Rep. Mary Madison is running as an incumbent for another term to represent Iowa House District 31 in West Des Moines. The Democrat is running unopposed in the party’s primary and does not face a Republican challenger on the ballot in the general election. To help voters, the Des Moines Register sent questions to all […]
A wave of Republican incumbents were swept out of the Texas House in Tuesday’s primary runoffs, including a handful who opposed school vouchers last fall, handing Gov. Greg Abbott a tentative majority in the lower chamber on his signature issue. With most ballots counted across the state, six of the eight GOP House members who […]
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuanians return to the polls Sunday for the second round of the Baltic country’s presidential election as incumbent President Gitanas Nausėda seeks to hold off Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė and secure another five-year term. The 60-year-old Nauseda, a moderate conservative, has been a strong backer of Ukraine, a position shared across […]
The Republican primary between incumbent Rep. Kim Moser and Karen Campbell was still too close to call late Tuesday night, with Moser clinging to a slim lead. First elected in 2016 to represent the 64th District in Kenton County, the Taylor Mill Republican had a 2 percentage point lead to Karen Campbell, according to unofficial […]
The incumbent for the Kentucky state Senate District 7 seat, Adrienne Southworth, will not move forward to the November election as her party’s nominee — but the Republican primary winner is too close to call as of late Tuesday night. Aaron Reed, a Republican from Shelbyville, had a lead over Ed Gallrein, also a Republican […]
State Rep. Adrielle Camuel, D-Lexington, convincingly defeated challenger Sarah Ritter in Tuesday’s Democratic primary for Kentucky House District 93, , according to unofficial results. Camuel received approximately 73% of the 2,735 casted votes, handily beating Ritter 1,985-750, according to the Secretary of State’s unofficial results. Camuel also received approximately 74% of the absentee ballots cast. […]
A Scott County attorney will soon shift to a new role as the commonwealth’s attorney in the 14th circuit after she beat incumbent Sharon Muse Johnson in Tuesday night’s election. She will be unopposed in the November election after she walked away with about 45% of the votes for her district. Kearney has been a […]
AUGUSTA, G.A. (WJBF)- Georgia’s Statewide General Primary is next Tuesday. One of the big local races we’ve been following is for District Attorney of the Augusta Judicial Circuit. Incumbent Jared Williams is facing a challenge from Columbia Judicial Circuit Assistant District Attorney Amber Brantley “Community safety is all of our responsibility, let’s work together, let’s […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A political action committee that helps Republicans get elected to Congress is doing the unusual — spending more than $450,000 to defeat a GOP incumbent. That incumbent, conservative two-term Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., voted to remove former Rep. Kevin McCarthy as House speaker last fall. It’s just the latest example of how […]
Political newcomer Jody Madeira beat incumbent Monroe County Commissioner Penny Githens in the Democratic Party primary Tuesday. The victory will set up a clash with Republican Joe VanDeventer, who beat his primary opponent, Paul White Sr., by a margin of nearly 2-1. “Stunned,” Madeira described her reaction. County commissioner candidate Jody Madeira smiles as she […]
LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Out of a night of expected results, the race for Indiana’s state representative in the 13th District appears to have seen a major upset with Republican incumbent Sharon Negele potentially losing her party’s nomination to newcomer Matthew Commons. By late Tuesday night, the Journal and Courier was still waiting on election results […]
Incumbent Jimmy Crouch is trailing challenger Kerry Fossler for the Place 4 seat on the Bastrop City Council following early voting results Saturday. Fossler had 333 votes, or 56.4%, to Crouch’s 258 votes. Council Member Cynthia Sanders Meyer is running unopposed for a second term in the Place 2 seat. . In the race for […]