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United States Congressional and Senate Elections

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As the candidate filing deadlines pass and primaries finish, I will be updating this thread with current matchups on a state-by-state basis. Feel free to comment about your favorite politicians, what is going on in the elections, etc.

  1. Kentucky
    1. Primary Date: May 21, 2024
    2. General Election Date: November 5, 2024
    3. District I:
      1. The primaries were canceled, so the next general election in the House for this District is on November 5, 2024
        1. Incumbent James Comer, Jr. (R-KY) takes on unchallenged-the-primary Erin Marshall (D-KY)
      2. District 2:
        1. Incumbent Brett Guthrie (R-KY) advances to the general election unopposed.
        2. Democrats William Compton (D-KY) and Hank Linderman (D-KY) face off in the May 21st, 2024 Democratic primary. ‘
      3. District 3:
        1. Incumbent Democrat Morgan McGarvey (D-KY) faces a primary challenge on May 21st, 2024 from Jared Randall (D-KY) and Geoff M. Young (D-KY)
        2. Meanwhile, the Republicans have a primary on May 21st, 2024 between Mike Craven (R-KY) and Denny Ormerod (R-KY)
      4. District 4:
        1. District 4 is a general election primary election, meaning that no other party except for one is featured in the general election. This means that the primary determines the general election.
        2. Longtime incumbent Thomas Massie (R-KY) takes on Eric Deters (R-KY) and Michael McGinnis (R-KY) on May 21st, 2024. The winner wins the general election.
      5. District 5:
        1. District 5 is a general election primary election, meaning that no other party except for one is features in the general election. This means that the primary determines the general election.
        2. Longtime Republican incumbent Hal Rogers (R-KY) takes on Dana Edwards (R-KY), David Kraftchack (R-KY), and Brandon Monhollen (R-KY) on May 21st, 2024.
      6. District 6:
        1. Longtime Republican incumbent Andy Barr (R-KY) advances to the general election on November 5, 2024
        2. There is a five-candidate Democratic primary between Randy Cravens (D-KY), Todd Kelly (D-KY), Don B. Pratt (D-KY), Jonathan Richardson (D-KY), and Shauna Rudd (D-KY)
 
  1. North Carolina
    1. Filing Deadline: December 15, 2023
    2. Primary Date: March 5, 2024
    3. General Election Date, November 5, 2024
    4. The state is almost split evenly with 7 Democratic Representatives and 9 Republican Representatives
    5. District 1:
      1. Incumbent Donald Davis (D-NC) advances to the general election unopposed.
      2. Laurie Buckhout (R-NC) and Sandy Smith (R-NC) proceed to the March 5th, 2024 primary.
      3. Additionally, Libertarian candidate Tom Bailey (L-NC) advances to the general election.
    6. District 2:
      1. Incumbent Deborah Ross (D-NC) faces a primary challenge from Michael Camero (D-NC) on March 5th, 2024.
      2. There is a three-person Republican primary on March 5th, 2024 between Eugene Douglass (R-NC), Robert Morales (R-NC), and Alan Swain (R-NC)
      3. The Green Party’s Michael Dublin (G-NC) advances to the November 5th, 2024 election.
    7. District 3
      1. The first district with a candidate from only one major party, Republican incumbent Gregory Murphy (R-NC) advances to the November 5th, 2024 general election.
      2. Meanwhile, Gheorghe Cormos of the Libertarian party (L-NC) advances to the general election on November 5, 2024.
    8. District 4
      1. Unopposed Incumbent Democrat Valerie Foushee (D-NC) advances to the general election on November 5, 2024.
      2. Republicans Erick Blankenburg (R-NC) and Mahesh Ganorkar (R-NC) square off on the March 5, 2024 primary.
      3. Meanwhile, Libertarian Guy Meilleur (L-NC) advances to the November 5, 2024 general election.
    9. District 5
      1. Unopposed Democrat Chuck Hubbard (D-NC) advances to the general election on November 5, 2024
      2. Meanwhile, longtime Republican incumbent Virginia Foxx (R-NC) takes on Ryan Mayberry (R-NC) in the March 5, 2024 primary.
    10. District 6
      1. This is the first general election primary district, whereby only one party’s primary determines who wins the seat.
      2. Democratic incumbent Kathy Manning (D-NC) declined to run for the district once it was redistricted in favor of Republicans. No other Democratic candidate filed to run.
      3. This leaves the Republican Match 5, 2024 primary, which will feature six Republicans, Christian Castelli (R-NC), Mary Anne Contogiannis (R-NC), Bo Hines (R-NC), Addison McDowell (R-NC), Jay Wagner (R-NC), and Mark Walker (R-NC). The winner of this primary wins the general election.
    11. District 7
      1. This District has already advanced into the general election phase
      2. Unopposed incumbent Republican David Rouser (R-NC) takes on unopposed Democratic challenger Marlando Pridgen (D-NC) on November 5, 2024
    12. District 8
      1. Unopposed Democratic challenger Justin Dues (D-NC) advances to the November 5, 2024 general election.
      2. Republican incumbent Dan Bishop (R-NC) decided not to run and instead to seek the position of North Carolina Attorney General, opening the way for a six-candidate Republican primary.
      3. Republicans Allan Baucom (R-NC), John Bradford III (R-NC), Don Brown (R-NC), Leigh Brown (R-NC), Mark Harris (R-NC), and Chris Maples (R-NC) are all running on March 5, 2024 to be Republican candidate in the general election.
    13. District 9
      1. Unopposed Democratic challenger Nigel Bristow (D-NC) advances to the November 5, 2024 general election.
      2. Republican incumbent Richard Hudson (R-NC) faces off in the March 5th Republican primary against Troy Tarazon (R-NC).
    14. District 10
      1. Unopposed Democratic challenger Ralph Scott, Jr. advances to the November 5, 2024 general election.
      2. Meanwhile, Republicans Charles Eller (R-NC), Pat Harrigan (R-NC), Diana Jimison (R-NC), Brooke McGowan (R-NC), and Grey Mills, Jr. square off in the March 5, 2024 primary.
      3. Finally, unopposed Libertarian Steven Feldman (L-NC) advances to the November 5, 2024 general election.
  2. District 11
    1. Unopposed Democrat Caleb Rudow (D-NC) advances to the November 5, 2024 general election.
    2. Meanwhile, Republican incumbent Chuck Edwards (R-NC), and Christian Reagan (R-NC) compete in the Republican primary on March 5, 2024.
  3. District 12
    1. Unopposed incumbent Democrat Alma Adams (D-NC) advances to the November 5, 2024 general election.
    2. Unopposed Republican challenger Addul Ali (R-NC) advances to the November 5, 2024 general election.
  4. District 13
    1. Unopposed Democratic challenger Jeremiah Price (D-NC) advances to the November 5, 2024 general election.
    2. Incumbent Democrat Wiley Nickel (D-NC) withdraws after redistricting.
    3. Meanwhile, the Republican primary on March 5, 2024 is between Chris Baker (R-NC), DeVan Barbour IV (R-NC), Kelly Daughtry (R-NC), Marcus Dellinger (R-NC), David Dixon (R-NC), Brad Knott (R-NC) , Josh McConkey (R-NC), James Phillips (R-NC), Sid Sharma (R-NC), Matt Shoemaker (R-NC), Eric Stevenson (R-NC), Fred Von Canon (R-NC), and Kenny Xu (R-NC).
 
  • District 14
    1. There will be a two-way Democratic primary between Pamela Genant (D-NC) and B.K. Maginnis (D-NC) on March 5, 2024.
    2. Incumbent Democrat Jeff Jackson (D-NC) leaves the House to seek the office of State Attorney General
    3. Meanwhile, Republicans Jeff Gregory (R-NC), Lillian Joseph (R-NC), and Timothy K. Moore (R-NC) square off in the March 5, 2024 primary.
 
  1. Arkansas
    1. Primary Date: March 5, 2024
    2. General Election Date: November 5, 2024
    3. District 1:
      1. Republican incumbent Rick Crawford (R-AR) was unopposed in the primary, so he advances to the general election in November.
      2. Democratic challenger Rodney Govens (D-AR) was unopposed in the primary, so he advances to the general election in November.
    4. District 2:
      1. Long-time Republican incumbent French Hill (R-AR) was unopposed in the primary, so he advances to the general election in November.
      2. Democratic challenger Marcus Jones (D-AR) was unopposed in the primary, so he advances to the general election in November.
    5. District 3
      1. Democratic challenger Caitlin Draper Mattelin was unopposed in the primary, so she advances to the general election in November.
      2. Meanwhile, Republican incumbent Steve Womack (R-AR) faces off against Clint Penzo (R-AR) in the March 5th, 2024 primary.
    6. District 4
      1. Long-time Republican incumbent Bruce Westerman (R-AR) was unopposed in the Republican primary, so he advances to the general election.
      2. Democratic challenger Risie Howard (D-AR) was unopposed in the Democratic primary, so they advance to the general election
      3. Independent John White (I-AR) is also on the ballot for the general election.
 
  1. Primary Date: March 5, 2024
  2. General Election Date: November 5, 2024
  3. Note that California has a open-primary system where the first two past the post will become the politicians who the people vote for. This means you can have two Democrats against each other, or two Republicans squaring off.
  4. District 1:
    1. Longtime Republican incumbent Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) takes on Democratic challengers Mike Doran (D-CA) and Rose Penelope Yee (D-CA)
  5. District 2:
    1. Democratic incumbent Jared Huffman (D-CA) takes on Jason Brisendine (NP-CA), Chris Colombe (R-CA), Tief Gibbs (R-CA), and Julian Kangas (NP-CA)
  6. District 3:
    1. Republican incumbent Kevin Kiley (R-CA) takes on Democratic challenger Jessica Morse (D-CA) and Robert Smith (NP-CA)
  7. District 4:
    1. Incumbent Democrat Mike Thompson (D-CA) takes on challenging Democrat Andrew Engdahl (D-CA), John Munn (R-CA), and Miket Patwardhan (NP-CA).
  8. District 5:
    1. Republican incumbent Tom McClintock (R-CA) takes on Democratic challenger Mike Barkley (D-CA) and Steve Wozniak (No, not that one) (NP-CA)
  9. District 6:
    1. Democratic incumbent Ami Bera (D-CA) takes on challengers Adam Barajas (D-CA), Chris Bish (R-CA), Craig DeLuz (R-CA), Chris Richardson (G-CA), and Raymond Riehle (R-CA)
  10. District 7:
    1. Longtime Democratic incumbent Doris Matsui (D-CA) takes on challengers David Mandel (D-CA) and Tom Silva (R-CA)
  11. District 8:
    1. Longtime Republican incumbent John Garamendi (D-CA) takes on Democratic challenger Rudy Recile (R-CA).
  12. District 9:
    1. Democratic incumbent Josh Harder (D-CA) takes on Republican challengers Khalid Jeffrey Jafri (R-CA), Kevin Lincoln II (R-CA), and John McBride (R-CA)
  13. District 10
    1. Democratic incumbent Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA) takes on Republican Nolan Chen (R-CA), Mohamed Elsherbini (NP-CA), Katherine Piccinini (R-CA), and Joe Sweeney (NP-CA).
 
(California, Continued)
  1. District 10
    1. Democratic incumbent Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA) takes on Republican Nolan Chen (R-CA), Mohamed Elsherbini (NP-CA), Katherine Piccinini (R-CA), and Joe Sweeney (NP-CA)..
  2. District 11:
    1. Former Speaker of the House/Speaker Emeritus and longtime Democratic incumbent Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) takes on Democratic challengers Jason Boyce (D-CA), Marjorie Mikels (D-CA), and Bianca Von Kneg (D-CA). She also takes on Republican challengers Eve Del Castello (R-CA), Bruce Lou (R-CA), Larry Nicholson (R-CA), and Jason Zeng (R-CA)
  3. District 12:
    1. Current Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) retires to run for Senate
    2. This open district features Tony Daysog (D-CA), Glenn Kaplan (D-CA), Ned Nuerge (R-CA), Abdur Sikder (D-CA), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), Stephen Slauson (R-CA), Andre Todd (D-CA), Jennifer Tran (D-CA), and Eric Wilson (D-CA)
  4. District 13:
    1. Incumbent Republican John Duarte (R-CA) takes on Democrat Adam Gray (D-CA)
  5. District 14:
    1. Incumbent Democrat Eric “Pass the Torch” Swalwell (D-CA) takes on Republicans Alison Hayden (R-CA), Vin Kruttiventi (R-CA), and Luis Reynoso (R-CA)
  6. District 15:
    1. Incumbent Democrat Kevin Mullin (D-CA) takes on Anna Cheng Kramer (R-CA)
  7. District 16:
    1. 11 Candidates square off in a race to replace retiring Representative Anna Eshoo (D-CA)
    2. Democrats Joby Bernstein (D-CA), Peter Dixon (D-CA), Rishi Kumar (D-CA), Sam Liccardo (D-CA), Evan Low (D-CA), Julie Lythcott-Haims (D-CA), Ahmed Mostafa (D-CA), Joe Simitian (D-CA), and Greg Tanaka (D-CA) square off against each other and Republican candidates Peter Ohtaki (R-CA) and Karl Ryan (R-CA)
  8. District 17:
    1. Longtime Democratic incumbent Ro Khanna (D-CA) takes on Mario Ramirez (D-CA), Ritesh Tandon (D-CA), Anita Chen (R-CA), and Joe Dehn (L-CA) in the primary.
  9. District 18:
    1. Longtime Democratic incumbent Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) takes on Democrats Luele Kifle (D-CA), Lawrence Milan (D-CA), and Charlene Nijmeh (D-CA) as well as Republican challenger Peter Hernandez (R-CA).
  10. District 19:
    1. Democratic incumbent Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) takes on Republican Jason Anders (R-CA), and Sean Dougherty (G-CA).
  11. District 20
    1. This District will have a special election in May before the general election in November.
    2. This is former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) vacant district.
    3. In November, 7 Republicans, 2 Democrats, and 2 candidates with no party affiliation will run for this seat, which will be filled in the May special election.
    4. The Democratic candidates are Andy Morales (D-CA) and Marisa Wood (D-CA).
    5. The Republican candidates are Mike Boudreaux (R-CA), Stan Ellis (R-CA), Vince Fong (R-CA), David Giglio (R-CA), Kelly Kulikoff (R-CA), and Matt Stoll (R-CA)
    6. The candidates aligned with no party are Ben Newell (NP-CA) and T.J. Esposito (NP-CA)
 
Let's take a break from California for a bit and talk about Alabama!
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  • Primary Date: March 5, 2024
  • General Election Date: November 5, 2024
  • District 1:
    1. Democratic challenger Tom Holmes (D-AL) advances to the November general election.
    2. Meanwhile, because of redistricting, Republican incumbents Jerry Carl (R-AL) and Barry Moore (R-AL) square off in the March primary.
  • District 2:
    1. Republican incumbent Barry Moore (R-AL_ vacates this seat to run in the 1st Congressional District.
    2. Due to the vacancy, there are 11 Democrats and 7 Republican candidates.
    3. For the Democrats, James Averhart (D-AL) takes on Napoleon Bracy Jr. (D-AL), Anthony Daniels (No, not that one) (D-AL), Shoman Figures (D-AL), Juandalynn Givan (D-AL), Jeremy Gray (D-AL), Phyllis Harvey-Hall (D-AL), Willie Lenard (D-AL), Vimal Patel (D-AL), and Larry Darnell Simpson (D-AL) in the Democratic primary.
    4. For the Republicans, Greg Albritton (R-AL) takes on Dick Brewbaker (R-AL), Caroleene Dobson (R-AL), Karla DuPriest (R-AL), Hampton Harris (R-AL), Stacey Shepperson (R-AL), and Belinda Thomas (R-AL).
    5. Republican challenger Wallace Gilbert (R-AL) unofficially withdrew from the race.
  • District 3:
    1. No Democrats filed to run for the House.
    2. Meanwhile, longtime Republican incumbent Mike Rogers (R-AL) takes on Barron Rae Bevels (R-AL) and Bryan Newell (R-AL) in the March Primary. The March primary determines who wins the seat.
  • District 4:
    1. District 4 is also a General election primary/
    2. No Democrats filed to run for the House.
    3. Meanwhile, longtime Republican incumbent Robert Aderholt (R-AL) takes on Justin Holcomb (R-AL) in the March Primary. The March primary determines who wins the seat.
  • District 5:
    1. Republican incumbent Dale Strong (R-AL) advances to the November general election unopposed.
    2. Independent Elizabeth Tedder (I-AL) is Strong’s only opponent. No Democrats filed to run in District 5.
  • District 6:
    1. Democrat Elizabeth Anderson (D-AL) advances to the November election unopposed in her party’s primary.
    2. Meanwhile, Republican incumbent Gary Palmer (R-AL) takes on Ken McFeeters (R-AL) and Gerrick Wilkins (R-AL)
    3. Independent Kevin Stewart (I-AL) advances to the November general election.
  • District 7
    1. Longtime incumbent Terri Sewell (D-AL) takes on Chris Davis (D-AL) in the March Democratic primary.
    2. Meanwhile, Christian Horn (R-AL) takes on Robin Litaker (R-AL).
 
Let's talk about Texas a little bit before we return to California, shall we?

  1. Texas
    1. Primary Date: March 5, 2024
    2. General Election Date: November 5, 2024
    3. District 1:
      1. Republican incumbent Nathaniel Moran (R-TX) wins the seat unopposed.
    4. District 2:
      1. Republican incumbent Daniel Crenshaw (R-TX) takes on Jameson Ellis (R-TX) in the March primary.
      2. Meanwhile, it looks like Democratic challenger Peter Filler (D-TX) will advance to the November General Election unopposed.
      3. It also looks like Libertarian challenger Chuck Benton (L-TX) will advance to the November General Election unopposed.
    5. District 3:
      1. Unopposed Democratic challenger Sandeep Srivastava (D-TX) advances to the general election in November.
      2. Republican incumbent Keith Self (R-TX) takes on Suzanne Cassimatis Harp (R-TX), Jeremy Ivanovskis (R-TX), Tre Pennie (R-TX), and John Porro (R-TX) in March.
      3. It looks like Christopher Claytor (L-TX) will advance to the general election in November.
    6. District 4
      1. It looks like unopposed Democratic challenger Simon Cardell (D-TX) advances to the general election in November.
      2. Meanwhile, incumbent Pat Fallon (R-TX) takes on Don Horn (R-TX) in the March primary.
    7. District 5
      1. It looks like Antonio Rodriguez (I-TX) will advance to the November election.
      2. Meanwhile, it looks like Democrat Ruth Torres (D-TX), and Republican Lance Gooden (R-TX) will all advance to the general election and are unopposed in their party’s primaries.
    8. District 6:
      1. It looks like Democratic challenger John Love III (D-TX) will advance to the November election unopposed in the primary.
      2. Meanwhile, Republican incumbent Jake Ellzey (R-TX) takes on James Buford (R-TX) and Clifford Wiley (R-TX)
    9. District 7:
      1. Democratic incumbent Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX) takes on Pervez Agwan (D-TX) in the March Democratic primary.
      2. Meanwhile, Tina Blum Cohen (R-TX) takes on Carolyn B. Bryant (R-TX), Caroline Kane (R-TX), and Kenneth Omoruyi (R-TX) in the Republican March primary.
      3. Libertarian Ron Eriksen (L-TX) will also be in the general election.
    10. District 8:
      1. It looks like Democrat Laura Jones (D-TX) advances to the November general election unopposed.
      2. It looks like Republican incumbent Morgan Luttrell (R-TX) advances to the November general election unopposed.
      3. Finally, it looks like Libertarian Chase Coleman (L-TX) advances to the November general election unopposed.
    11. District 9:
      1. It looks like longtime Democratic incumbent Al Green (D-TX) wins the seat unopposed.
    12. District 10:
      1. Longtime Republican incumbent Michael McCaul (R-TX) takes on Jared Lovelace (R-TX) in his party’s March Primary.
      2. Democrat Theresa Boisseau (D-TX) takes on Keith McPhail (D-TX) in her party’s March Primary.
      3. Meanwhile, Stefan Medley (I-TX) advances to the November primary.
      4. Finally, it looks like Libertarian candidate Bill Kelsey (L-TX) will advance to the November primary unopposed.
 
As the primaries concludes, I am going to make separate posts about the winners and provide an index to the post number. For states that I didn't finish yet (CA and TX), I am still going to post the primaries without results before switching to report the results.

Time to return again to California.
  1. District 21:
    1. Republican incumbent Jim Costa (No, not the CNN Anchor — which is Acosta) (R-CA) takes on Republican Michael Maher (R-CA) in the primary.
    2. No other candidates filed for election.
  2. District 22:
    1. Incumbent David G. Valadao (R-CA) takes on Republican Chris Mathys (R-CA) and two Democrats, Melissa Hurtado (D-CA) and Rudy Salas (D-CA) in the March primary.
  3. District 23:
    1. Republican incumbent Jay Obernolte (R-CA) takes on Derek Marshall (D-CA).
  4. District 24:
    1. Incumbent Democrat Salud Carbajal (D-CA) takes on Democratic challenger Helena Pasquarella (D-CA) and Republican challenger Thomas Cole (R-CA)
  5. District 25:
    1. Incumbent Democrat Raul Ruiz (D-CA) takes on Miguel Chapa (R-CA), Ryan Burkett (NP-CA), Oscar Ortiz (D-CA), Ceci Truman (R-CA), and Ian Weeks (R-CA)
  6. District 26
    1. Democratic incumbent Julia Brownley (D-CA) takes on Democrat Chris Anstead (D-CA) and Republicans Bruce Boyer (R-CA) and Michael Koslow (R-CA).
  7. District 27:
    1. Republican incumbent Mike Garcia (R-CA) takes on Democrats Steve Hill (D-CA) and George Whitesides (D-CA)
  8. District 28:
    1. Longtime Democratic incumbent Judy Chu (D-CA) takes on Jose Castaneda (L-CA), William Patterson from the Peace and Freedom Party (PFP), and April Verlato (R-CA) in the March primary.
  9. District 29
    1. This seat will be vacated by Tony Cárdenas (D-CA).
    2. Republican Benito Bernal (R-CA) takes on Democrats Angélica Maria Dueñas (D-CA) and Luz Maria Rivas (D-CA).
  10. District 30
    1. This seat will be vacated by Adam “Schitty/Shifty” Schiff (D-CA), who is running for Senate
    2. Democrats Francesco Arriaga (D-CA), Stephen Dunwoody (D-CA), Mike Feuer (D-CA), Laura Friedman (D-CA), Sal Genovese (D-CA), Maebe A. Girl (D-CA), Nick Melvoin (D-CA), Courtney Najera (D-CA), Anthony Portantino Jr. (D-CA), Jirair Ratevosian (D-CA), Ben Savage (D-CA), and Sepi Shyne. Republicans Alex Balekian (R-CA), J. Emilio Martinez (R-CA) are also running, as well as Joshua Bocanegra (NP-CA).
 
Let's return to Texas, pre-primary:
  1. District 11:
    1. It looks like August Pfluger (R-TX) wins the seat uncontested.
  2. District 12:
    1. The Seat in District 12 is being vacated by Kay Granger (R-TX), who is retiring.
    2. Democrats Sebastian Gehrig (D-TX) and Trey Hunt (D-TX) square off in the March Democratic primary.
    3. Meanwhile, Republicans Clint Dorris (R-TX), Shellie Gardner (R-TX)
  3. District 13:
    1. It looks like Trump doctor and Republican incumbent Ronny L. Jackson (R) will advance to the November general election unopposed.
    2. The Democratic primary was canceled.
    3. Meanwhile, it looks like Libertarian candidate Mike Kolls (L-TX) advances to the November general election unopposed.
  4. District 14:
    1. It looks like Democratic challenger Rhonda Hart (D-TX) advances to the November general election unopposed.
    2. Meanwhile, it looks like Republican incumbent Randy Weber (R-TX) will advance to the November general election unopposed.
  5. District 15:
    1. Democrats Michelle Vallejo (D-TX) and John Villarreal Rigney (D-TX) square off in the March primary.
    2. Meanwhile, Republican incumbent Monica De La Cruz (R-TX) squares off against Vangela Churchill (R-TX)
  6. District 16:
    1. Democratic Incumbent Veronica Escobar (D-TX) takes on Leeland White (D-TX) in the March Democratic primary.
    2. Meanwhile, Republican challenger Irene Armendariz-Jackson (R-TX) advances to the November general election unopposed.
  7. District 17:
    1. Democratic challenger Mark Lorenzen (D-TX) advanced to the November election unopposed.
    2. Meanwhile, longtime Republican incumbent Pete Sessions (R-TX) takes on Joseph T. Langone (R-TX) in the March Republican primary.
  8. District 18:
    1. Longtime Democratic incumbent Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) takes on Amanda Edwards (D-TX) and Robert Slater (D-TX) in their March primary.
    2. Meanwhile, Republicans Lana Centonze (R-TX) and Aaron Hermes (R-TX) square off in the Republican March Primary.
    3. Ed Atkinson of the Veterans Party (VP-TX) will join them along with what looks to be Libertarian Party candidate Clyde Garland (L-TX), who advanced from his party’s primary unopposed.
  9. District 19:
    1. There were no Democrats running in the primary for this seat.
    2. Incumbent Jodey Arrington (R-TX) squares off against Vance Boyd (R-TX), Chance Ferguson (R-TX). And Ryan Zink (R-TX — no, not that one)
    3. It looks like Libertarian Bernard Johnson (L-TX) advances to the November election unopposed.
  10. District 20:
    1. Longtime Democratic incumbent Joaquin Castro (D-TX) advances to the November general election.
    2. Castro will be joined my William Hayward (I-TX) and it looks like Libertarian Candidate Pat Dixon (L-TX) will advance unopposed to November as well
 
Back to California, pre-primary:
  1. District 31
    1. This seat will be vacated by longtime Democratic incumbent Grace Napolitano (D-CA)
    2. Democrats Bob Archuleta (D-CA), Gil Cisneros (D-CA), Gregory Hatif (D-CA), Kurt Jose (D-CA), Mary Ann Lutz (D-CA), and Susan Rubio (D-CA) take on Republicans Pedro Casas (R-CA) and Daniel Martinez (R-CA), as well as Erskine Levi (NP-CA) and Y. Marie Manvel (NP-CA).
  2. District 32
    1. Longtime Democratic incumbent Brad Sherman (D-CA) faces off against Dave Abbitt (R-CA), Christopher Ahula (D-CA), Douglas Smith (D-CA), and Trevor Witt (D-CA). He will also face Republicans James Shuster (R-CA) and Larry Thompson (R-CA)
  3. District 33
    1. Longtime Democratic incumbent Pete Aguilar (D-CA) faces off against Tom Herman (R-CA) in the March primary.
  4. District 34
    1. Democratic incumbent Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) squares off against Democrats David Ferrell (D-CA), David Kim (D-CA), and Republican Calvin Lee (R-CA), as well as Peace and Freedom candidate Aaron Reveles (PFP-CA)
  5. District 35
    1. Democratic incumbent Norma Torres (D-CA) squares off against Democrat Melissa May (D-CA) and Republicans Mike Cargile (R-CA) and Vijal Suthar (R-CA)
  6. District 36
    1. Longtime Democratic incumbent Ted Lieu (D-CA) takes on Republicans Ariana Hakami (R-CA) and Melissa Toomim (R-CA) as well as Claire Anderson (NP-CA)
  7. District 37
    1. Democratic Incumbent Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA) takes on Democratic challenger Adam Carmichael (D-CA), as well as John Parker (PFP-CA) and Juan Rey (NP-CA)
  8. District 38
    1. Democratic incumbent Linda Sánchez (D-CA) squares off against four Republicans: Eric Ching (R-CA), Robert Zhang Ochoa (R-CA), and John Sarega (R-CA)
  9. District 39
    1. Longtime Democratic incumbent Mark Takano (D-CA) squares off against Republican challenger David Serpa (R-CA) in the primary.
  10. District 40
    1. Republican incumbent Young Kim (R-CA) takes on Democrats Allyson Damikolas (D-CA) and Joe Kerr (D-CA) in the primary.
 
  1. West Virginia
    1. Primary Date: May 14, 2024
    2. General Election Date: November 5, 2024
    3. District 1
      1. Democrats Chris Reed (D-WV) and Jim Umberger (D-WV) square off in the May primary.
      2. Meanwhile, Republican incumbent Carol Miller (R-WV) and challenger Derrick Evans (R-WV) square off In the May primary.
      3. Wes Holden (I-WV) runs against the winners of the two May primaries in the November election.
    4. District 2:
      1. Republican Alexander Mooney (R-VA) vacates the seat to run for Senate.
      2. Democrat Steven Wendelin (D-WV) advances to the November election unopposed.
      3. Republican Dennis Cain (R-WV), Josephy Earley (R-WV), Alexander Gasserud (R-WV), Riley Moore (R-WV), and Chris Walker (R-WV) face off in the May primary.
    5. United States Senate
      1. Longtime Democratic incumbent Joe Manchin III (D-WV) vacates his seat and retires.
      2. Democratic challenger Don Blankenship (No, not that one) (D-WV) squares off against Glenn Elliott (D-WV) and Zachary Shewsbury (D-WV) in the May Primary.
      3. Meanwhile, Republican Bryan Byrd (D-WV) squares off against Current Governor Jim Justice (R-WV), Zane Lawhorn (R-WV), Don Lindsay (R-WV), Bryan McKinney (R-WV), Janet McNulty (R-WV),) and Current Rep. Alexander Mooney (R-WV)
      4. Independent Michael Sigmon (I-WV) advances to the November general election.
 
Off to Illinois now:
  1. Illinois
    1. Primary Date: March 19, 2024
    2. General Election Date: November 5, 2024
    3. District 1:
      1. Democratic incumbent Jonathan Jackson (D-IL) advances to the November election unopposed.
      2. Meanwhile, Republicans Montelle Gaji (R-IL) and Marcus Lewis (R-IL) square off in the March primary.
    4. District 2:
      1. Longtime Democratic incumbent Robin Kelly (D-IL) advances through the primary unopposed.
      2. Meanwhile, Republican challenger Ashley Ramos (R-IL) also advances through the primary unopposed.
    5. District 3
      1. Democratic incumbent Delia Ramirez (D-IL) advances to the November election unopposed.
      2. Meanwhile, Republican John Booras (R-IL) advances to the November election unopposed.
    6. District 4
      1. This is a general election primary
      2. Democratic incumbent Jesus Garcia (D-IL) takes on challenger Raymond Lopez (D-IL) to represent the 4th Congressional District of Illinois.
    7. District 5
      1. Longtime Democratic incumbent Mike Quigley (D-IL) advances to the November election unopposed.
      2. Meanwhile, Republican challenger Tom Hanson (R-IL) takes on write-in Frank Rowder (R-IL) in the Republican Primary in March.
    8. District 6
      1. Longtime Democratic incumbent Sean Casten (D-IL) takes on Mahnoor Ahmad (D-IL) and Charles Hughes (D-IL) in the March primary.
    9. District 7
      1. Longtime Democratic incumbent Danny K. Davis (D-IL) takes on challengers Nikhil Bhatia (D-IL), Kina Collins (D-IL), Melissa Conyears-Ervin (D-IL), and Kouri Marshall (D-IL) in the March Primary.
      2. Meanwhile, Republican Chad Koppie (R-IL) advances unopposed to the November election.
    10. District 8
      1. Democratic Incumbent Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) advances unopposed to the November election.
      2. Republican incumbent Mark Rice (R-IL) advances unopposed to the November election.
      3. Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Rice (R-IL) will meet Jorge Briseno (I-IL) in the November general election.
    11. District 9
      1. Democratic incumbent Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) advances unopposed to the November election.
      2. Schakowsky will be joined by write-in Michael Walters (R-IL) in the general election.
    12. District 10
      1. It looks like longtime Democratic incumbent Brad Schneider (D-IL) advances unopposed to the November election.
      2. It looks like Republican challenger Jim Carris (R-IL) advances unopposed to the November election.
      3. Schneider (D-IL) and Carris (R-IL) will be joined by Austin Mink (I-IL) and Joseph Severino (I-IL) in the November election.
 
Back to Texas, pre-primary:
  1. District 21
    1. Democratic challenger Kristin Hook (D-TX) advances unopposed to the November election.
    2. Republican incumbent Chip Roy (R-TX) also advances unopposed to the November election.
    3. Independent Dan McQueen will join Hook and Roy in the general election, along with Libertarian Bob King (L-TX)
  2. District 22
    1. Democratic challengers Marquette Greene-Scott (D-TX) and Wayne Raasch (D-TX) square off in the March primary.
    2. Meanwhile, Republican incumbent Troy Nehls (R-TX) advances unopposed.
    3. It also looks like Libertarian Saer Khan (L-TX) will be in the general election.
  3. District 23
    1. Democrats Lee Bausinger (D-TX) and Santos Limon (D-TX) square off in the March primary.
    2. Meanwhile, Republican Tony Gonzales (R-TX) faces four Republicans in March: Victor Avila )R-TX), Julie Clark (R-TX), Brandon Herrera (R-TX), and Francisco Lopez (R-TX)
  4. District 24
    1. Democrats Sam Eppler (D-TX) and Francine Ly (D-TX( face off in the March primary.
    2. Meanwhile, Republican incumbent Beth Van Duyne (R-TX) advances to the November election unopposed.
  5. District 25
    1. District 25 will be general election primary.
    2. Republican Roger Williams (R-TX) takes on Vince Crabb (R-TX) and Matthew Lucci (R-TX) to become the Representative of the 25th Congressional District in Texas.
  6. District 26
    1. Longtime Republican incumbent Michael C. Burgess (R-TX) retires from the seat.
    2. Democratic challenger Ernest Lineberger III (D-TX) advances to the November election unopposed.
    3. Republicans Scott Armey (R-TX), Neena Biswas (R-TX), Luisa Del Rosal (R-TX), Brandon Gill (R-TX), John Huffman (R-TX), Jason Kergosian (R-TX), Joel Krause (R-TX), Doug Robison (R-TX), Mark Rutledge (R-TX), Burt Thakur (R-TX), and Vlad De Franceschi (R-TX) square off in the March election.
    4. It looks like Libertarian Phil Gray (L-TX) will advance to the general election unopposed.
  7. District 27
    1. Democrats Tanya Lloyd (D-TX) and Anthony Tristan (D-TX) square off in the March Primaries.
    2. Meanwhile, Republican incumbent Michael Cloud (R-TX) squares off against Luis Espindola (R-TX), Scott Mandel (R-TX), and Chris Mapp (R-TX) in the March primaries.
  8. District 28
    1. Longtime Democratic incumbent Henry Cuellar (D-TX) advances to the November general election unopposed.
    2. Meanwhile, Republican challengers Jay Furman (R-TX), Lazaro Garza, Jr. (R-TX), Jimmy León (R-TX), and Jose Sanz (R-TX) square off in the March Primary.
    3. It looks like the winners of the two primaries will meet Libertarian Bailey Cole (L-TX), who advances to the November election unopposed.
  9. District 29
    1. It looks like Democratic incumbent Sylvia Garcia (D-TX) advances to the November election unopposed.
    2. Meanwhile, Republicans Jose Casares (R-TX), Angel Fierro (R-TX), Christian Garcia (R-TX), and Alan Garza (R-TX) square off in the March primary.
  10. District 30
    1. This District is a general election primary[/i
      [*]Democratic incumbent Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) takes on Jarred Davis (D-TX) and Jrmar Jefferson (D-TX)

 
Let's finish Ohio, pre-primary:
  1. District 11
    1. It looks like longtime incumbent Shontel Brown (D-OH) advances to the November general election primary unopposed.
    2. Meanwhile, Republican challenger James Hemphill (R-OH) takes on Alan Rapoport (R-O) and Landry Simmons, Jr. (R-OH) in the Republican primary.
    3. Shontel Brown and the winner of the Republican primary will face off against Tony Evans (I-OH) and Sean Freeman (I-OH) in the November general election.
  2. District 12
    1. This district is already in the general election stage. Republican incumbent Troy Balderson (R-OH) takes on Democrat Jerrad Christian (D-OH) in the November election.
  3. District 13
    1. Democratic incumbent Emilia Sykes (D-OH) advances to the November election unopposed.
    2. Meanwhile,
    3. Emilia Sykes (D-OH) and the Republican nominee will face Liam Walker from the George Wallace Party (GWP-OH)
  4. District 14
    1. Longtime Incumbent David Joyce (R-OH) takes on Republicans Elayne Cross (R-OH) and Kenneth Polk (R-OH) in the March Primary
    2. Meanwhile, Democratic challenger Brian Kenderes (D-OH) advances unopposed.
  5. District 15
    1. Republican incumbent Mike Carey (R-OH) advances to the November general election unopposed.
    2. Meanwhile, Democratic challengers Zeroa Abid (D-OH) and Adam Miller (D-OH) square off in the March Primary.
 
Heading back to California, pre-primary.

  1. District 41
    1. Longtime Republican Ken Calvert (R-CA) takes on Democratic Anna Nevenic (D-CA) and Will Rollins (D-CA) in the primary.
  2. District 42
    1. Democratic incumbent Robert Garcia (D-CA) takes on Democrats Joaquin Beltrán (D-CA) and Nicole López )D=CA), as well as Republican John Briscoe (R-CA) in the primary.
  3. District 43
    1. Longtime incumbent Maxine “Low IQ individual” Waters (D-CA) takes on Democrats Gregory Cheadle (D-CA) and Chris B. Wiggins (D-CA) as well as Republicans David Knight (R-CA) and Steve Williams (R-CA) in the primary.
  4. District 44
    1. Longtime incumbent Nanette Barragán (D-CA) takes on Republican Roger Groh (R-CA) in the March primary.
  5. District 45
    1. Republican incumbent Michelle Steel (R-CA) takes on Democrats Cheyenne Hunt (D-CA), Kim Nguyen-Penaloza (D-CA),
  6. District 46
    1. Incumbent Lou Correa (D-CA) takes on David Pan (R-CA) in the primary.
  7. District 47
    1. This seat is vacated by Katie Porter (D-CA), who ran for the Senate.
    2. Republican Scott Baugh (R-CA) takes on Republicans Long Pham (R-CA) and Max Urkopina (R-CA)l; Democrats Dave Min (D-CA), Joanna Weiss (D-CA), and Shariq Zaidi (D-CA); as well as Terry Crandall (NP-CA), Tom McGrath (NP-CA), and Bill Smith (NP-CA)
  8. District 48
    1. Republican incumbent Darrell Issa (R-CA) takes on Democrats Stephen Houlahan (D-CA), Matthew Rascon (D-CA), Whitney Shanahan (D-CA), and Mike Simon (D-CA), as well as Lucinda Jahn (NP-CA)
  9. District 49
    1. Longtime Democratic incumbent Mike Levin (D-CA) takes on Republicans Sheryl Adams (R-CA), Matt Gunderson (R-CA), Kate Monroe (R-CA), and Margarita Wilkinson (R-CA)
  10. District 50
    1. Democratic incumbent Scott Peters (D-CA) takes on Democrat Timothy Bilash (D-CA) and Republicans Peter Bono (R-CA) and Solomon David Moss (R-CA)
 
Let's talk about Alabama up to the Runoff elections:
  1. Primary Date: March 5, 2024
  2. General Election Date: November 5, 2024
  3. Runoff Primary: April 16, 2024
  4. District 1:
    1. Democratic challenger Tom Holmes (D-AL) advances to the November general election.
    2. Meanwhile, because of redistricting, Republican incumbents Jerry Carl (R-AL) and Barry Moore (R-AL) square off in the March primary.
    3. Barry Moore (R-AL) wins the Republican primary.
    4. Tom Holmes (D-AL) and Barry Moore (R-AL) will face off in the general election in November.
  5. District 2:
    1. Republican incumbent Barry Moore (R-AL) vacates this seat to run in the 1st Congressional District.
    2. Due to the vacancy, there are 11 Democrats and 7 Republican candidates.
    3. For the Democrats, James Averhart (D-AL) takes on Napoleon Bracy Jr. (D-AL), Anthony Daniels (No, not that one) (D-AL), Shoman Figures (D-AL), Juandalynn Givan (D-AL), Jeremy Gray (D-AL), Phyllis Harvey-Hall (D-AL), Willie Lenard (D-AL), Vimal Patel (D-AL), and Larry Darnell Simpson (D-AL) in the Democratic primary.
    4. For the Republicans, Greg Albritton (R-AL) takes on Dick Brewbaker (R-AL), Caroleene Dobson (R-AL), Karla DuPriest (R-AL), Hampton Harris (R-AL), Stacey Shepperson (R-AL), and Belinda Thomas (R-AL).
    5. Republican challenger Wallace Gilbert (R-AL) unofficially withdrew from the race.
    6. Democratic challengers Anthony Daniels (D-AL) and Shomari Figures (D-AL) advance to the April runoff primary.
    7. Republican challengers Dick Brewbaker (R-AL) and Caroleene Dobson (R-AL) advance to the April runoff primary.
  6. District 3:
    1. No Democrats filed to run for the House and is a General Election Primary, Whee the primary will determine the winner of the Seat.
    2. Meanwhile, longtime Republican incumbent Mike Rogers (R-AL) takes on Barron Rae Bevels (R-AL) and Bryan Newell (R-AL) in the March Primary. The March primary determines who wins the seat.
    3. Republican incumbent Mike Rogers (R-AL) keeps his seat.
  7. District 4:
    1. District 4 is also a General election primary
    2. No Democrats filed to run for the House.
    3. Meanwhile, longtime Republican incumbent Robert Aderholt (R-AL) takes on Justin Holcomb (R-AL) in the March Primary. The March primary determines who wins the seat.
    4. Longtime incumbent Robert Aderholt (R-AL) wins the primary and keeps his seat.
  8. District 5:
    1. Republican incumbent Dale Strong (R-AL) advances to the November general election unopposed.
    2. Independent Elizabeth Tedder (I-AL) is Strong’s only opponent. No Democrats filed to run in District 5.
    3. After the primary, it turns out that Elizabeth Tedder (I-AL) did not make the ballot.
    4. Dale Strong wins his seat unopposed.
  9. District 6:
    1. Democrat Elizabeth Anderson (D-AL) advances to the November election unopposed in her party’s primary.
    2. Meanwhile, Republican incumbent Gary Palmer (R-AL) takes on Ken McFeeters (R-AL) and Gerrick Wilkins (R-AL)
    3. Independent Kevin Stewart (I-AL) advances to the November general election.
    4. Republican incumbent Grry Palmer (R-AL) will take on Democratic challenger Elizabeth Anderson (D-AL) and Independent Kevin Stewart (I-AL) in the November election.
  10. District 7
    1. Longtime incumbent Terri Sewell (D-AL) takes on Chris Davis (D-AL) in the March Democratic primary.
    2. Meanwhile, Christian Horn (R-AL) takes on Robin Litaker (R-AL).
    3. Longtime Democratic incumbent Terri Sewell (D-AL) will take on Christian Horn (R-AL) in the November general election.
 
And returning for the last time to California, pre-primary:
  1. District 51
    1. Democratic incumbent Sara Jacobs (D-CA) takes on Republican Bill Wells (R-CA), as well as Stan Caplan (NP-CA) and Hilaire Shioura (NP-CA) in the primary.
  2. District 52
    1. Democratic incumbent Juan Vargas (D-CA) takes on Republican Justin Lee (R-CA) in the primary.
 
Concluding Illinois for the pre-primary phase:
  1. District 11
    1. Longtime Democratic incumbent Bill Foster (D-IL) squares off against Qasim Rashid (D-IL) in the March primary.
    2. Meanwhile, Republicans Jerry Evans (R-IL), Susan Hathaway-Altman (R-IL), and Kent Mercado (R-IL) square off in their March primary.
  2. District 12
    1. Longtime Republican incumbent Mike Bost (R-IL) squares off against Darren Bailey (R-IL) in the March primary.
    2. Meanwhile, Democratic challenger Preston Nelson (D-IL) squares off against Brian Roberts (D-IL) in the March primary.
  3. District 13
    1. It looks like Nikki Budzinski (D-IL) advances to the general election in March unopposed.
    2. Meanwhile, Republican challenger Thomas Clatterbuck (R-IL) will take on Joshua Loyd (R-IL) in the March primary.
    3. The winners of the primaries will face Bradley Horges, Jr. (I-IL) in the general election in November.
  4. District 14
    1. Longtime Democratic incumbent Lauren Underwood (D-IL) advances to the November general election unopposed.
    2. Meanwhile, Republican challengers Charlie Kim (R-IL), James Marter (R-IL), and write-in Krystal Dorey (R-IL) square off in the March primary.
  5. District 15
    1. It looks like Republican Mary Miller (R-IL) wins back her seat unopposed.
  6. District 16
    1. It looks like Republican longtime incumbent Darin LaHood (R-IL) wins back his seat unopposed.
  7. District 17
    1. Democratic incumbent Eric Sorenson (D-IL) advances unopposed to the November general election.
    2. Meanwhile, Republican Scott Crowl (R-IL) squares off against Joseph G. McGraw in the March Election.
 
Going back to Texas, pre-primary one last time:

  1. District 31
    1. Republican incumbent John Carter (R-TX) takes on William Abel (R-TX), John Anderson (R-TX), Abhiram Garapti (R-TX), Mack Latimer (R-TX), and Mike Williams in the March primary.
    2. Democratic challenger Rick Von Pfeil (D-TX) takes on Brian Wallbridge (D-TX) and Stuart Whitlow (D-TX)
  2. District 32
    1. The seat was vacated by Collin Allred (D-TX), who is running for Senate.
    2. Democratic challenger Callie Butcher (D-TX) squares off against Raja Chaudhry (D-TX), Alex Cornwallis (D-TX), Kevin Felder (D-TX), Julie Johnson (D-TX), Zachariah Manning (D-TX), Justin Moore (D-TX), Christopher Panaviotou (D-TX), and Brian Williams (no, not that one) (D-TX) in the March primary.
    3. Meanwhile, Republican challenger David Blewett (R-TX) takes on Darrell Day (R-TX), Juan Feria (R-TX), and Gulrez Khan (R-TX)
    4. It looks like Libertarian Kevin Hale (L-TX) advances to the November general election unopposed.
    5. The winners of the primaries, Kevin Hale (L-TX), and Clayton Chapman (I-TX) will square off in the November election.
  3. District 33
    1. Longtime Democratic incumbent Marc Veasey (D-TX) takes on Carlos Quintarilla (D-TX) in the March primary.
    2. Meanwhile, Republican challenger Patrick Gillespie (R-TX) takes on Kurt L. Schwab (R-TX) in the March primary.
  4. District 34
    1. Longtime Democratic incumbent Vicente Gonzalez Jr. (D-TX) advances to the November general election unopposed.
    2. Meanwhile, Republican challengers Laura Cisneros (R-TX), Mayra Flores (R-TX), Maura Garza (R-TX), and Gregory Kunkle, Jr. (R-TX) square off for the Republican primary in March.
    3. Vicente González, Jr. (D-TX) and the Republican nominee will square off against Libertarian Brent Lewis (L-TX) in the general election in November.
  5. District 35
    1. Democratic incumbent Greg Casar (D-TX) advances to the November general election unopposed.
    2. Meanwhile, Republicans Dave Cuddy (R-TX), Brandon Dunn (R-TX), Rod Lingsch (r-TX), Michael Rodriguez (R-TX), and Steven Wright (R-TX) square off in the Republican primary.
  6. District 36
    1. Democratic challenger Dayna Steele (D-TX) advances to the November general election unopposed.
    2. Meanwhile, Longtime Republican incumbent Brian Babin (R-TX) takes on Jonathan Mitchell in the Republican primary in March.
  7. District 37
    1. Longtime Democratic incumbent Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) takes on Christopher McNerney (D-TX) and Eduardo Romero in the Democratic primary.
    2. Meanwhile, Republican challenger Jenny Garcia Sharon (R-TX) advances unopposed to the November elections.
    3. Finally, Libertarian candidate Girish Alekar (L-TX) advances unopposed to the November election.
  8. District 38
    1. Republican Wesley Hunt (R-TX) advances unopposed to the general election in November.
    2. Meanwhile, Democrats challengers Melissa McDonough (D-TX) and Gion Thomas (D-TX) square off in the primary in March.
 
My primary sources on this project are the various Ballotpedia pages that I’m tying together to make a story.





For Alabama up to the the run-off elections, see post #17.

  1. Arkansas
    1. Primary Date: March 5, 2024
    2. General Election Date: November 5, 2024
    3. District 1:
      1. Republican incumbent Rick Crawford (R-AR) was unopposed in the primary, so he advances to the general election in November.
      2. Democratic challenger Rodney Govens (D-AR) was unopposed in the primary, so he advances to the general election in November.
      3. It looks like it’ll be a matchup between Rodney Govens (D-AR) and Rick Crawford (R-AR) in November.
      4. Matchup between Govens (D-AR) and Crawford (R-AR) confirmed.
    4. District 2:
      1. Long-time Republican incumbent French Hill (R-AR) was unopposed in the primary, so he advances to the general election in November.
      2. Democratic challenger Marcus Jones (D-AR) was unopposed in the primary, so he advances to the general election in November.
      3. It will be a matchup between incumbent French Hill (R-AR) and challenger Marcus Jones (D-AR) in November.
      4. Matchup between Hill (R-AR) and Jones (D-AR) confirmed.
    5. District 3
      1. Democratic challenger Caitlin Draper Mattelin was unopposed in the primary, so she advances to the general election in November.
      2. Meanwhile, Republican incumbent Steve Womack (R-AR) faces off against Clint Penzo (R-AR) in the March 5th, 2024 primary.
      3. Republican incumbent Steve Womack (R-AR) advances to the November general election, where he faces off against Democratic challenger Caitlin Draper Mattelin (D-AR)
      4. Matchup between Womack (R-AR) and Mattelin (D-AR) confirmed.
    6. District 4
      1. Long-time Republican incumbent Bruce Westerman (R-AR) was unopposed in the Republican primary, so he advances to the general election.
      2. Democratic challenger Risie Howard (D-AR) was unopposed in the Democratic primary, so they advance to the general election
      3. Independent John White (I-AR) is also on the ballot for the general election.
      4. Longtime Republican incumbent Bruce Westerman (R-AR) advances to the November general election, where he will square off against Risie Howard (D-AR) and John White (I-AR)
      5. Matchup between Bruce Westerman (R-AR), Risie Howard (R-AR), and John White (I-AR) confirmed.
 
My primary sources on this project are the various Ballotpedia pages that I’m tying together to make a story.
For Alabama up to the run-off elections, see post #17.
For Arkansas up to the general election, see post #21


  1. California
    1. Primary Date: March 5, 2024
    2. General Election Date: November 5, 2024
    3. Note that California has a open-primary system where the first two past the post will become the politicians who the people vote for. This means you can have two Democrats against each other, or two Republicans squaring off.
    4. District 1:
      1. Longtime Republican incumbent Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) takes on Democratic challengers Mike Doran (D-CA) and Rose Penelope Yee (D-CA)
      2. Republican incumbent Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) and Rose Penelope Yee (D-CA) advance to the primary.
    5. District 2:
      1. Democratic incumbent Jared Huffman (D-CA) takes on Jason Brisendine (NP-CA), Chris Coulombe (R-CA), Tief Gibbs (R-CA), and Julian Kangas (NP-CA)
      2. Democratic incumbent Jared Huffman (D-CA) will face Chris Coulombe (R-CA) in the general election.
    6. District 3:
      1. Republican incumbent Kevin Kiley (R-CA) takes on Democratic challenger Jessica Morse (D-CA) and Robert Smith (NP-CA).
      2. Republican incumbent Kevin Kiley (R-CA) takes on Democratic challenger Jessica Morse (D-CA) in the November general election.
    7. District 4:
      1. Incumbent Democrat Mike Thompson (D-CA) takes on challenging Democrat Andrew Engdahl (D-CA), John Munn (R-CA), and Miket Patwardhan (NP-CA).
      2. Democratic incumbent Mike Thompson (D-CA) takes on John Munn (R-CA) in the general election.
    8. District 5:
      1. Republican incumbent Tom McClintock (R-CA) takes on Democratic challenger Mike Barkley (D-CA) and Steve Wozniak (No, not that one) (NP-CA)
      2. Republican incumbent Tom McClintock (R-CA) will take on Democratic challenger Mike Barkley (D-CA) in the November general election.
    9. District 6:
      1. Democratic incumbent Ami Bera (D-CA) takes on challengers Adam Barajas (D-CA), Chris Bish (R-CA), Craig DeLuz (R-CA), Chris Richardson (G-CA), and Raymond Riehle (R-CA)
      2. Democratic incumbent Ami Bera (D-CA) takes on Republican challenger Chris Bish (R-CA) in the November general election.
    10. District 7:
      1. Longtime Democratic incumbent Doris Matsui (D-CA) takes on challengers David Mandel (D-CA) and Tom Silva (R-CA)
      2. Longtime Democratic incumbent Doris Matsui (D-CA) will take on Tom Silva (R-CA) in the November general election.
    11. District 8:
      1. Longtime Republican incumbent John Garamendi (D-CA) takes on Democratic challenger Rudy Recile (R-CA) in the primary.
      2. Longtime Republican incumbent John Garamendi (D-CA) will face off once again against challenger Rudy Recile (R-CA) in the November general election.
    12. District 9:
      1. Democratic incumbent Josh Harder (D-CA) takes on Republican challengers Khalid Jeffrey Jafri (R-CA), Kevin Lincoln II (R-CA), and John McBride (R-CA)
      2. Democratic incumbent Josh Harder (D-CA) will face Kevin Lincoln II in the November general election.
    13. District 10
      1. Democratic incumbent Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA) takes on Republican Nolan Chen (R-CA), Mohamed Elsherbini (NP-CA), Katherine Piccinini (R-CA), and Joe Sweeney (NP-CA).
      2. Democratic incumbent Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA) takes on Republican Katherine Piccinini (R-TX) in the November general election.
 
My primary sources on this project are the various Ballotpedia pages that I’m tying together to make a story.
For Alabama up to the the run-off elections, see post #17.
For Arkansas up to the general election, see post #21
For California, Districts 1-10 up to the general election, see post #22

Let's Talk About Ohio 's General Election now.
  1. Primary Date: March 19th, 2024
  2. General Election Date: November 5, 2024
  3. District 1:
    1. Democratic incumbent Greg Landsman (D-OH) advances to the November election unopposed.
    2. Republican challenger Orlando Sonza (R-OH) advances to the November election unopposed.
    3. Democratic incumbent Greg Landsman (D-OH) and Republican challenger Orlando Sonza (R-OH) will square off in the November general election.
  4. District 2:
    1. District 2 will be vacated by current Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH).
    2. Democratic challenger Samantha Meadows (D-OH) advances to the November election unopposed.
    3. Meanwhile, there are 11 Republicans squaring off in their March primary: Niraj Antani (R-OH), Kim Georgeton (R-OH), Phil Heimlich (R-OH), Ron Hood (R-OH), Tom Hwang (R-OH), Larry Kidd (R=OH), Derek Myers (R-OH), Tim O’Hara (R-OH), Charles Tassell (R-OH), David Taylor (R-OH), and Shane Wilkin (R-OH).
    4. Republican David Taylor (R-OH) will face off against Samantha Meadows (D-OH) in the November general election.
  5. District 3:
    1. Longtime Democratic incumbent Joyce Beatty (D-OH) advances unopposed to the November general election.
    2. Republican Michael Young (R-OH) advances unopposed to the November general election.
    3. The matchup between Democratic incumbent Joyce Beatty (D-OH) and challenger Michael Young (R-OH) is confirmed.
  6. District 4
    1. Democratic challengers Stephen Thomas (D-OH) and Tamie Wilson (D-OH) face off in the March primary.
    2. Meanwhile, Republican incumbent Jim “Gym” Jordan (R-OH) advances to the November general election unopposed.
    3. Incumbent Jim “Gym” Jordan (R-OH) will face off against Tamie Wilson (D-OH) in the November general election.
  7. District 5
    1. Democratic challenger Keith Mundy (D-OH) advances to the November primary unopposed.
    2. Meanwhile, longtime Republican incumbent Bob Latta (R-OH) faces off against Robert Owsiak, Jr. (R-OH) in the primary in March.
    3. Republican incumbent Bob Lotta (R-OH) and challenger Keith Mundy (D-OH) will face off in the November general election.
  8. District 6
    1. This a Special election at first.
    2. Democrats Rylan Finzer (D-OH) and Michael Kripchak (D-OH) square off in the March primary.
    3. Republicans Michael Rulli (R-OH), Reggie Stoftzfus (R-OH), and Rick Tsai (R-OH) square off in the March Primary.
    4. There will be a general election in June, where William Farms (I-OH) joins the two winners of the primaries. The March primary doubles as the primary for the November election.
    5. Michael Rulli (R-OH) wins the general election.
    6. After the general election in June, the winners will again square off in November.
    7. This pits temporary incumbent Michael Rulli (R-OH) against challengers Michael Kripchak (D-OH) and William Farms (I-OH)
  9. District 7
    1. Republican incumbent Max Miller (R-OH) advances to the November general election unopposed.
    2. Democratic challengers Doug Bugie (D-OH) and Matthew Diemer (D-OH) square off in March.
    3. Republican incumbent Max Miller (R-OH) will take on Matthew Dieter (D-OH) and Dennis J. Kucinich (Yes, that one) (I-OH) in the November general election.
  10. District 8
    1. Republican incumbent Warren Davidson (R-OH) takes on Kay Rogers (R-OH) in the March primary.
    2. Meanwhile, Democrats Vanessa Enoch (D-OH), David Gelb (D-OH), and Nathaniel Hawkins (D-OH) square off in March.
    3. Republican incumbent Warren Davidson (R-OH) takes on Vanessa Enoch (D-OH) in the November general election.
  11. District 9
    1. Longtime Democratic incumbent Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) advances to the November election unopposed.
    2. Meanwhile, Republicans Steve Lankenau (R-OH), J.R. “Special Olympics” Majewski (R-OH), Derek Merrin (R-OH), and Craig Riedel (R-OH) square off in the March primary.
      1. “Special Olympics” refers to an unfortunate comment Majewski made, not that I think he should be in the Special Olympics.
      2. J.R. Majewski unofficially withdrew.
      3. Democratic incumbent Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) will take on Derek Merrin (R-OH) in the November general election.
  12. District 10
    1. Longtime Republican incumbent Michael Turner (R-OH) advances to the November election unopposed.
    2. Democrats Amy Cox (D-OH), David Esrati (D-OH), Joseph Kuzniar (D-OH), and Tony Pombo (D-OH) square off in the March primary.
    3. Republican incumbent Michael Turner (R-OH) will face off against Amy Cox (D-H) and Michael Harbaugh (I-OH) in the November general election.
 
My primary sources on this project are the various Ballotpedia pages that I’m tying together to make a story.
For Alabama up to the the run-off elections, see post #17.
For Arkansas up to the general election, see post #21
For California, Districts 1-10 up to the general election, see post #22
For Ohio Districts 1-10 up to the general election, see post #23

Let's talk about North Carolina Districts 1-8, post-primary:

  1. Filing Deadline: December 15, 2023
  2. Primary Date: March 5, 2024
  3. General Election Date, November 5, 2024
  4. The state is almost split evenly with 7 Democratic Representatives and 9 Republican Representatives
  5. District 1:
    1. Incumbent Donald Davis (D-NC) advances to the general election unopposed.
    2. Laurie Buckhout (R-NC) and Sandy Smith (R-NC) proceed to the March 5th, 2024 primary.
    3. Additionally, Libertarian candidate Tom Bailey (L-NC) advances to the general election.
    4. Democratic incumbent Donald Davis (D-NC), Republican challenger Laurie Buckhout (R-NC), and Tom Bailey (L-NC) will square off in November.
  6. District 2:
    1. Incumbent Deborah Ross (D-NC) faces a primary challenge from Michael Camero (D-NC) on March 5th, 2024.
    2. There is a three-person Republican primary on March 5th, 2024 between Eugene Douglass (R-NC), Robert Morales (R-NC), and Alan Swain (R-NC)
    3. The Green Party’s Michael Dublin (G-NC) advances to the November 5th, 2024 election.
    4. Incumbent Deborah Ross (D-NC) will face challengers Alan Swain (R-NC) and Michael Dublin (G-NC) in the November general election.
  7. District 3
    1. The first district with a candidate from only one major party, Republican incumbent Gregory Murphy (R-NC) advances to the November 5th, 2024 general election.
    2. Meanwhile, Gheorghe Cormos of the Libertarian party (L-NC) advances to the general election on November 5, 2024.
    3. Republican Gregory Murphy (R-NC) advances to the November 5, 2024 election, where he will face Gheorghe Cormos (L-NC).
  8. District 4
    1. Unopposed Incumbent Democrat Valerie Foushee (D-NC) advances to the general election on November 5, 2024.
    2. Republicans Eric Blankenburg (R-NC) and Mahesh Ganorkar (R-NC) square off on the March 5, 2024 primary.
    3. Meanwhile, Libertarian Guy Meilleur (L-NC) advances to the November 5, 2024 general election.
    4. Incumbent Democrat Valerie Foushee (D-NC) will face challengers Eric Blankenburg (R-NC) and Gu Meilleur (L-NC) in the November general election.
  9. District 5
    1. Unopposed Democrat Chuck Hubbard (D-NC) advances to the general election on November 5, 2024
    2. Meanwhile, longtime Republican incumbent Virginia Foxx (R-NC) takes on Ryan Mayberry (R-NC) in the March 5, 2024 primary.
    3. Longtime Republican incumbent Virginia Foxx (R-NC) wins her party’s primary and will face Democratic challenger Chuck Hubbard (D-NC) in the November general election.
  10. District 6
    1. This is the first general election primary district, whereby only one party’s primary determines who wins the seat.
    2. Democratic incumbent Kathy Manning (D-NC) declined to run for the district once it was redistricted in favor of Republicans. No other Democratic candidate filed to run.
    3. This leaves the Republican March 5, 2024 primary, which will feature six Republicans, Christian Castelli (R-NC), Mary Anne Contogiannis (R-NC), Bo Hines (R-NC), Addison McDowell (R-NC), Jay Wagner (R-NC), and Mark Walker (R-NC). The winner of this primary wins the general election.
    4. Addison McDowell (R-NC) wins the general election unopposed.
  11. District 7
    1. This District has already advanced into the general election phase
    2. Unopposed incumbent Republican David Rouzer (R-NC) takes on unopposed Democratic challenger Marlando Pridgen (D-NC) on November 5, 2024
    3. Incumbent David Rouser (R-NC) will take on Marlando Pridgen (D-NC) in the November general election.
  12. District 8
    1. Unopposed Democratic challenger Justin Dues (D-NC) advances to the November 5, 2024 general election.
    2. Republican incumbent Dan Bishop (R-NC) decided not to run and instead to seek the position of North Carolina Attorney General, opening the way for a six-candidate Republican primary.
    3. Republicans Allan Baucom (R-NC), John Bradford III (R-NC), Don Brown (R-NC), Leigh Brown (R-NC), Mark Harris (R-NC), and Chris Maples (R-NC) are all running on March 5, 2024 to be Republican candidate in the general election.
    4. Republican and former Representative Mark Harris (R-NC) takes on Democrat Justin Dues (D-NC) in the November general election.
 
My primary sources on this project are the various Ballotpedia pages that I’m tying together to make a story.

For Alabama up to the the run-off elections, see post #17.

For Arkansas up to the general election, see post #21

For California, Districts 1-10 up to the general election, see post #22

For North Carolina Districts 1-8 up to the general election, see post #24

For Ohio Districts 1-10 up to the general election, see post #23



Let's conclude Ohio before the general election.

  1. District 11
    1. It looks like longtime incumbent Shontel Brown (D-OH) advances to the November general election primary unopposed.
    2. Meanwhile, Republican challenger James Hemphill (R-OH) takes on Alan Rapoport (R-O) and Landry Simmons, Jr. (R-OH) in the Republican primary.
    3. Shontel Brown and the winner of the Republican primary will face off against Tony Evans (I-OH) and Sean Freeman (I-OH) in the November general election.
    4. Incumbent Shontel Brown (D-OH) will face off against Alan Rapoport (R-OH),
  2. District 12
    1. This district is already in the general election stage. Republican incumbent Troy Balderson (R-OH) takes on Democrat Jerrad Christian (D-OH) in the November election.
    2. Matchup between Incumbent Troy Balderson (R-OH) and Jerrad Christian (D-OH) confirmed.
  3. District 13
    1. Democratic incumbent Emilia Sykes (D-OH) advances to the November election unopposed.
    2. Meanwhile, there is a three-Republican primary. Chris Banweg (R-OH), Kevin Coughlin (R-OH, and Richard Morckel square off in March.
    3. Emilia Sykes (D-OH) and the Republican nominee will face Liam Walker from the George Wallace Party (GWP-OH).
    4. Democratic incumbent Emilia Sykes (D-OH) faces Kevin Coughlin (R-OH) and Liam Walker (GWP-OH) in the November general election.
  4. District 14
    1. Longtime Incumbent David Joyce (R-OH) takes on Republicans Elayne Cross (R-OH) and Kenneth Polk (R-OH) in the March Primary
    2. Meanwhile, Democratic challenger Brian Kenderes (D-OH) advances unopposed.
    3. Incumbent David Joyce (R-OH) takes on challenger Brian Kenderes (D-OH).
  5. District 15
    1. Republican incumbent Mike Carey (R-OH) advances to the November general election unopposed.
    2. Meanwhile, Democratic challengers Zerga Abid (D-OH) and Adam Miller (D-OH) square off in the March Primary.
    3. Incumbent Mike Carey (R-OH) faces challenger Adam Miller (D-OH) in the November general election.
 
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