Tag: uncontested election
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23% of last August’s elections were uncontested
Throughout August, Ballotpedia covered 457 elections in 17 states, 23% of which were uncontested. That’s down from July, when 29% of the 31 covered were uncontested. Ballotpedia defines an uncontested election as one where the number of candidates running is less than or equal to the number of seats up for election. This analysis does…
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29% of last July’s elections were uncontested
Throughout July, Ballotpedia covered 31 elections in 11 states, 29% of which were uncontested. That’s down from June, when 70% of the 896 elections covered were uncontested. Ballotpedia defines an uncontested election as one where the number of candidates running is less than or equal to the number of seats up for election. This analysis…