Election results, 2021: Uncontested races by state

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Last updated: December 10, 2021
This content is part of Ballotpedia's analysis of the 2021 elections. For comprehensive election results, click here.

Ballotpedia covered all federal and state races on November 2, 2021, as well as local elections in America's 100 largest cities by population. In the 2021 general election, an average of 21.8% of seats nationwide were uncontested. This percentage includes states where all seats on the ballot were contested.

The analysis below includes Ballotpedia's compiled data on the 989 seats that were on the ballot on November 2, 2021. A race was considered uncontested if the number of candidates who filed for election was less than or equal to the number of seats on the ballot.[1]

The table below shows the uncontested seat rate for each state and election type:

2021 uncontested seat rate by state
State Uncontested seats Federal State executive State legislative State judicial Local
Alaska - - - - - -
Alabama - - - - - -
Arkansas - - - - - -
Arizona 33.3% - - - - 33.3%
California 0.0% - - - - 0.0%
Colorado 11.3% - - - - 11.3%
Connecticut - - - - - -
Delaware - - - - - -
Florida[2] 5.9% 0.0% - - - 6.3%
Georgia 14.8% - - 0.0% - 15.4%
Hawaii - - - - - -
Iowa 25.0% - - - - 25.0%
Idaho 0.0% - - - - 0.0%
Illinois - - - - - -
Indiana - - - - - -
Kansas 4.0% - - - - 4.0%
Kentucky 0.0% - - 0.0% - -
Louisiana[3] - - - - - -
Massachusetts 20.0% - - 0.0% - 21.4%
Maryland 44.4% - - - - 44.4%
Maine 0.0% - - 0.0% - 0.0%
Michigan 20.0% - - 0.0% - 21.2%
Minnesota 3.0% - - - - 3.0%
Missouri - - - - - -
Mississippi 33.3% - - 33.3% - -
Montana 0.0% - - - - 0.0%
North Carolina 0.0% - - - - 0.0%
North Dakota - - - - - -
Nebraska - - - - - -
New Hampshire 51.9% - - - - 51.9%
New Jersey 2.9% - 0.0% 3.3% - 0.0%
New Mexico 30.4% - - - - 30.4%
Nevada - - - - - -
New York 32.4% - - 50.0% - 32.2%
Ohio 15.3% 0.0% - - - 15.5%
Oklahoma - - - - - -
Oregon - - - - - -
Pennsylvania 65.1% - - 0.0% 0.0% 68.9%
Rhode Island 0.0% - - 0.0% - -
South Carolina 25.0% - - - - 25.0%
South Dakota - - - - - -
Tennessee - - - - - -
Texas 21.4% - - 0.0% - 22.2%
Utah 0.0% - - - - 0.0%
Virginia 11.8% - 0.0% 8.0% - 37.5%
Vermont - - - - - -
Washington 12.5% - - - 100.0% 4.5%
Wisconsin - - - - - -
West Virginia - - - - - -
Wyoming - - - - - -
Average 21.8% 0.0% 0.0% 5.9% 33.3% 27.1%
Note: A dash ("-") indicates the state did not hold elections for the race type and 0% indicates the state did not have uncontested seats for the race type.

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Footnotes

  1. Judicial retention races and races held in Washington, D.C. or the U.S. territories were not included in this analysis.
  2. In Florida, primary and general election races are canceled if only one candidate files for a seat. That candidate is elected without appearing on the ballot.
  3. Louisiana held elections on November 13, 2021. The races held on that date are not included in this analysis.