Tag: term limits
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More incumbents are ineligible to run in 2026 due to term limits than in 2024, 2022, and 2018
Fifty-seven state executive incumbents, including 15 governors, are unable to run for re-election in 2026 due to term limits. Overall, incumbents in 15 different state executive offices are ineligible to run for re-election in 2026. California has the most state executive officials term-limited in the 2026 elections, with eight term-limited incumbents, followed by Ohio and…
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Miami voters approve mayoral term limit change
On Nov. 4, voters in Miami, Florida, approved Referendum 4, which amended the city charter and established lifetime term limits for the mayor and city commissioners. The vote was 79.1% to 20.9%. Before the measure, Miami mayors and city commissioners could serve two consecutive four-year terms and could run again after a four-year break. As…
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All 10 states with the largest percentages of open seats since 2010 have term limits
Since 2010, Ballotpedia has covered state legislative elections to 44,639 seats across all 50 states over 13 election cycles. During that time, 8,404 of those seats have been open, those where no incumbents ran for re-election. That represents 18.8% of all seats up for election between 2010 and 2022. The key determinant of the magnitude…
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Louisiana Republicans continue to see more term-limited legislators than Democrats
For the third consecutive election cycle, Republican state legislators in Louisiana have more term-limited members than Democrats. In 2023, Republicans have 16 term-limited lawmakers, whereas Democrats have six. Louisiana is the only state holding elections for a term-limited legislature in 2023. Out of the 144 seats up for election in the Louisiana State Legislature this…