Daily Brew: December 11, 2018

December 11, 2018

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Today's Brew covers incumbents seeking a new office + we bring back our quiz, get those pens and pencils ready!   Welcome to the Tuesday, December 11 Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Incumbent legislators who ran for other offices were successful 46 percent of the time in 2018 Quiz: 422 candidates have filed to run for president for 2020. How many filed in 2016? Election day in Texas: Runoffs and one special election Incumbent legislators who ran for other offices were successful 46 percent of the time in 2018 Twenty-one members of the U.S. House of Representatives and 448 state legislators sought election to other offices in 2018. How did they do in their quest for a new political office? Here’s a look at the figures. Nine of the 21 House members (43%) and 207 of the 448 state legislators (46%) won the general election for those positions. Among the members of Congress who ran for other offices, 10 sought election to seats in the U.S. Senate, eight ran for governor, two ran for state attorney general, and one sought his party’s nomination for lieutenant governor. Ten of these House members were Democrats. Of those, six (60%) won election to statewide office, one (10%) of them lost in the general election, and three (30%) were defeated in the primary. Among the 11 Republican House members in this group, three (27%) won their race, four (36%) lost in the general election, and four (36%) lost in the primary. The success rate for state senators seeking other offices was less than that for state representatives in 2018. Forty-five of 125 state senators (36%) who ran for another office were successful, while 16 percent lost in the general election and 47 percent were defeated in the primary. Among state representatives, 50 percent of those who ran for another office were successful. Sixteen percent of them lost in the general election and 33 percent were defeated in the primary. Learn more Quiz: 422 candidates have filed to run for president for 2020. How many filed in 2016? While former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D), New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), and attorney Michael Avenatti (D) have ruled out presidential runs in recent weeks, 422 candidates have already filed with the FEC to run for president. Those candidates include 125 Democrats, 57 Republicans, 18 Libertarians, and 10 Greens. Learn more about the potential and declared 2020 presidential candidates here In 2016, how many candidates did Ballotpedia track as filing to run with the FEC? 1,022 →   1,855 →   894 →   2,345 →   Election day in Texas: Runoffs and one special election Texas is holding general runoffs today for races where no candidates received a majority of the vote in the general election. Ballotpedia is covering six runoff elections: Austin city council Districts 1, 3, and 8, Austin Independent School District (ISD) At-large Position 9, Midland ISD District 5, and Dallas City Council District 4. All six seats are nonpartisan. Also on the ballot is a special election for Texas State Senate District 6, which was called following state Sen. Sylvia Garcia’s (D) resignation on November 9 after she was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Four candidates--current state representatives Carol Alvarado (D) and Ana Hernandez (D) and Mia Mundy (D) and Martha Elena Fierro (R)--are facing off for the seat. The winner will serve in the position through 2020. Ballotpedia will also cover Texas municipal runoffs on December 13, December 15, and December 18. So, get ready Texas voters for a wild week of runoffs! Learn more→