Category: 2024 elections
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Joe Biden (D) maintains lead in PredictIt’s presidential general election market
As of May 14, 2024, PredictIt’s 2024 presidential general election market shows President Joe Biden (D) at $0.51 and former President Donald Trump (R) at $0.48. Biden has held the lead in this market since March 31, 2024. No other candidate has more than a $0.10 share price. The share price, which rises and falls…
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Fifteen candidates are running in the June 11 Republican primary election for the U.S. Senate in Nevada
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…
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Incumbent U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz (R) defeated Chuck Goodrich (R) and seven other candidates in the Republican primary in Indiana’s 5th Congressional District
Incumbent U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz (R) won the Republican primary in Indiana’s 5th Congressional District on May 7, 2024. Spartz received 39.1% of the vote. Chuck Goodrich (R) finished in second with 33.2% of the vote. Seven other candidates also ran in the primary. Spartz announced in Feb. 2023 that she would not run for…
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Washington filing deadline passes on May 10
The filing deadline to run for elected office in Washington is on May 10, 2024. In Washington, prospective candidates may file for the following offices: Ballotpedia is also covering local elections in the following areas: The primary is scheduled for August 6, and the general election is scheduled for November 5, 2024. Washington’s statewide filing…
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Jim Banks won the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Indiana
Jim Banks (R) won the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Indiana on May 7, 2024. Banks was unopposed. Incumbent Mike Braun (R) ran for Governor of Indiana. Banks was a member of the U.S. House representing Indiana’s 3rd Congressional District, a former state senator, and a Navy Reserve veteran who served in Afghanistan. He…
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One open U.S. House district in Florida this year—the fewest since 2014
This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in Florida was April 26, 2024. One hundred three candidates are running for Florida’s 28 U.S. House districts, including 42 Democrats and 61 Republicans. That’s 3.68 candidates per district, less than in the previous three election cycles. There were 5.43 candidates per district in 2022, 4.22…
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2.5% of state legislative incumbents who ran for re-election have lost in primaries
So far this year, 25 state legislative incumbents — eight Democrats and 17 Republicans — have lost to primary challengers. Click here to read our previous report. Across the eight states that have held primaries, 2.5% of incumbents running for re-election have lost, which is less than at this point in 2022 (4.1%). Republican incumbents…
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Joe Biden (D) maintains lead in PredictIt’s 2024 presidential general election market
As of May 8, 2024, PredictIt’s 2024 presidential general election market shows President Joe Biden (D) at $0.50 and former President Donald Trump (R) at $0.47. Biden has held the lead in this market since March 31, 2024. No other candidate has more than a $0.10 share price. The share price, which rises and falls…
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U.S. Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind) wins Indiana gubernatorial Republican primary
On May 7, Mike Braun (R) won the Republican primary election for governor of Indiana with 39.5% of the vote. Braun defeated Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch (R), who finished in second with 21.9%, as well as Brad Chambers (R), Eric Doden (R), Curtis Hill (R), and Jamie Reitenour (R). Incumbent Gov. Eric Holcomb (R) was…
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Second Fewest Number of Retiring Incumbents in North Dakota Legislature since 2010
There are 69 state legislative seats up for election this year in North Dakota. Across those, eight incumbents (one Democrat and seven Republicans) did not file to run for re-election. All eight of those retirements came from state senators, while all House incumbents are running for reelection. Since Ballotpedia began tracking this data in 2010,…