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background:#F6F6F6; font-size:100%; border: 0px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 5px #A0A0A0; float:right; padding:5px; margin:5px; text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color: #334aab; padding-top: 0.25em; padding-bottom: 0.25em; border: 0px; box-shadow: 0px 2px 5px #A0A0A0; color:white; font-size:130%;">2024 Elections</th></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><b>Choose your state:</b></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><div class="SingleDropdown"><select id="dropdownOne" class="styled-dropdown"><option value="Alabama elections, 2024">Alabama</option><option value="Alaska elections, 2024">Alaska</option><option value="Arizona elections, 2024">Arizona</option><option value="Arkansas elections, 2024">Arkansas</option><option value="California elections, 2024">California</option><option value="Colorado elections, 2024">Colorado</option><option value="Connecticut elections, 2024">Connecticut</option><option value="Delaware elections, 2024">Delaware</option><option value="Florida elections, 2024">Florida</option><option value="Georgia elections, 2024">Georgia</option><option value="Hawaii elections, 2024">Hawaii</option><option value="Idaho elections, 2024">Idaho</option><option value="Illinois elections, 2024">Illinois</option><option value="Indiana elections, 2024">Indiana</option><option value="Iowa elections, 2024">Iowa</option><option value="Kansas elections, 2024">Kansas</option><option value="Kentucky elections, 2024">Kentucky</option><option value="Louisiana elections, 2024">Louisiana</option><option value="Maine elections, 2024">Maine</option><option value="Maryland elections, 2024">Maryland</option><option value="Massachusetts elections, 2024">Massachusetts</option><option value="Michigan elections, 2024">Michigan</option><option value="Minnesota elections, 2024">Minnesota</option><option value="Mississippi elections, 2024">Mississippi</option><option value="Missouri elections, 2024">Missouri</option><option value="Montana elections, 2024">Montana</option><option value="Nebraska elections, 2024">Nebraska</option><option value="Nevada elections, 2024">Nevada</option><option value="New Hampshire elections, 2024">New Hampshire</option><option value="New Jersey elections, 2024">New Jersey</option><option value="New Mexico elections, 2024">New Mexico</option><option value="New York elections, 2024">New York</option><option value="North Carolina elections, 2024">North Carolina</option><option value="North Dakota elections, 2024">North Dakota</option><option value="Ohio elections, 2024">Ohio</option><option value="Oklahoma elections, 2024">Oklahoma</option><option value="Oregon elections, 2024">Oregon</option><option value="Pennsylvania elections, 2024">Pennsylvania</option><option value="Rhode Island elections, 2024">Rhode Island</option><option value="South Carolina elections, 2024">South Carolina</option><option value="South Dakota elections, 2024">South Dakota</option><option value="Tennessee elections, 2024">Tennessee</option><option value="Texas elections, 2024">Texas</option><option value="Utah elections, 2024">Utah</option><option value="Vermont elections, 2024">Vermont</option><option value="Virginia elections, 2024">Virginia</option><option value="Washington elections, 2024">Washington</option><option value="West Virginia elections, 2024">West Virginia</option><option value="Wisconsin elections, 2024">Wisconsin</option><option value="Wyoming elections, 2024">Wyoming</option></select><button value="Submit" class="form-control" text="Submit">Submit</button></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> <i><b>October 17, 2024</b></i> </p><p>We've compiled a list of 15 elections we watched in November 2024, including races for <a href="/United_States_Senate_elections,_2024" title="United States Senate elections, 2024">U.S. Senate</a>, <a href="/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2024" title="United States House of Representatives elections, 2024">U.S. House</a>, <a href="/Gubernatorial_elections,_2024" title="Gubernatorial elections, 2024">governors</a>, <a href="/State_executive_official_elections,_2024" title="State executive official elections, 2024">other state executives</a>, <a href="/State_supreme_court_elections,_2024" title="State supreme court elections, 2024">state supreme court judgeships</a>, and <a href="/State_legislative_elections,_2024" title="State legislative elections, 2024">state legislatures</a>. </p><p>The Ballotpedia editorial department selected these elections based on past election results, unique election-specific circumstances, and election race ratings. The final selections include a mix of federal, state, and local races. </p><p>Here's a list of the 15 elections we're watching. Click on a link to learn more about each election. </p> <div style="-moz-column-count:3; -webkit-column-count:3; column-count:3;" class="mobile-columns"> <ul><li><a href="/Ballotpedia%27s_Top_15_Elections_to_Watch,_2024#Michigan" title="Ballotpedia's Top 15 Elections to Watch, 2024">U.S. Senate election in Michigan</a></li> <li><a href="/Ballotpedia%27s_Top_15_Elections_to_Watch,_2024#Ohio" title="Ballotpedia's Top 15 Elections to Watch, 2024">U.S. Senate election in Ohio</a></li> <li><a href="/Ballotpedia%27s_Top_15_Elections_to_Watch,_2024#California's_13th_Congressional_District" title="Ballotpedia's Top 15 Elections to Watch, 2024">California's 13th Congressional District election</a></li> <li><a href="/Ballotpedia%27s_Top_15_Elections_to_Watch,_2024#New_Mexico's_2nd_Congressional_District" title="Ballotpedia's Top 15 Elections to Watch, 2024">New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District election</a></li> <li><a href="/Ballotpedia%27s_Top_15_Elections_to_Watch,_2024#New_York's_17th_Congressional_District" title="Ballotpedia's Top 15 Elections to Watch, 2024">New York's 17th Congressional District election</a></li> <li><a href="/Ballotpedia%27s_Top_15_Elections_to_Watch,_2024#Oregon's_5th_Congressional_District" title="Ballotpedia's Top 15 Elections to Watch, 2024">Oregon's 5th Congressional District election</a></li> <li><a href="/Ballotpedia%27s_Top_15_Elections_to_Watch,_2024#Washington's_3rd_Congressional_District" title="Ballotpedia's Top 15 Elections to Watch, 2024">Washington's 3rd Congressional District election</a></li> <li><a href="/Ballotpedia%27s_Top_15_Elections_to_Watch,_2024#New_Hampshire" title="Ballotpedia's Top 15 Elections to Watch, 2024">New Hampshire gubernatorial election</a></li> <li><a href="/Ballotpedia%27s_Top_15_Elections_to_Watch,_2024#Attorney_General_of_North_Carolina" title="Ballotpedia's Top 15 Elections to Watch, 2024">Attorney General of North Carolina election</a></li> <li><a href="/Ballotpedia%27s_Top_15_Elections_to_Watch,_2024#Alaska_House_of_Representatives" title="Ballotpedia's Top 15 Elections to Watch, 2024">Alaska House of Representatives elections</a></li> <li><a href="/Ballotpedia%27s_Top_15_Elections_to_Watch,_2024#Arizona_State_Legislature" title="Ballotpedia's Top 15 Elections to Watch, 2024">Arizona State Legislature elections</a></li> <li><a href="/Ballotpedia%27s_Top_15_Elections_to_Watch,_2024#Michigan_House_of_Representatives" title="Ballotpedia's Top 15 Elections to Watch, 2024">Michigan House of Representatives elections</a></li> <li><a href="/Ballotpedia%27s_Top_15_Elections_to_Watch,_2024#New_Hampshire_State_Senate" title="Ballotpedia's Top 15 Elections to Watch, 2024">New Hampshire State Senate elections</a></li> <li><a href="/Ballotpedia%27s_Top_15_Elections_to_Watch,_2024#Michigan_Supreme_Court" title="Ballotpedia's Top 15 Elections to Watch, 2024">Michigan Supreme Court elections</a></li> <li><a href="/Ballotpedia%27s_Top_15_Elections_to_Watch,_2024#Ohio_Supreme_Court" title="Ballotpedia's Top 15 Elections to Watch, 2024">Ohio Supreme Court elections</a></li></ul> </div> <p><br /> </p><p class="mw-empty-elt"></p><center><iframe title="States where our top 15 elections are being held during November 2024" aria-label="Map" id="datawrapper-chart-xEOFq" src="https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/xEOFq/1/" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="width: 0; min-width: 80% !important; border: none;" height="450" data-external="1"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">!function(){"use strict";window.addEventListener("message",(function(a){if(void 0!==a.data["datawrapper-height"]){var e=document.querySelectorAll("iframe");for(var t in a.data["datawrapper-height"])for(var r=0;r<e.length;r++)if(e[r].contentWindow===a.source){var i=a.data["datawrapper-height"][t]+"px";e[r].style.height=i}}}))}(); </script></center> <p class="mw-empty-elt"></p><p>See more of our 2024 election analysis by visiting our <a href="/Ballotpedia%27s_Election_Analysis_Hub,_2024" title="Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2024">Election Analysis Hub</a>. To view previous iterations of this list, click on the links below: </p> <ul><li><a href="/Ballotpedia%27s_Top_15_Elections_to_Watch,_2023" title="Ballotpedia's Top 15 Elections to Watch, 2023">Top 15 Elections to Watch, 2023</a></li> <li><a href="/Ballotpedia%27s_Top_15_elections_to_watch,_2022" title="Ballotpedia's Top 15 elections to watch, 2022">Top 15 Elections to Watch, 2022</a></li> <li><a href="/Ballotpedia%27s_Top_15_elections_to_watch,_2021" title="Ballotpedia's Top 15 elections to watch, 2021">Top 15 Elections to Watch, 2021</a></li> <li><a href="/Ballotpedia%27s_Top_15_elections_to_watch,_2020" title="Ballotpedia's Top 15 elections to watch, 2020">Top 15 Elections to Watch, 2020</a></li></ul> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Top_15_elections_to_watch"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Top 15 elections to watch</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#U.S._Senate"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">U.S. Senate</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-3"><a href="#Michigan"><span class="tocnumber">1.1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Michigan</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-4"><a href="#Ohio"><span class="tocnumber">1.1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Ohio</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#U.S._House"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">U.S. House</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-6"><a href="#California's_13th_Congressional_District"><span class="tocnumber">1.2.1</span> <span class="toctext">California's 13th Congressional District</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-7"><a href="#New_Mexico's_2nd_Congressional_District"><span class="tocnumber">1.2.2</span> <span class="toctext">New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-8"><a href="#New_York's_17th_Congressional_District"><span class="tocnumber">1.2.3</span> <span class="toctext">New York's 17th Congressional District</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-9"><a href="#Oregon's_5th_Congressional_District"><span class="tocnumber">1.2.4</span> <span class="toctext">Oregon's 5th Congressional District</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-10"><a href="#Washington's_3rd_Congressional_District"><span class="tocnumber">1.2.5</span> <span class="toctext">Washington's 3rd Congressional District</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="#Gubernatorial_elections"><span class="tocnumber">1.3</span> <span class="toctext">Gubernatorial elections</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-12"><a href="#New_Hampshire"><span class="tocnumber">1.3.1</span> <span class="toctext">New Hampshire</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13"><a href="#Other_state_executive_elections"><span class="tocnumber">1.4</span> <span class="toctext">Other state executive elections</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-14"><a href="#Attorney_General_of_North_Carolina"><span class="tocnumber">1.4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Attorney General of North Carolina</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15"><a href="#State_legislatures"><span class="tocnumber">1.5</span> <span class="toctext">State legislatures</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-16"><a href="#Alaska_House_of_Representatives"><span class="tocnumber">1.5.1</span> <span class="toctext">Alaska House of Representatives</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-17"><a href="#Arizona_State_Legislature"><span class="tocnumber">1.5.2</span> <span class="toctext">Arizona State Legislature</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-18"><a href="#Michigan_House_of_Representatives"><span class="tocnumber">1.5.3</span> <span class="toctext">Michigan House of Representatives</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-19"><a href="#New_Hampshire_State_Senate"><span class="tocnumber">1.5.4</span> <span class="toctext">New Hampshire State Senate</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-20"><a href="#State_supreme_court_elections"><span class="tocnumber">1.6</span> <span class="toctext">State supreme court elections</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-21"><a href="#Michigan_Supreme_Court"><span class="tocnumber">1.6.1</span> <span class="toctext">Michigan Supreme Court</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-22"><a href="#Ohio_Supreme_Court"><span class="tocnumber">1.6.2</span> <span class="toctext">Ohio Supreme Court</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-23"><a href="#Election_coverage_by_office"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Election coverage by office</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-24"><a href="#Election_coverage_by_state"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Election coverage by state</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-25"><a href="#Election_resources"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Election resources</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-26"><a href="#Footnotes"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Footnotes</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Top_15_elections_to_watch">Top 15 elections to watch</span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="U.S._Senate">U.S. Senate</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/United_States_Senate_elections,_2024" title="United States Senate elections, 2024">United States Senate elections, 2024</a></i> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:127px;"><a href="/United_States_Senate_elections,_2024" title="United States Senate elections, 2024"><img alt="" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/4/44/Us-capitol-congress.jpg/125px-Us-capitol-congress.jpg" decoding="async" width="125" height="125" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/4/44/Us-capitol-congress.jpg/188px-Us-capitol-congress.jpg 1.5x, https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/4/44/Us-capitol-congress.jpg/250px-Us-capitol-congress.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3322" data-file-height="3321" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:Us-capitol-congress.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>U.S. Senate</div></div></div></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>Thirty-three of the 100 seats in the <a href="/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> were up for regular election. The winners will be sworn in to office on January 3, 2025. There was also <a href="/Special_elections_to_the_118th_United_States_Congress_(2023-2024)" title="Special elections to the 118th United States Congress (2023-2024)">two special elections</a> on November 5, 2024 One <a href="/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Nebraska,_2024" title="United States Senate special election in Nebraska, 2024">special election</a> was held to elect a member who will complete the final two years of Sen. <a href="/Ben_Sasse" title="Ben Sasse">Ben Sasse</a>'s (R-Neb.) six-year term that began in 2020. Sasse resigned on January 8, 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup> The other <a href="/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_California,_2024" title="United States Senate special election in California, 2024">special election</a> was held to fill the final weeks of the six-year term that Sen. <a href="/Dianne_Feinstein" title="Dianne Feinstein">Dianne Feinstein</a> (D-Calif.) was elected to in 2018. Feinstein died on September 29, 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup> That U.S. Senate seat was also up for regular election in 2024, for a total of 34 individual seats. </p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Michigan">Michigan</span></h4> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/United_States_Senate_election_in_Michigan,_2024" title="United States Senate election in Michigan, 2024">United States Senate election in Michigan, 2024</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p><a href="/Elissa_Slotkin" title="Elissa Slotkin">Elissa Slotkin</a> (D), <a href="/Mike_Rogers_(Michigan)" title="Mike Rogers (Michigan)">Mike Rogers</a> (R), and four other candidates are running to succeed retiring incumbent Sen. <a href="/Debbie_Stabenow" title="Debbie Stabenow">Debbie Stabenow</a> (D) who was first elected in 2000. Slotkin is a former Middle East analyst with the <a href="/Central_Intelligence_Agency" title="Central Intelligence Agency">Central Intelligence Agency</a> (CIA) who has served in the U.S. House since <a href="/Michigan%27s_8th_Congressional_District_election,_2018" title="Michigan's 8th Congressional District election, 2018">2019</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup> Rogers is a former special agent with the <a href="/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation" title="Federal Bureau of Investigation">Federal Bureau of Investigation</a> (FBI) who served in the U.S. House from 2001 to 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup> According to the <i>Associated Press'</i> Joey Cappelletti, "Republicans welcome Rogers as a moderate, sensible voice who has a legitimate chance to seize the unexpected opportunity that arose with Stabenow’s retirement, in a state where they haven’t been winning much lately. Democrats, meanwhile, think Slotkin could emerge as a leading voice of the next generation of party leaders."<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup> </p><p>As of October 2024, four major election forecasters differed in their <a href="/United_States_Senate_election_in_Michigan,_2024#Race_ratings" title="United States Senate election in Michigan, 2024">ratings</a> for the race, with one rating it Tilt Democratic, two rating it Lean Democratic, and one rating it Toss-up. <i>The Detroit Free Press''</i> Todd Spangler wrote that "The last time a Senate seat was open in Michigan was in <a href="/United_States_Senate_elections_in_Michigan,_2014" title="United States Senate elections in Michigan, 2014">2014</a>. Republicans sense a chance to win this year but if they do, it will mark the first time since 1994 a Democrat has lost a U.S. Senate race in the state."<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup> </p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Ohio">Ohio</span></h4> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/United_States_Senate_election_in_Ohio,_2024" title="United States Senate election in Ohio, 2024">United States Senate election in Ohio, 2024</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>Incumbent Sen. <a href="/Sherrod_Brown" title="Sherrod Brown">Sherrod Brown</a> (D), <a href="/Bernie_Moreno" title="Bernie Moreno">Bernie Moreno</a> (R), and <a href="/Don_Kissick" title="Don Kissick">Don Kissick</a> (L) are running. Brown was first elected in 2006 after he defeated then-Sen. <a href="/Mike_DeWine" title="Mike DeWine">Mike DeWine</a> 56% to 44%. He won re-election in <a href="/United_States_Senate_elections_in_Ohio,_2012" title="United States Senate elections in Ohio, 2012">2012</a> by a margin of six percentage points, and in <a href="/United_States_Senate_election_in_Ohio,_2018" title="United States Senate election in Ohio, 2018">2018</a> by a margin of seven. Moreno is a businessman with a background in auto sales.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup> According to <i>The Hill'</i>s Al Weaver, "Brown maintained a consistent lead throughout the summer, buoyed by an ad bonanza in an attempt to define Moreno. But Republican forces have answered in the past month, with Moreno going up with ads and groups run by top lieutenants of Senate Minority Leader <a href="/Mitch_McConnell" title="Mitch McConnell">Mitch McConnell</a> (R-Ky.) set to spend $80 million there between Labor Day and Election Day."<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup> </p><p>As of October 2024, four major election forecasters <a href="/United_States_Senate_election_in_Ohio,_2024#Race_ratings" title="United States Senate election in Ohio, 2024">rated</a> the race Toss-up. Ohio is one of <a href="/States_won_by_Donald_Trump_in_2020_with_Democratic-held_U.S._Senate_seats_up_for_election_in_2024" title="States won by Donald Trump in 2020 with Democratic-held U.S. Senate seats up for election in 2024">three states that is holding a U.S. Senate election</a> this year with a Democratic incumbent that former President <a href="/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> carried in the <a href="/Presidential_election,_2020" title="Presidential election, 2020">2020 presidential election</a>. Ohio is also one of five states with a split Senate delegation.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="U.S._House">U.S. House</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2024" title="United States House of Representatives elections, 2024">United States House of Representatives elections, 2024</a></i> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:167px;"><a href="/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2024" title="United States House of Representatives elections, 2024"><img alt="" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/4/4b/US_House_of_Representatives_chamber_room.jpg/165px-US_House_of_Representatives_chamber_room.jpg" decoding="async" width="165" height="86" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/4/4b/US_House_of_Representatives_chamber_room.jpg/248px-US_House_of_Representatives_chamber_room.jpg 1.5x, https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/4/4b/US_House_of_Representatives_chamber_room.jpg/330px-US_House_of_Representatives_chamber_room.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1080" data-file-height="566" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:US_House_of_Representatives_chamber_room.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>U.S. House</div></div></div></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>All 435 seats in the <a href="/US_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="US House of Representatives">U.S. House</a> were up for election. Republicans took control of the U.S. House following the <a href="/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2022" title="United States House of Representatives elections, 2022">2022 elections</a>, when Republicans won 222 seats to Democrats' 213. As of October 2024, Republicans had a 220-212 majority in the U.S. House with three vacancies. Democrats needed to gain a net of five districts to win a majority in the chamber. </p> <h4><span id="California.27s_13th_Congressional_District"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="California's_13th_Congressional_District">California's 13th Congressional District</span></h4> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/California%27s_13th_Congressional_District_election,_2024" title="California's 13th Congressional District election, 2024">California's 13th Congressional District election, 2024</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>Incumbent Rep. <a href="/John_Duarte" title="John Duarte">John Duarte</a> (R) and <a href="/Adam_Gray" title="Adam Gray">Adam Gray</a> (D) are running in a <a href="/Rematches_in_2024_general_elections" title="Rematches in 2024 general elections">rematch</a> for a seat Republicans won control of from Democrats in 2022. In <a href="/California%27s_13th_Congressional_District_election,_2022" title="California's 13th Congressional District election, 2022">2022</a>, Duarte defeated Gray by 0.4 percentage points for the then-open district. Additionally, this is one of <a href="/U.S._House_districts_represented_by_a_Republican_in_2024_and_won_by_Joe_Biden_in_2020" title="U.S. House districts represented by a Republican in 2024 and won by Joe Biden in 2020">19 Republican-held U.S. House districts</a> up for election this year that President <a href="/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> (D) won in the <a href="/Presidential_election,_2020" title="Presidential election, 2020">2020 presidential election</a>. As of October 2024, four major election forecasters <a href="/California%27s_13th_Congressional_District_election,_2024#Race_ratings" title="California's 13th Congressional District election, 2024">rated</a> the race <i>Toss-up</i>. The <i>Los Angeles Times</i>’ Julia Wick wrote that although Biden won the district in 2020, “Republican gubernatorial candidate <a href="/Brian_Dahle" title="Brian Dahle">Brian Dahle</a> beat Gov. <a href="/Gavin_Newsom" title="Gavin Newsom">Gavin Newsom</a> by more than eight points in the district in <a href="/California_gubernatorial_election,_2022" title="California gubernatorial election, 2022">2022</a>, a partisan see-sawing that speaks to the large number of independent voters in the district as well as strong Republican turnout in the 2022 midterms.” </p> <h4><span id="New_Mexico.27s_2nd_Congressional_District"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="New_Mexico's_2nd_Congressional_District">New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District</span></h4> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/New_Mexico%27s_2nd_Congressional_District_election,_2024" title="New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024">New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>Incumbent Rep. <a href="/Gabriel_Vasquez" title="Gabriel Vasquez">Gabriel Vasquez</a> (D) and <a href="/Yvette_Herrell" title="Yvette Herrell">Yvette Herrell</a> (R) are running in a <a href="/Rematches_in_2024_general_elections" title="Rematches in 2024 general elections">rematch</a> for a seat Democrats won in 2022. In <a href="/New_Mexico%27s_2nd_Congressional_District_election,_2022" title="New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022">2022</a>, Vasquez defeated then-Rep. Herrell 50.3% to 49.6%. As of October 2024, four major election forecasters differed in their <a href="/New_Mexico%27s_2nd_Congressional_District_election,_2024#Race_ratings" title="New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024">ratings</a> for the race, with forecasts ranging from <i>Likely Democratic</i> to <i>Toss-up</i>. <i>NPR</i>’s Claudia Grisales wrote that “two of the biggest issues in this election—immigration and abortion rights—are at the heart of a tightly-contested U.S. House race.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a></sup> </p> <h4><span id="New_York.27s_17th_Congressional_District"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="New_York's_17th_Congressional_District">New York's 17th Congressional District</span></h4> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/New_York%27s_17th_Congressional_District_election,_2024" title="New York's 17th Congressional District election, 2024">New York's 17th Congressional District election, 2024</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>Incumbent Rep. <a href="/Michael_Lawler" title="Michael Lawler">Michael Lawler</a> (R/Conservative Party), <a href="/Mondaire_Jones" title="Mondaire Jones">Mondaire Jones</a> (D), and <a href="/Anthony_Frascone" title="Anthony Frascone">Anthony Frascone</a> (Working Families Party) are running for a seat Republicans won in <a href="/New_York%27s_17th_Congressional_District_election,_2022" title="New York's 17th Congressional District election, 2022">2022</a>. Jones represented the district from 2021 to 2023, but ran in <a href="/New_York%27s_10th_Congressional_District" title="New York's 10th Congressional District">New York's 10th Congressional District</a> in <a href="/New_York%27s_10th_Congressional_District_election,_2022_(August_23_Democratic_primary)" title="New York's 10th Congressional District election, 2022 (August 23 Democratic primary)">2022</a> due to <a href="/Redistricting" title="Redistricting">redistricting</a>. As of October 2024, four major election forecasters differed in their <a href="/New_York%27s_17th_Congressional_District_election,_2024#Race_ratings" title="New York's 17th Congressional District election, 2024">ratings</a> for the election with one rating it <i>Tilt Republican</i>, one rating it <i>Lean Republican</i>, and two rating it <i>Toss-up</i>. Additionally, this is one of <a href="/U.S._House_districts_represented_by_a_Republican_in_2024_and_won_by_Joe_Biden_in_2020" title="U.S. House districts represented by a Republican in 2024 and won by Joe Biden in 2020">19 Republican-held U.S. House districts</a> up for election this year that President <a href="/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> (D) won in the <a href="/Presidential_election,_2020" title="Presidential election, 2020">2020 presidential election</a>. </p> <h4><span id="Oregon.27s_5th_Congressional_District"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Oregon's_5th_Congressional_District">Oregon's 5th Congressional District</span></h4> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Oregon%27s_5th_Congressional_District_election,_2024" title="Oregon's 5th Congressional District election, 2024">Oregon's 5th Congressional District election, 2024</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>Incumbent Rep. <a href="/Lori_Chavez-DeRemer" title="Lori Chavez-DeRemer">Lori Chavez-DeRemer</a> (R), <a href="/Janelle_Bynum" title="Janelle Bynum">Janelle Bynum</a> (D), and four other candidates are running for a seat that Republicans won from Democrats in <a href="/Oregon%27s_5th_Congressional_District_election,_2022" title="Oregon's 5th Congressional District election, 2022">2022</a>. Additionally, this is one of <a href="/U.S._House_districts_represented_by_a_Republican_in_2024_and_won_by_Joe_Biden_in_2020" title="U.S. House districts represented by a Republican in 2024 and won by Joe Biden in 2020">19 Republican-held U.S. House districts</a> up for election this year that President <a href="/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> (D) won in the <a href="/Presidential_election,_2020" title="Presidential election, 2020">2020 presidential election</a>. As of October 2024, four independent election forecasters <a href="/Oregon%27s_5th_Congressional_District_election,_2024#Race_ratings" title="Oregon's 5th Congressional District election, 2024">rated</a> the race <i>Toss-up</i>. Democratic lawmakers represented the district from 1997 until 2023 when Chavez-DeRemer assumed office.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup> According to <i>Central Oregon Daily News</i>’ Claire Rush and Hallie Golden, "Democrats hold a slight advantage in voter registration in the 5th, but roughly a third of voters are unaffiliated, and the two candidates have sought to appeal to the district's purple hue."<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a></sup> </p> <h4><span id="Washington.27s_3rd_Congressional_District"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Washington's_3rd_Congressional_District">Washington's 3rd Congressional District</span></h4> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Washington%27s_3rd_Congressional_District_election,_2024" title="Washington's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024">Washington's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>Incumbent Rep. <a href="/Marie_Gluesenkamp_Perez" title="Marie Gluesenkamp Perez">Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez</a> (D) and <a href="/Joe_Kent" title="Joe Kent">Joe Kent</a> (R) are running in a <a href="/Rematches_in_2024_general_elections" title="Rematches in 2024 general elections">rematch</a> for a seat Democrats won from Republicans in 2022. In <a href="/Washington%27s_3rd_Congressional_District_election,_2022" title="Washington's 3rd Congressional District election, 2022">2022</a>, Gluesenkamp Pérez defeated Kent by 0.8 percentage points. Then-Rep. <a href="/Jaime_Herrera_Beutler" title="Jaime Herrera Beutler">Jaime Herrera Beutler</a> placed third in the <a href="/Oregon%27s_5th_Congressional_District_election,_2022_(May_17_Democratic_primary)" title="Oregon's 5th Congressional District election, 2022 (May 17 Democratic primary)">top-two primary</a> and did not advance to the general election. Additionally, this is one of <a href="/U.S._House_districts_represented_by_a_Democrat_in_2024_and_won_by_Donald_Trump_in_2020" title="U.S. House districts represented by a Democrat in 2024 and won by Donald Trump in 2020">seven Democratic-held U.S. House districts</a> up for election this year that then-President <a href="/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> (R) won in the 2020 presidential election. As of October 2024, four major election forecasters differed in their <a href="/Washington%27s_3rd_Congressional_District_election,_2024#Race_ratings" title="Washington's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024">ratings</a> for the race, with one rating it <i>Lean Republican</i> and three rating it <i>Toss-up</i>. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Gubernatorial_elections">Gubernatorial elections</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Gubernatorial_elections,_2024" title="Gubernatorial elections, 2024">Gubernatorial elections, 2024</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>There were 11 <a href="/Governor_(state_executive_office)" title="Governor (state executive office)">gubernatorial offices</a> on the ballot. The governor is the political and ceremonial head of each state and he or she may also assume additional roles, such as the commander-in-chief of the National Guard when the role is not federalized. The governor may also have the ability to commute or pardon a criminal sentence. Heading into the 2024 elections, 27 states have Republican governors and 23 have Democratic governors. Eight of the states holding gubernatorial elections this year have Republican governors and three have Democratic governors. </p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="New_Hampshire">New Hampshire</span></h4> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/New_Hampshire_gubernatorial_election,_2024" title="New Hampshire gubernatorial election, 2024">New Hampshire gubernatorial election, 2024</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <div class="thumb tleft"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:167px;"><a href="/New_Hampshire_gubernatorial_election,_2024" title="New Hampshire gubernatorial election, 2024"><img alt="" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/7/7b/Seal_of_New_Hampshire.png/165px-Seal_of_New_Hampshire.png" decoding="async" width="165" height="164" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/7/7b/Seal_of_New_Hampshire.png/248px-Seal_of_New_Hampshire.png 1.5x, https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/7/7b/Seal_of_New_Hampshire.png 2x" data-file-width="258" data-file-height="257" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:Seal_of_New_Hampshire.png" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>New Hampshire</div></div></div> <p><a href="/Joyce_Craig" title="Joyce Craig">Joyce Craig</a> (D), <a href="/Kelly_Ayotte" title="Kelly Ayotte">Kelly Ayotte</a> (R), and <a href="/Stephen_Villee" title="Stephen Villee">Stephen Villee</a> (L) are running to succeed retiring incumbent Gov. <a href="/Chris_Sununu" title="Chris Sununu">Chris Sununu</a> (R). Craig is a former account executive at an advertising agency who served as the mayor of <a href="/Manchester,_New_Hampshire" title="Manchester, New Hampshire">Manchester</a> from 2018 to 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a></sup> Ayotte is an attorney who represented New Hampshire in the <a href="/U.S._Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate">U.S. Senate</a> from 2011 to 2017. </p><p>New Hampshire is one of 23 states with a <a href="/State_government_trifecta" class="mw-redirect" title="State government trifecta">Republican trifecta</a>. The state government became a trifecta in 2021 when Republican majorities took control of both <a href="/New_Hampshire_State_Legislature" class="mw-redirect" title="New Hampshire State Legislature">legislative chambers</a>. According to Ballotpedia's <a href="/Trifecta_vulnerability_in_the_2024_elections" title="Trifecta vulnerability in the 2024 elections">annual trifecta vulnerability ratings</a>, the state’s trifecta is highly vulnerable going into the 2024 election due to toss-up gubernatorial race and the close majorities in both legislative chambers. As of October 2024, three independent election forecasters <a href="/New_Hampshire_gubernatorial_election,_2024#Race_ratings" title="New Hampshire gubernatorial election, 2024">rated</a> the race <i>Toss-up</i>. According to <i>CNN</i>’s Simone Pathe, the race “will test the endurance of ticket-splitting in a state that’s more prone to it than most but that’s also been trending bluer at the federal level. <a href="/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> carried New Hampshire by less than half a point in <a href="/Presidential_election,_2016" title="Presidential election, 2016">2016</a>; <a href="/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> won it by 7 points <a href="/Presidential_election,_2020" title="Presidential election, 2020">four years later</a>.”<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Other_state_executive_elections">Other state executive elections</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/State_executive_official_elections,_2024" title="State executive official elections, 2024">State executive official elections, 2024</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>State executive offices up for election on Nov. 5 included nine <a href="/Lieutenant_gubernatorial_elections,_2024" title="Lieutenant gubernatorial elections, 2024">lieutenant gubernatorial offices</a>, 10 <a href="/Attorney_General_elections,_2024" title="Attorney General elections, 2024">attorney general offices</a>, and seven <a href="/Secretary_of_State_elections,_2024" title="Secretary of State elections, 2024">secretary of state offices</a>. Including down-ballot races, there were 166 state executive seats up for election across 30 states on Nov. 5. <a href="/State_executive_officials" title="State executive officials">State executives</a> act in many capacities according to the powers granted to them by their state's constitution. They are also charged with implementing and enforcing laws made by state legislatures. There are 748 <a href="/Chart_of_state_executive_officers#Chart_of_state_officers" title="Chart of state executive officers">executive seats</a> spread across <a href="/State_executive_offices" title="State executive offices">13 distinct types of offices</a> in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a></sup> </p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Attorney_General_of_North_Carolina">Attorney General of North Carolina</span></h4> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/North_Carolina_Attorney_General_election,_2024" title="North Carolina Attorney General election, 2024">North Carolina Attorney General election, 2024</a></i> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:167px;"><a href="/North_Carolina_Attorney_General_election,_2024" title="North Carolina Attorney General election, 2024"><img alt="" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/1/13/Seal_of_North_Carolina.png/165px-Seal_of_North_Carolina.png" decoding="async" width="165" height="165" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/1/13/Seal_of_North_Carolina.png/248px-Seal_of_North_Carolina.png 1.5x, https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/1/13/Seal_of_North_Carolina.png/330px-Seal_of_North_Carolina.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="599" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:Seal_of_North_Carolina.png" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>North Carolina</div></div></div></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p><a href="/Jeff_Jackson" title="Jeff Jackson">Jeff Jackson</a> (D) and <a href="/Dan_Bishop" title="Dan Bishop">Dan Bishop</a> (R) are running to succeed incumbent <a href="/Josh_Stein" title="Josh Stein">Josh Stein</a> (D) who is running for <a href="/North_Carolina_gubernatorial_election,_2024" title="North Carolina gubernatorial election, 2024">governor</a>. The attorney general is a state-level position in all 50 states who serves as the state's chief legal officer. The attorney general is responsible for enforcing state law and advising the state government on legal matters. In many states, attorneys general play a large role in the law enforcement process. This is one of 10 elections—five Republican-held and five Democratic-held—for attorneys general that took place in 2024. </p><p>Jackson and Bishop have both served in the U.S. House since 2023. The <i>Associated Press'</i> Geoff Mulvihill wrote that "over the past decade, a pipeline from Congress to attorney general has developed. Five sitting attorneys general—Maryland’s <a href="/Anthony_Brown" title="Anthony Brown">Anthony Brown</a>, Minnesota’s <a href="/Keith_Ellison" title="Keith Ellison">Keith Ellison</a>, Arkansas’ <a href="/Tim_Griffin" title="Tim Griffin">Tim Griffin</a>, Idaho’s <a href="/Raul_Labrador" class="mw-redirect" title="Raul Labrador">Raul Labrador</a> and Indiana’s <a href="/Todd_Rokita" title="Todd Rokita">Todd Rokita</a>—were all previously in Congress."<sup id="cite_ref-NCAG_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCAG-16">[16]</a></sup> Additionally, Mulvihill wrote that "the attorney general job has been a springboard to higher office."<sup id="cite_ref-NCAG_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCAG-16">[16]</a></sup> </p><p>Heading into the 2024 election, North Carolina has a <a href="/State_government_triplexes" title="State government triplexes">Democratic triplex</a>, with Democrats controlling the offices of the <a href="/Governor_of_North_Carolina" title="Governor of North Carolina">governor</a>, <a href="/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">secretary of state</a>, and <a href="/Attorney_General_of_North_Carolina" title="Attorney General of North Carolina">attorney general</a>. All three offices are up for election in 2024. According to the <i>Raleigh News & Observer</i>’s Avi Bajpai, “the last time a Republican won a race for attorney general was in 1896. Recent contests for the state’s top law enforcement position have been exceedingly close, however. In <a href="/North_Carolina_Attorney_General_election,_2020" title="North Carolina Attorney General election, 2020">2020</a>, [Josh Stein] defeated Republican <a href="/Jim_O%27Neill" title="Jim O'Neill">Jim O'Neill</a> by just 13,622 votes, or 0.26%.” </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="State_legislatures">State legislatures</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/State_legislative_elections,_2024" title="State legislative elections, 2024">State legislative elections, 2024</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>There will be regularly-scheduled elections for 85 of the country's 99 state legislative chambers. Elections in those 85 chambers represented 5,807 of the country's 7,383 state legislative seats (79%). Heading into the 2024 elections, Republicans controlled 54.87% of all state legislative seats nationally, while Democrats held 44.22%. Republicans held a majority in 56 chambers, and Democrats held the majority in 41 chambers. Two chambers—the <a href="/Alaska_State_Senate" title="Alaska State Senate">Alaska Senate</a> and the <a href="/Alaska_House_of_Representatives" title="Alaska House of Representatives">Alaska House of Representatives</a>—are organized under a multipartisan, power-sharing coalition. </p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Alaska_House_of_Representatives">Alaska House of Representatives</span></h4> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Alaska_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2024" title="Alaska House of Representatives elections, 2024">Alaska House of Representatives elections, 2024</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>Republicans have a 22-13 majority in the <a href="/Alaska_House_of_Representatives" title="Alaska House of Representatives">Alaska House of Representatives</a> with four independents and one nonpartisan member. A multipartisan governing coalition has controlled the state House since 2016. According to the <i>Alaska Beacon'</i>s James Brooks, "While 21 votes is enough to formally control the House, lawmakers have repeatedly said that a larger majority — on the order of 23 or more members — is necessary to govern comfortably."<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a></sup> All 60 seats are up for election this year. As of October 2024, <i>CNAnalysis</i> rated the legislative races <i>Toss-up</i>. </p><p>Alaska is one of 10 states with a <a href="/State_government_trifectas" title="State government trifectas">divided government</a>, and has held a divided government since 2015, when then-Gov. <a href="/Bill_Walker_(Alaska)" title="Bill Walker (Alaska)">Bill Walker</a> switched his party affiliation from Republican to independent. According to Ballotpedia’s <a href="/Trifecta_vulnerability_in_the_2024_elections" title="Trifecta vulnerability in the 2024 elections">annual trifecta vulnerability ratings</a>, the state is one of two where Republicans could establish a trifecta. </p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Arizona_State_Legislature">Arizona State Legislature</span></h4> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: </i><a href="/Arizona_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2024" title="Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2024">Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2024</a><i><br /></i></dd> <dd><i>See also: </i><a href="/Arizona_State_Senate_elections,_2024" title="Arizona State Senate elections, 2024">Arizona State Senate elections, 2024</a><i></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>Republicans have held 16 of the 30 seats in the <a href="/Arizona_State_Senate" title="Arizona State Senate">Arizona Senate</a> and 31 of the 60 seats in the <a href="/Arizona_House_of_Representatives" title="Arizona House of Representatives">Arizona House of Representatives</a> since after the 2022 elections, giving the party a two-seat majority in both chambers over that period. All 30 seats in the state Senate and all 60 seats in the state House are up for election this year. Republicans cannot lose any seats in either chamber and still maintain their majorities, while Democrats need to win two net seats in both chambers to gain majorities in the chambers. As of October 2024, <i>CNAnalysis</i> rated the legislative races for both chambers <i>Toss-up</i>. </p><p>Arizona is one of 10 states with a <a href="/State_government_trifectas" title="State government trifectas">divided government</a>. The state government has held that status since <a href="/Arizona_gubernatorial_election,_2022" title="Arizona gubernatorial election, 2022">2023</a> when Gov. <a href="/Katie_Hobbs" title="Katie Hobbs">Katie Hobbs</a> (D) assumed office. According to Ballotpedia’s <a href="/Trifecta_vulnerability_in_the_2024_elections" title="Trifecta vulnerability in the 2024 elections">annual trifecta vulnerability ratings</a>, the state is one of five where Democrats could establish a trifecta. </p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Michigan_House_of_Representatives">Michigan House of Representatives</span></h4> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Michigan_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2024" title="Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2024">Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2024</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <div class="thumb tleft"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:167px;"><a href="/Michigan_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2024" title="Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2024"><img alt="" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/e/e9/Michigan_Capitol_Lansing.jpg/165px-Michigan_Capitol_Lansing.jpg" decoding="async" width="165" height="220" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/e/e9/Michigan_Capitol_Lansing.jpg/248px-Michigan_Capitol_Lansing.jpg 1.5x, https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/e/e9/Michigan_Capitol_Lansing.jpg/330px-Michigan_Capitol_Lansing.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1944" data-file-height="2592" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:Michigan_Capitol_Lansing.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Michigan State Capitol</div></div></div> <p>Democrats have held 56 of the 110 seats in the <a href="/Michigan_House_of_Representatives" title="Michigan House of Representatives">Michigan House of Representatives</a> since after the <a href="/Michigan_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2022" title="Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2022">2022 elections</a>, giving the party a two-seat majority over that period. All 110 seats are up for election this year. Democrats can not lose any seats and still maintain their majority, while Republicans need to win two net seats to gain a majority in the chamber. As of October 2024, <i>CNAnalysis</i> rated the legislative races <i>Toss-up</i>. </p><p>Michigan is one of 17 states with a <a href="/State_government_trifectas" title="State government trifectas">Democratic trifecta</a>. Michigan has held that status since 2023 when Democratic majorities assumed office in both legislative chambers. According to Ballotpedia’s <a href="/Trifecta_vulnerability_in_the_2024_elections" title="Trifecta vulnerability in the 2024 elections">annual trifecta vulnerability ratings</a>, the state’s trifecta is moderately vulnerable. </p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="New_Hampshire_State_Senate">New Hampshire State Senate</span></h4> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/New_Hampshire_State_Senate_elections,_2024" title="New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2024">New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2024</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>Republicans have held 14 of the 24 seats in the <a href="/New_Hampshire_State_Senate" title="New Hampshire State Senate">New Hampshire Senate</a> since after the <a href="/New_Hampshire_State_Senate_elections,_2022" title="New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2022">2022 elections</a>, giving the party a four-seat majority over that period. All 24 seats are up for election this year. Republicans can only lose one seat while still maintaining their majority. On the other side of the aisle, Democrats need to win three net seats to gain a majority in the chamber. As of October 2024, <i>CNAnalysis</i> rated the legislative races <i>Toss-up</i>. </p><p>New Hampshire is one of 23 states with a <a href="/State_government_trifectas" title="State government trifectas">Republican trifecta</a>. The state has held that status since 2021 when Republican majorities assumed office in both legislative chambers. According to Ballotpedia's <a href="/Trifecta_vulnerability_in_the_2024_elections" title="Trifecta vulnerability in the 2024 elections">annual trifecta vulnerability ratings</a>, the state’s trifecta is highly vulnerable going into the 2024 election due to toss-up gubernatorial race and the close majorities in both legislative chambers. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="State_supreme_court_elections">State supreme court elections</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/State_supreme_court_elections,_2024" title="State supreme court elections, 2024">State supreme court elections, 2024</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>Thirty-three states are holding state supreme court elections in 2024. In total, 82 of the 344 seats on state supreme courts are up for election. Of these seats, 61 are held by nonpartisan justices, 15 are held by Republican justices, and six are held by Democratic justices. According to <i>Bolts'</i> Daniel Nichanian, "Michigan and Ohio are the two states where a supreme court’s partisan majority could flip outright. Democrats are defending a narrow edge in Michigan; the GOP is doing the same in Ohio."<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a></sup> </p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Michigan_Supreme_Court">Michigan Supreme Court</span></h4> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Michigan_Supreme_Court_elections,_2024" title="Michigan Supreme Court elections, 2024">Michigan Supreme Court elections, 2024</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>The seats of two <a href="/Michigan_Supreme_Court" title="Michigan Supreme Court">Michigan Supreme Court</a> justices are up for nonpartisan election. <a href="/Andrew_Fink" title="Andrew Fink">Andrew Fink</a> and <a href="/Kimberly_Thomas" title="Kimberly Thomas">Kimberly Thomas</a> are running for a full eight-year term. Incumbent <a href="/David_Viviano" title="David Viviano">David Viviano</a> is not running for re-election. Incumbent <a href="/Kyra_Harris_Bolden" title="Kyra Harris Bolden">Kyra Harris Bolden</a> and <a href="/Patrick_W._O%27Grady" title="Patrick W. O'Grady">Patrick W. O'Grady</a> are running in a special election. Gov. <a href="/Gretchen_Whitmer" title="Gretchen Whitmer">Gretchen Whitmer</a> (D) appointed Bolden in November 2022. The winner of the special election will serve the remainder of <a href="/Bridget_Mary_McCormack" title="Bridget Mary McCormack">Bridget Mary McCormack</a>'s term, which ends in 2028. </p><p>Although, supreme court elections in Michigan are nonpartisan candidates are nominated through a party convention. Thomas and Bolden are affiliated with the Democratic Party. Fink and O'Grady are affiliated with the Republican Party. Heading into the election, Michigan's supreme court was made up of three Republican justices and four Democratic justices. Republicans need to win both seats to gain a majority and Democrats need to win one seat to retain their majority. According to the <i>Associated Press</i>, "Republicans have framed the races as a fight to stop government overreach, while Democrats say it is a battle to preserve reproductive rights."<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a></sup> </p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Ohio_Supreme_Court">Ohio Supreme Court</span></h4> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Ohio_Supreme_Court_elections,_2024" title="Ohio Supreme Court elections, 2024">Ohio Supreme Court elections, 2024</a></i> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:167px;"><a href="/Ohio_Supreme_Court_elections,_2024" title="Ohio Supreme Court elections, 2024"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Ohio_Supreme_Court.jpg/165px-Ohio_Supreme_Court.jpg" decoding="async" width="165" height="124" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Ohio_Supreme_Court.jpg/248px-Ohio_Supreme_Court.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Ohio_Supreme_Court.jpg/330px-Ohio_Supreme_Court.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:Ohio_Supreme_Court.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Ohio Supreme Court</div></div></div></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>The seats of three Ohio Supreme Court justices are up for partisan election. In one contest, two incumbent justices—<a href="/Melody_Stewart" title="Melody Stewart">Melody Stewart</a> (D) and <a href="/Joseph_Deters" title="Joseph Deters">Joseph Deters</a> (R)—are running against each other for a seat that carries with it a full, six-year term on the court. In the race for Deters’ open seat, <a href="/Lisa_Forbes" title="Lisa Forbes">Lisa Forbes</a> (D) is facing <a href="/Dan_Hawkins" title="Dan Hawkins">Dan Hawkins</a> (R). Justice <a href="/Michael_Donnelly" title="Michael Donnelly">Michael Donnelly</a> (D) is facing <a href="/Megan_Shanahan" title="Megan Shanahan">Megan Shanahan</a> (R). </p><p>Heading into the election, Ohio's supreme court was made up of four Republican justices and three Democratic justices. Democrats need to win all three seats to gain a majority and Republicans need to win one seat to retain their majority. 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class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/14/politics/dianne-feinstein-reelection-not-running/index.html"><i>CNN,</i> "Dianne Feinstein announces she won’t run for reelection in 2024," February 14, 2023</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/elissa-slotkin-513554130/"><i>LinkedIn,</i> "Elissa Slotkin on LinkedIn," accessed October 16, 2024</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://www.rogersforsenate.com/meet-mike"><i>Mike Rogers campaign website</i>, "Meet Mike," accessed October 16, 2024</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://apnews.com/article/michigan-senate-slotkin-rogers-election-stabenow-d724624cf34ee7ff64845e34cd4a2d79"><i>Associated Press</i>, "The unexpected, under-the-radar Senate race in Michigan that could determine control of the chamber," May 3, 2024</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-6">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/07/15/michigan-voter-guide-key-races/74357055007/"><i>The Detroit Free Press</i>, "Michigan Voter Guide: Key Races," July 15, 2024</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-7">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://www.cleveland.com/news/2023/10/who-is-bernie-moreno-meet-the-ohio-car-tycoon-who-could-end-up-getting-elected-to-the-us-senate.html"><i>Cleveland.com</i>, "Who is Bernie Moreno? Meet the Ohio car tycoon who could end up getting elected to the U.S. Senate" October 15, 2023</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-8">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4929560-senate-rankings-likely-flip-montana-ohio/"><i>The Hill</i>, "Senate rankings: 5 seats most likely to flip," October 14, 2024</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-9">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/split-senate-delegations-states-political-polarization-democrats-republicans-2023-1"><i>Business Insider</i>, "Five states will have politically-split Senate delegations in the new Congress, reflecting the nation's continued partisan polarization," January 2, 2023</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-10">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://www.npr.org/2024/09/20/g-s1-23961/new-mexico-gabe-vasquez-yvette-herrell"><i>NPR</i>, "The contest in one New Mexico swing district mirrors a larger, anxious electorate," September 21, 2024</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-11">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/all#all_role_states=OR&all_role_districts=OR-05"><i>Govtrack.us</i>, "Historical List of Members of Congress," accessed September 10, 2024</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-12">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" 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Press</i>, "They’re a path to becoming governor, but attorney general jobs are now a destination, too," February 28, 2024</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-17">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://alaskabeacon.com/2024/09/06/after-alaskas-primary-election-heres-how-the-states-legislative-races-are-shaping-up/"><i>Alaska Beacon</i>, "After Alaska’s primary election, here’s how the state’s legislative races are shaping up," September 6, 2024</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-18">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://boltsmag.org/your-state-by-state-guide-to-the-2024-supreme-court-elections/"><i>Bolts</i>, "Your State-by-State Guide to the 2024 Supreme Court Elections," April 3, 2024</a></span> </li> <li 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