Announcing the Winner of the 2024 Ballotpedia Holiday Cookie Election
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Middleton, Wis. - December 20, 2024: At Ballotpedia, we love elections—and cookie elections are no exception. This year's race was close enough to have many of us hanging on the edge of our seats.
In keeping with Ballotpedia’s mission to act as the nation’s premier resource for unbiased information on elections, politics, and policy, we have gathered the candidate profiles in preparation for the election.
The general election was open from December 16 until December 19. A primary election was held the previous week between eight candidates, including six-time hopefuls Chocolate Peppermint Bark Cookie, Peanut Butter Blossom, and Snickerdoodle.
Due to a tie for third place in the general election, there were four candidates moving on to the general election. Here were the finalists: Chocolate Chip Cookie, Snickerdoodle, Gingerbread Cookie, and Sugar Cookie.
With 100% of precincts reporting, a winner has emerged: Sugar Cookie wins Ballotpedia’s 2024 Holiday Cookie Election with 29.4% of the vote.
Here are the final results as of poll closing time at 5pm ET:
- Chocolate Chip Cookie: 20%
- Sugar Cookie: 29.4%
- Gingerbread Cookie: 25.9%
- Snickerdoodle Cookie: 24.7%
This win for Sugar Cookie is a major comeback after a controversial win in the 2020 election, when Sugar Cookie was ultimately recalled from office. Voters in the recall election decided two questions: whether Sugar Cookie should be recalled and, if so, which cookie should replace it. 69.5% of voters believed that Sugar Cookie should be recalled, and elected Chocolate Chip Cookie with 33.2% of the vote. Chocolate Chip Cookie was immediately sworn into office.
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