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This week's question was, Ballotpedia covered 11,945 elections between January and April. What percentage were uncontested?

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Each month, Ballotpedia releases an analysis of the results, trends, and emerging issues we discover as we expand our local election coverage. We recently released our April edition. In it, we analyze the 11,945 elections we covered in 40 states since January, including the rate of uncontested elections.

What percentage of the 11,945 elections were uncontested?

• 53%
• 74%
• 26%
• 37%

Click here to see last week's trivia question.