regular and special Senate elections in Georgia. Republicans have secured 50 seats in the next Senate, and Democrats have secured 48 (including two seats held by independents who caucus with Democrats). Control of the Senate will come down to Georgia. Democrats would need…

  • Graham (R) defeats Harrison (D) in S.C. Senate race 

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    Incumbent Sen. Lindsey Graham (R) defeated Jaime Harrison (D) in the U.S. Senate election in South Carolina. Graham was first elected in 2002. Harrison raised the most money out of all the Senate candidates in the 2020 cycle at $109 million. Graham was fourth with $74 million. Thirty-five of 100 Senate seats are up for…

  • Georgia U.S. Senate candidate Jon Ossoff completes Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connections survey

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    Jon Ossoff, the Democratic nominee in the regularly-scheduled U.S. Senate election in Georgia, recently completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connections survey. Ossoff faces incumbent David Perdue (R) and Shane Hazel (L) in the general election for U.S. Senate. Ballotpedia asks all federal, state, and local candidates to complete a survey so voters can discover what motivates them…

  • Major party candidates for Congress elections, 2016-2020

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    As of September 10, 2020, 3,169 major party candidates filed to run for U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives. For U.S. Senate, 519 candidates filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC). Of those, 402—199 Democrats and 203 Republicans—are from one of the two major political parties. • In 2018, 529 candidates filed to run…

  • Congressional retirements by month, 2011-2020 — a Ballotpedia analysis

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    Between 2011 and July 2020, Ballotpedia tracked 243 retirement announcements from members of the U.S. House and Senate. January saw the highest number of retirement announcements of any month at 45—31 during even-number years and 14 during odd-number years, when no regular congressional elections are held. February and November had the second-highest total announcements at…

  • 3,160 major party candidates filed for 2020 Congress elections

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    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,…

  • 3,019 major party candidates filed for 2020 Congress elections

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    As of June 29, 3,019 major party candidates have filed to run for the Senate and House of Representatives in 2020. So far, 461 candidates are filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to run for U.S. Senate. Of those, 369—187 Democrats and 182 Republicans—are from one of the two major political parties. In 2018,…

  • U.S. Senate confirms federal judges for first time since February

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    The U.S. Senate confirmed three nominees to U.S. District Court judgeships. The Senate has confirmed 196 of President Trump’s Article III judicial nominees—two Supreme Court justices, 51 appellate court judges, 141 district court judges, and two U.S. Court of International Trade judges—since January 2017. The confirmed nominees are: Scott Rash, confirmed to the United States…