Tag: uncontested elections
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55% of elections in North Carolina are uncontested
Of 1,117 regular elections in North Carolina—619 (55%) are uncontested. An uncontested election is one where the number of candidates on the ballot is less than or equal to the number of seats up for election. Of the 26 states where Ballotpedia is covering every election on Nov. 5, North Carolina has the 17th highest…
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45% of elections in Montana are uncontested
Of 338 regular elections in Montana—153 (45%) are uncontested. An uncontested election is one where the number of candidates on the ballot is less than or equal to the number of seats up for election. Of the 26 states where Ballotpedia is covering every election on Nov. 5, Montana has the 20th highest rate of…
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80% of elections in Georgia are uncontested
Of 1,825 regular elections in Georgia—1,453 (80%) are uncontested. An uncontested election is one where the number of candidates on the ballot is less than or equal to the number of seats up for election. Of the 26 states where Ballotpedia is covering every election on Nov. 5, Georgia has the second highest rate of…
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30% of elections in Florida are uncontested
Of 1,059 regular elections in Florida—316 (30%) are uncontested. An uncontested election is one where the number of candidates on the ballot is less than or equal to the number of seats up for election. Of the 26 states where Ballotpedia is covering every election on Nov. 5, Florida has the 25th highest rate of…
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36% of last October’s elections were uncontested
Throughout October, Ballotpedia covered 14 elections in 5 states, 36% of which were uncontested. That’s down from September when 86% of the 1,312 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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86% of last September’s elections were uncontested
Throughout September, Ballotpedia covered 1,312 elections in 12 states, 86% of which were uncontested. That’s up from August, when 79% of the 11,320 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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79% of last August’s elections were uncontested
Throughout August, Ballotpedia covered 11,320 elections in 21 states, 79% of which were uncontested. That’s up from July when 67% of the 560 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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71% of April’s elections were uncontested
Throughout April, Ballotpedia covered 4,596 elections in 21 states, 71% of which were uncontested. That’s down from March, when 77% of the 6,995 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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77% of last March’s elections were uncontested
Throughout March, Ballotpedia covered 6,984 elections in 26 states, 77% of which were uncontested. That’s up from February when 46% of the 318 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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Largest number of open state legislative district elections since 2011
There are 138 open state legislative seats in 2023, meaning newcomers will win at least 24% of all seats. This is the most since Ballotpedia began gathering data in 2011. A seat can become open if an incumbent leaves office or runs for re-election in a different district than the one they currently represent. Louisiana,…