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List of congressional challengers who ran in the 2016 elections

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This page contains a list of all challengers who ran in the 2016 congress elections. Challenger refers to a candidate who was not an incumbent in the U.S. House or U.S. Senate. Included in these lists are elected officials from lower offices, such as state legislators and state executive officials.

The individual state tabs below contain names of candidates who ran for U.S. Congress in 2016. The names are broken out by state, chamber and party. To submit a name that is not included in this list, email us.

For the full list of all candidates including incumbents, see List of candidates who ran in U.S. Congress elections, 2016

States

Alabama

U.S. Senate

Democratic

  1. Will Boyd (Alabama)
  2. David Putman

Republican

  1. Dean Young
  2. David Van Williams
  3. Robert Rogers
  4. Douglas Bell
  5. Becky Gerritson
  6. Larry DiChiara
  7. Phil Norris (Alabama)

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

U.S. House

Democratic

  1. Will Boyd (Alabama)
  2. David Putman

Republican

  1. Dean Young
  2. David Van Williams
  3. Robert Rogers
  4. Douglas Bell
  5. Becky Gerritson
  6. Larry DiChiara
  7. Phil Norris (Alabama)

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Alaska

U.S. Senate

Democratic

  1. Steve Lindbeck
  2. Eric Hafner
  3. William Hibler

Republican

  1. Eric Hafner
  2. Jesse Tingley
  3. Stephen Wright (Alaska)
  4. Richard Mayers

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

U.S. House

Democratic

  1. Steve Lindbeck
  2. Eric Hafner
  3. William Hibler

Republican

  1. Eric Hafner
  2. Jesse Tingley
  3. Stephen Wright (Alaska)
  4. Richard Mayers

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Arizona

U.S. House

Democratic

  1. James Maloney
  2. Kayto Sullivan Jr.
  3. Aaron Sutton
  4. Gustavo Ortega
  5. Harvey Martin
  6. Axel Bello
  7. Brian Sinuk
  8. Talia Fuentes-Wolfe
  9. Kinsey Remaklus
  10. Robert Hixon
  11. Joe DeVivo

Republican

  1. Dale Poole
  2. Bryan Martyn
  3. Shawn Redd
  4. Edna San Miguel
  5. John Agra
  6. Eve Nunez
  7. Russ Wittenberg
  8. Dave Giles
  9. Don Stapley
  10. Thomas Vearl Whipple
  11. Ray Strauss

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Arkansas

U.S. Senate

Democratic

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Republican

  1. Brock Olree

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

U.S. House

Democratic

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Republican

  1. Brock Olree

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

California

U.S. House

Democratic

  1. Lou Vince
  2. Evan Thomas
  3. Christopher Castillo
  4. Connie Perez
  5. Bao Nguyen
  6. Benito Bernal
  7. Bob Harlow
  8. Alex Poling
  9. Sue Savary
  10. Erin Schrode
  11. Sean White (California)
  12. Joseph Shammas
  13. Martha DelGadillo
  14. Morris Griffin
  15. Sylvia Ortiz (California)
  16. Bryan Caforio
  17. Roger LaPlante
  18. Armando Sotomayor
  19. Benjamin Lucas
  20. Bob Derlet
  21. Brett Murdock
  22. Chris Wiggins
  23. David Guzman (California)
  24. Douglas Applegate
  25. Emilio Huerta
  26. Marcus Musante
  27. William Ostrander
  28. Joe Dunn
  29. Raji Rab
  30. Max Gouron
  31. Nils Palsson
  32. Wendy Reed
  33. Patrea Patrick
  34. Jrmar Jefferson
  35. Louie Campos
  36. Luke Davis (California)
  37. Patrick Malloy (California)
  38. Juan Mercado-Flores
  39. Nicholas Walpert
  40. Kenneth Mejia

Republican

  1. Lupe Ramos Watson
  2. Christopher Castillo
  3. Omar Navarro
  4. Denise Gitsham
  5. Scott Jones (California)
  6. Kathryn Nance
  7. Benito Bernal
  8. Art Moore
  9. Tyler Gross
  10. Ron Cohen (California)
  11. Louie Contreras
  12. Dwight Kealy
  13. Sean Flynn (California)
  14. Casey Gray (California)
  15. Greg Raths
  16. John Horst
  17. Doug Wright (California)
  18. Mark Reed (California)
  19. Sanford Kahn
  20. Bob Miller (California)
  21. Sue Caro
  22. Danny Turner
  23. Gerald Morris (California)
  24. Gordon Fisher
  25. Kenneth Wright (California)
  26. Stephan Wolkowicz
  27. Randy Fox (California)
  28. Cody Ryan
  29. Rudy Gaona
  30. Terry Reagan Allvord
  31. Kenneth Canada
  32. James Veltmeyer
  33. Bob Peterson (California)
  34. Carlos Sanchez (California)
  35. Carlos Santamaria
  36. Casey Lucius
  37. Chris Townsend
  38. David Rogers (California)
  39. Doug Shepherd
  40. Eugene Cleek
  41. Juan Hidalgo Jr.
  42. Joe Montes
  43. Ryan Detert
  44. Robert Evans (California)
  45. Robert Hodges (California)
  46. Roger Allen Petersen
  47. Lenore Solis
  48. Tyler Fischella
  49. Shariff Hasan
  50. Ronald Siegel
  51. Scott Meisterlin
  52. Jim Ash

Third Party

  1. Yuriy Seretskiy
  2. Tim Sweeney (California)

Colorado

U.S. Senate

Democratic

  1. Bob Seay
  2. Stephen Sheldon (Colorado)
  3. Moses Humes
  4. Shawn Carlson
  5. Steven Todd
  6. Charles Norris
  7. Donald Martinez
  8. Nathan Clay
  9. Misty Plowright

Republican

  1. Nicholas Morse
  2. Richard Longstreth
  3. George Athanasopoulos
  4. Calandra Vargas
  5. Donald Howbert
  6. Casper Stockham

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

U.S. House

Democratic

  1. Bob Seay
  2. Stephen Sheldon (Colorado)
  3. Moses Humes
  4. Shawn Carlson
  5. Steven Todd
  6. Charles Norris
  7. Donald Martinez
  8. Nathan Clay
  9. Misty Plowright

Republican

  1. Nicholas Morse
  2. Richard Longstreth
  3. George Athanasopoulos
  4. Calandra Vargas
  5. Donald Howbert
  6. Casper Stockham

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Connecticut

U.S. House

Democratic

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Republican

  1. Matt Maxwell
  2. Clay Cope
  3. Daria Novak
  4. Angel Cadena

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Delaware

U.S. Senate

Democratic

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Republican

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

U.S. House

Democratic

  1. Bryon Short
  2. Lisa Blunt Rochester
  3. Michael Miller (Delaware)
  4. Scott Walker (Delaware)
  5. Elias Weir (Delaware)

Republican

  1. Hans Reigle
  2. Scott Walker (Delaware)

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Florida

U.S. House

Democratic

  1. Richard Dembinsky
  2. Eric Lynn
  3. Melissa McKinlay
  4. Charlie Crist
  5. Christopher Duncan, Jr.
  6. April Freeman
  7. Bill Phillips (Florida)
  8. Frank Perez (Florida)
  9. Randy Perkins
  10. Alina Valdes
  11. Ed Emery (Florida)
  12. Doug Hughes (Florida)
  13. George Pappas
  14. Allen Ellison
  15. John Xuna
  16. Jason Kendall
  17. Amanda Kondrat'yev
  18. Jim Lange
  19. L.J. Holloway
  20. Gustavo Ortega
  21. Corry Westbrook
  22. Michael Steinberg
  23. W. Michael Trout
  24. Robert Neeld
  25. Robert Matthew Tager
  26. Brent King
  27. Jay McGovern
  28. Kenneth McGurn
  29. Tom Wells
  30. Walter Dartland
  31. Bob Poe
  32. Carmelo Garcia (Florida)
  33. David Bruderly
  34. Dena Grayson
  35. Eric Hafner
  36. Fatima Rita Fahmy
  37. Tim Canova
  38. William McCullough
  39. Jonathan Chane
  40. Steven Specht
  41. Valleri Crabtree
  42. Stephanie Murphy
  43. Scott Fuhrman
  44. Randal Hill
  45. Jan Schneider
  46. Steve Crapps

Republican

  1. Carl Domino
  2. Adam Barringer
  3. Rick Kozell
  4. Sandy Adams
  5. Charlie Crist
  6. John Morning
  7. Gary Stein
  8. Wayne Liebnitzky
  9. G.G. Galloway
  10. Justin Grabelle
  11. Carla Spalding
  12. Brandon Patty
  13. Paul Spain
  14. Mark Freeman
  15. Christine Quinn
  16. Jeff Moran
  17. Paul DeCailly
  18. Ken Sukhia
  19. Patrick Mooney
  20. John Mills (Florida)
  21. Ric Keller
  22. Stephen Marks
  23. Hans Tanzler III
  24. Michael Keavy
  25. Julia Fletcher
  26. Andrea Leigh McGee
  27. David Adams (Florida)
  28. James Satcher
  29. Tod Mowery
  30. Bill McClure
  31. Brian Frazier
  32. Cris Dosev
  33. Edward Malin
  34. Eric Hafner
  35. Francis Rooney
  36. Gary Fairchild
  37. Noelle Nikpour
  38. Rick Roth
  39. James Zumwalt
  40. Rebekah Johansen Bydlak
  41. Maria Peiro
  42. Wanda Rentas
  43. Mark Busch
  44. Stephen Kaufman
  45. Matt Gaetz

Third Party

  1. W. Michael Trout

Georgia

U.S. Senate

Democratic

  1. Joyce Nolin
  2. Rodney Stooksbury
  3. James Neal Harris (Georgia)
  4. Rashid Malik
  5. Don Wilson (Georgia)
  6. Tricia Carpenter McCracken
  7. Tamarkus Cook

Republican

  1. Daniel Cowan (Georgia)
  2. Bernie Fontaine
  3. Douglas Bell
  4. Victor Armendariz
  5. Samuel Anders
  6. Arnall Thomas
  7. Bobby Scott (Georgia)
  8. Billy Davis
  9. Drew Ferguson
  10. Jim Pace
  11. Richard Mix
  12. Mickey Tuck
  13. Mike Scupin

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

U.S. House

Democratic

  1. Joyce Nolin
  2. Rodney Stooksbury
  3. James Neal Harris (Georgia)
  4. Rashid Malik
  5. Don Wilson (Georgia)
  6. Tricia Carpenter McCracken
  7. Tamarkus Cook

Republican

  1. Daniel Cowan (Georgia)
  2. Bernie Fontaine
  3. Douglas Bell
  4. Victor Armendariz
  5. Samuel Anders
  6. Arnall Thomas
  7. Bobby Scott (Georgia)
  8. Billy Davis
  9. Drew Ferguson
  10. Jim Pace
  11. Richard Mix
  12. Mickey Tuck
  13. Mike Scupin

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Hawaii

U.S. House

Democratic

  1. Shay Chan Hodges
  2. Eric Hafner
  3. Javier Ocasio
  4. Howard Kim

Republican

  1. Eric Hafner
  2. Shirlene Ostrov

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Idaho

U.S. Senate

Democratic

  1. Staniela Nikolova
  2. Anthony Tomkins
  3. Jennifer Martinez
  4. Shizandra Fox
  5. James Piotrowski

Republican

  1. Isaac Haugen

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

U.S. House

Democratic

  1. Staniela Nikolova
  2. Anthony Tomkins
  3. Jennifer Martinez
  4. Shizandra Fox
  5. James Piotrowski

Republican

  1. Isaac Haugen

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Illinois

U.S. Senate

Democratic

  1. Susanne Atanus
  2. Dorian Myrickes
  3. John Morrow
  4. Thomas Day
  5. Jesse Maggitt
  6. Junius Rodriguez
  7. Howard Brookins
  8. Deb Bullwinkel
  9. Mark Wicklund
  10. Javier Salas
  11. Robert Marshall (Illinois)
  12. Jim Walz

Republican

  1. David Earl Williams III (Illinois police district council candidate)
  2. Denis Detzel
  3. Tonia Khouri
  4. Susanne Atanus
  5. Arthur Jones
  6. John Morrow
  7. Herman White
  8. Gerald Drabik
  9. Joseph Hantsch
  10. Joan McCarthy Lasonde
  11. Colin McGroarty
  12. Jeffrey Leef
  13. Vince Kolber
  14. Jimmy Lee Tillman II
  15. Ethan Vandersand
  16. Gordon Kinzler
  17. Pete DiCianni
  18. Nick Stella
  19. Robert Marshall (Illinois)
  20. Patrick Harlan
  21. Jack Boccarossa
  22. Richard Mayers

Third Party

  1. Tabitha Carson

U.S. House

Democratic

  1. Susanne Atanus
  2. Dorian Myrickes
  3. John Morrow
  4. Thomas Day
  5. Jesse Maggitt
  6. Junius Rodriguez
  7. Howard Brookins
  8. Deb Bullwinkel
  9. Mark Wicklund
  10. Javier Salas
  11. Robert Marshall (Illinois)
  12. Jim Walz

Republican

  1. David Earl Williams III (Illinois police district council candidate)
  2. Denis Detzel
  3. Tonia Khouri
  4. Susanne Atanus
  5. Arthur Jones
  6. John Morrow
  7. Herman White
  8. Gerald Drabik
  9. Joseph Hantsch
  10. Joan McCarthy Lasonde
  11. Colin McGroarty
  12. Jeffrey Leef
  13. Vince Kolber
  14. Jimmy Lee Tillman II
  15. Ethan Vandersand
  16. Gordon Kinzler
  17. Pete DiCianni
  18. Nick Stella
  19. Robert Marshall (Illinois)
  20. Patrick Harlan
  21. Jack Boccarossa
  22. Richard Mayers

Third Party

  1. Tabitha Carson

Indiana

U.S. House

Democratic

  1. Todd Nightenhelser
  2. Lynn Coleman
  3. Danny Basham
  4. Pierre Pullins
  5. Ron Drake
  6. Ryan Farrar
  7. Angela Demaree
  8. Bill Thomas (Indiana)
  9. Bruce Peavler
  10. Ralph Spelbring
  11. Toby Lamp
  12. Willie Brown (Indiana)

Republican

  1. Rachel Covington
  2. Charles Johnson Jr. (Indiana)
  3. Stephen MacKenzie
  4. Mike Campbell (Indiana)
  5. John Meyer (Indiana)
  6. Mark Willard Baringer
  7. Bill Thomas (Indiana)
  8. Jim Banks (Indiana)
  9. Kip Tom
  10. Trey Hollingsworth
  11. Robert Hall (Indiana)
  12. Kevin Howell
  13. Jeff Smith (Indiana congressional candidate)

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Iowa

U.S. Senate

Democratic

  1. Ravi Patel
  2. Kim Weaver
  3. Mike Sherzan

Republican

  1. Chris Peters (Iowa)

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

U.S. House

Democratic

  1. Ravi Patel
  2. Kim Weaver
  3. Mike Sherzan

Republican

  1. Chris Peters (Iowa)

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Kansas

U.S. Senate

Democratic

  1. Daniel Giroux
  2. James Pryor
  3. Jay Sidie
  4. Britani Potter
  5. Nathaniel McLaughlin

Republican

  1. Roger Marshall
  2. Greg Goode (Kansas)

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

U.S. House

Democratic

  1. Daniel Giroux
  2. James Pryor
  3. Jay Sidie
  4. Britani Potter
  5. Nathaniel McLaughlin

Republican

  1. Roger Marshall
  2. Greg Goode (Kansas)

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Kentucky

U.S. Senate

Democratic

  1. Sam Gaskins
  2. Calvin Sidle
  3. Tom Osborne
  4. Nancy Jo Kemper
  5. Geoff Young

Republican

  1. Harold Bratcher
  2. Miles Caughey Jr.
  3. Everett Corley
  4. Michael Pape
  5. Jason Batts
  6. Roger Brill
  7. John Burk Jr.
  8. Geoff Young

Third Party

  1. Terry McIntosh

U.S. House

Democratic

  1. Sam Gaskins
  2. Calvin Sidle
  3. Tom Osborne
  4. Nancy Jo Kemper
  5. Geoff Young

Republican

  1. Harold Bratcher
  2. Miles Caughey Jr.
  3. Everett Corley
  4. Michael Pape
  5. Jason Batts
  6. Roger Brill
  7. John Burk Jr.
  8. Geoff Young

Third Party

  1. Terry McIntosh

Louisiana

U.S. Senate

Democratic

  1. Kip Holden
  2. Richard Lieberman (Louisiana)
  3. Jacob Hebert
  4. Larry Rader
  5. Joe Swider
  6. Kenneth Cutno
  7. Lee Ann Dugas
  8. Danil Ezekiel Faust
  9. Marshall Jones
  10. Jermaine Sampson
  11. David Drew Knight

Republican

  1. Erick Knezek
  2. Greg Ellison
  3. Elbert Guillory
  4. Trey Baucum
  5. Oliver Jenkins
  6. Gus Rantz
  7. Rick John
  8. Herman Vidrine
  9. Devin Lance Graham
  10. Billy Burkette
  11. Bryan Barrilleaux
  12. Bob Bell (Louisiana)
  13. Grover Rees

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

U.S. House

Democratic

  1. Kip Holden
  2. Richard Lieberman (Louisiana)
  3. Jacob Hebert
  4. Larry Rader
  5. Joe Swider
  6. Kenneth Cutno
  7. Lee Ann Dugas
  8. Danil Ezekiel Faust
  9. Marshall Jones
  10. Jermaine Sampson
  11. David Drew Knight

Republican

  1. Erick Knezek
  2. Greg Ellison
  3. Elbert Guillory
  4. Trey Baucum
  5. Oliver Jenkins
  6. Gus Rantz
  7. Rick John
  8. Herman Vidrine
  9. Devin Lance Graham
  10. Billy Burkette
  11. Bryan Barrilleaux
  12. Bob Bell (Louisiana)
  13. Grover Rees

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Maine

U.S. Senate

Democratic

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Republican

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

U.S. House

Democratic

  1. Emily Ann Cain

Republican

  1. Ande Allen Smith

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Maryland

U.S. House

Democratic

  1. Anthony Brown (Maryland)
  2. Kathleen Matthews
  3. Jamal Bryant
  4. Alvin Thornton
  5. Duchy Trachtenberg
  6. Terence Strait
  7. David Trone
  8. Jim Ireton
  9. John Rea (Maryland)
  10. Debbie Wilson
  11. Dan Bolling (Maryland)
  12. Joseline Peña-Melnyk
  13. David Anderson (Maryland)
  14. Joel Rubin
  15. Joe Werner

Republican

  1. Amie Hoeber
  2. Sean Jackson (Maryland)
  3. Yuripzy Morgan
  4. John Rea (Maryland)
  5. Rob Buck
  6. Aryeh Shudofsky
  7. Bill Heine
  8. Dan Cox (Maryland)
  9. David Therrien
  10. Joe Werner
  11. Nnabu Eze
  12. Jeffrey Jones (Maryland)

Third Party

  1. Ted Athey

Massachusetts

U.S. Senate

Democratic

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Republican

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

U.S. House

Democratic

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Republican

  1. Tom O'Malley
  2. William Burke
  3. Ann Wofford
  4. David Rosa (Massachusetts)

Third Party

  1. Thomas Simmons

Michigan

U.S. Senate

Democratic

  1. MD Rabbi Alam

Republican

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

U.S. House

Democratic

  1. Melissa Gilbert
  2. Paul Clements
  3. Jeff Jones (New Jersey)
  4. Anil Kumar
  5. Kenneth Garner
  6. Linda Keefe (Texas)
  7. Douglas Smith (Michigan)
  8. Dennis Murphy (Michigan congressional candidate)
  9. Suzanna Shkreli
  10. Debra Wirth
  11. Marcia Squier
  12. Janice Winfrey
  13. Vanessa Moss
  14. Terrance Morrison

Republican

  1. Alan Sanborn
  2. Michael Flynn (Michigan)
  3. Paul Clements
  4. Jeff Jones (New Jersey)
  5. Allen Hardwick
  6. Howard Klausner
  7. Jeff Jones (U.S. House candidate, Michigan)
  8. Christopher Morse
  9. Linda Keefe (Texas)
  10. David VanAssche

Third Party

  1. Ted Gerrard

Minnesota

U.S. Senate

Democratic

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Republican

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

U.S. House

Democratic

  1. Mary Lawrence
  2. Jon Tollefson
  3. David Snyder (Minnesota)
  4. Steve Carlson
  5. Nikolay Nikolayevich Bey
  6. Frank Nelson Drake
  7. Judy Evelyn Adams

Republican

  1. Stewart Mills
  2. John Howe (Minnesota)
  3. Steve Williams (Minnesota)
  4. Matthew Erickson
  5. Nikolay Nikolayevich Bey
  6. Darlene Miller
  7. Dave Hughes
  8. Frank Nelson Drake
  9. Gene Rechtzigel
  10. Greg Ryan (Minnesota)
  11. Jason Lewis (Minnesota)

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Mississippi

U.S. Senate

Democratic

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Republican

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

U.S. House

Democratic

  1. Mark Gladney
  2. Jacob Owens
  3. Nathan Stewart (Mississippi)

Republican

  1. Paul Clever
  2. John Bouie II
  3. Jimmy Giles

Third Party

  1. Troy Ray

Missouri

U.S. House

Democratic

  1. Gordon Christensen
  2. Bob Gough
  3. Jack Truman
  4. Steven Reed (Missouri)
  5. Camille Lombardi-Olive
  6. Dave Cowell
  7. David Blackwell (Missouri)
  8. Kevin Miller (Missouri)
  9. Matthew McNabney

Republican

  1. Christopher Batsche
  2. John Webb (Missouri)
  3. Christopher Ryan
  4. Austin Rucker
  5. Mary Byrne
  6. Camille Lombardi-Olive
  7. Matthew Canovi
  8. Greg Sears
  9. Hal Brown
  10. Steven Bailey (Missouri)
  11. Lyndle Spencer
  12. Matthew Evans (Missouri)
  13. Phillip Smith
  14. James Nelson (Missouri)

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Montana

U.S. Senate

Democratic

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Republican

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

U.S. House

Democratic

  1. James Stgoddard

Republican

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Nebraska

U.S. Senate

Democratic

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Republican

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

U.S. House

Democratic

  1. Daniel Wik

Republican

  1. Jeffrey Lynn Stein

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Nevada

U.S. House

Democratic

  1. Patrick Boylan
  2. Rick Shepherd
  3. Neil Waite
  4. Chip Evans
  5. Dan Rolle
  6. David Drew Knight
  7. David Orentlicher
  8. Jesse Sbaih
  9. Jacky Rosen
  10. Rodney Smith (Nevada)
  11. Jose Solorio (Nevada)
  12. Reuben D'Silva
  13. Steve Schiffman

Republican

  1. Wayne Villines
  2. Rick Shepherd
  3. Gary Johnston
  4. Sami Khal
  5. Freddy Horne
  6. Mike Monroe
  7. Jeff Miller (Nevada)
  8. Stephanie Carlisle
  9. Kerry Bowers
  10. Steve Schiffman
  11. Danny Tarkanian

Third Party

  1. Warren Markowitz

New Hampshire

U.S. Senate

Democratic

  1. Casey Newell
  2. Eric Estevez
  3. Jay Mercer

Republican

  1. Casey Newell
  2. Rich Ashooh
  3. Robert Risley
  4. Eric Estevez
  5. Jamieson Gradert
  6. Jay Mercer

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

U.S. House

Democratic

  1. Casey Newell
  2. Eric Estevez
  3. Jay Mercer

Republican

  1. Casey Newell
  2. Rich Ashooh
  3. Robert Risley
  4. Eric Estevez
  5. Jamieson Gradert
  6. Jay Mercer

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

New Jersey

U.S. Senate

Democratic

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Republican

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

U.S. House

Democratic

  1. Peter Jacob
  2. Jeff Jones (New Jersey)
  3. Chris Faraone
  4. Joseph Wenzel
  5. Richard McFarlane
  6. Alexander Kucsma
  7. Aaron Fraser (New Jersey)
  8. Eloy Delgado
  9. Gabriel Franco
  10. Lorna Phillipson

Republican

  1. Gary Stein
  2. York Cook
  3. Jeff Jones (New Jersey)
  4. Peter Vallorosi
  5. Hector Castillo
  6. David Pinckney
  7. Edward Enes
  8. Brent Sonnek-Schmelz
  9. Agha Khan
  10. Bob Patterson (New Jersey)
  11. Craig Heard

Third Party

  1. Thomas Fitzpatrick (New Jersey)
  2. Thomas DePasquale

New Mexico

U.S. Senate

Democratic

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Republican

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

U.S. House

Democratic

  1. Merrie Soules

Republican

  1. Richard Priem
  2. Jerald Steve McFall
  3. Jack McGrann
  4. Michael Glenn Lucero
  5. Michael Romero (New Mexico)

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

New York

U.S. House

Democratic

  1. Anna Throne-Holst
  2. Mike Derrick
  3. John Plumb
  4. Eric Kingson
  5. Mike Gallagher (New York)
  6. Jon Kaiman
  7. Peter Lindner
  8. Diana Kastenbaum
  9. Diana Hird
  10. DuWayne Gregory
  11. Oliver Rosenberg
  12. Ali Mirza
  13. Richard Reichard
  14. Derickson Lawrence
  15. Colleen Deacon
  16. David Gordon (New York)
  17. Steven Williams (New York)
  18. Yungman Lee
  19. Will Yandik
  20. Kim Myers
  21. Steve Stern
  22. Leonel Baez
  23. Yohanny Caceres

Republican

  1. Mark Assini
  2. David Gurfein
  3. Bob Bishop (New York)
  4. Phil Oliva
  5. Aaron Price
  6. Tony Evans
  7. Daniel G. Castricone
  8. Frank Spampinato
  9. Shelly Schratz
  10. Joe Vitollo
  11. Frank Spotorno
  12. Danniel Maio
  13. Steven Wells
  14. John Faso
  15. John Lange
  16. Robert Ardini
  17. Philip Rosenthal
  18. Michael O'Reilly
  19. Philip Pidot

Third Party

  1. Tony D'Orazio

North Carolina

U.S. Senate

Democratic

  1. Scott Kazura
  2. Juan Antonio Marin, Jr.
  3. Rick Bryson
  4. J. Wesley Casteen
  5. David Hurst
  6. Adam Coker
  7. Bob Isner
  8. Rick Miller (North Carolina)
  9. Jane Watson
  10. Elton Brewington
  11. Tricia Cotham
  12. Charlie Wallin
  13. Christian Cano
  14. Bruce Davis (North Carolina State House candidate)
  15. Gardenia Henley
  16. Kevin Griffin (North Carolina)
  17. Thomas Mills
  18. Mazie Ferguson
  19. John McNeil (North Carolina congressional candidate)
  20. Pete Glidewell
  21. Jim Roberts (North Carolina)
  22. Steven Hight

Republican

  1. Pattie Curran
  2. Sue Googe
  3. George Rouco
  4. Mark Otto
  5. David Thompson (U.S. House North Carolina District 13 candidate)
  6. Kay Daly
  7. Matthew McCall (North Carolina)
  8. Kathy Feather
  9. Hank Henning
  10. H. Powell Dew Jr.
  11. Tricia Cotham
  12. Ted Budd
  13. Chad Gant
  14. Chris Hardin
  15. Dan Barrett (North Carolina)
  16. Harry Warren
  17. Farren Shoaf
  18. Todd Johnson (North Carolina)
  19. Phil Law
  20. Ryan Duffie
  21. Teiji Kimball
  22. Kay Dale
  23. Jason Walser
  24. Jeffrey Baker (North Carolina)
  25. John Blust
  26. Julia Howard
  27. Jim Duncan (North Carolina)

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

U.S. House

Democratic

  1. Scott Kazura
  2. Juan Antonio Marin, Jr.
  3. Rick Bryson
  4. J. Wesley Casteen
  5. David Hurst
  6. Adam Coker
  7. Bob Isner
  8. Rick Miller (North Carolina)
  9. Jane Watson
  10. Elton Brewington
  11. Tricia Cotham
  12. Charlie Wallin
  13. Christian Cano
  14. Bruce Davis (North Carolina State House candidate)
  15. Gardenia Henley
  16. Kevin Griffin (North Carolina)
  17. Thomas Mills
  18. Mazie Ferguson
  19. John McNeil (North Carolina congressional candidate)
  20. Pete Glidewell
  21. Jim Roberts (North Carolina)
  22. Steven Hight

Republican

  1. Pattie Curran
  2. Sue Googe
  3. George Rouco
  4. Mark Otto
  5. David Thompson (U.S. House North Carolina District 13 candidate)
  6. Kay Daly
  7. Matthew McCall (North Carolina)
  8. Kathy Feather
  9. Hank Henning
  10. H. Powell Dew Jr.
  11. Tricia Cotham
  12. Ted Budd
  13. Chad Gant
  14. Chris Hardin
  15. Dan Barrett (North Carolina)
  16. Harry Warren
  17. Farren Shoaf
  18. Todd Johnson (North Carolina)
  19. Phil Law
  20. Ryan Duffie
  21. Teiji Kimball
  22. Kay Dale
  23. Jason Walser
  24. Jeffrey Baker (North Carolina)
  25. John Blust
  26. Julia Howard
  27. Jim Duncan (North Carolina)

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

North Dakota

U.S. House

Democratic

  1. Chase Iron Eyes

Republican

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Ohio

U.S. House

Democratic

  1. Samuel Ronan
  2. Roy Rich
  3. Dennis Michael Smith
  4. Corey Foister
  5. Michele Young
  6. Michael Davenport
  7. Michael Lorentz
  8. Robert Klepinger
  9. Michael Dale Steele
  10. Ed Albertson
  11. Ray Allen Stone
  12. Scott Wharton
  13. Keith Mundy
  14. James Neu Jr.
  15. Steve Fought
  16. Anthony Perry (Ohio)
  17. Daniel Johnson (Ohio)
  18. Norbert Dennerll, Jr.
  19. Russ Hurley
  20. Janet Everhard

Republican

  1. Terry Robertson
  2. Samuel Ronan
  3. Donald Philip Larson
  4. Roger Reynolds
  5. Scott George
  6. Eric Gurr
  7. Donald Feerer
  8. John Adams (Ohio US House candidate)
  9. Beverly Goldstein
  10. John Robbins (Ohio)
  11. Eric Haemmerle
  12. Kevin F. White
  13. Jim Spurlino
  14. Joseph Matvey
  15. James Condit Jr.
  16. Jim Lewis (Ohio)
  17. Joel Lieske
  18. Richard Morckel
  19. Michael Smith (Ohio congressional candidate)

Third Party

  1. Thomas McMasters (Ohio U.S. House)

Oklahoma

U.S. Senate

Democratic

  1. Christina Owen
  2. David Matthew Hullum
  3. Paul Schiefelbein

Republican

  1. John McCarthy (Oklahoma)
  2. Jarrin Jackson
  3. Desiree Brown
  4. Shawn Roberts
  5. David Matthew Hullum
  6. Frank Volpe
  7. Tom Atkinson
  8. James Taylor (Oklahoma)

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

U.S. House

Democratic

  1. Christina Owen
  2. David Matthew Hullum
  3. Paul Schiefelbein

Republican

  1. John McCarthy (Oklahoma)
  2. Jarrin Jackson
  3. Desiree Brown
  4. Shawn Roberts
  5. David Matthew Hullum
  6. Frank Volpe
  7. Tom Atkinson
  8. James Taylor (Oklahoma)

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Oregon

U.S. Senate

Democratic

  1. Dave McTeague
  2. Eric Hafner
  3. Shabba Woodley
  4. Jim Crary
  5. Joseph McKinney

Republican

  1. Ben West
  2. David Walker (Oregon)
  3. Jonathan Burgess
  4. Brian Heinrich
  5. Colm Willis
  6. Earl Rainey
  7. Eric Hafner
  8. Seth Allan
  9. Paul Romero
  10. Jo Rae Perkins

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

U.S. House

Democratic

  1. Dave McTeague
  2. Eric Hafner
  3. Shabba Woodley
  4. Jim Crary
  5. Joseph McKinney

Republican

  1. Ben West
  2. David Walker (Oregon)
  3. Jonathan Burgess
  4. Brian Heinrich
  5. Colm Willis
  6. Earl Rainey
  7. Eric Hafner
  8. Seth Allan
  9. Paul Romero
  10. Jo Rae Perkins

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Pennsylvania

U.S. House

Democratic

  1. Mike Parrish
  2. Mike Marsicano
  3. Steve Larchuk
  4. Lindy Li
  5. Christina Hartman
  6. Joshua Burkholder
  7. Armond James
  8. Brian Kelly (Pennsylvania)
  9. Erin McClelland
  10. Michael Molesevich
  11. Adam Sedlock
  12. Kerith Strano Taylor
  13. Rick Daugherty
  14. Bill Golderer
  15. Brian Gordon
  16. Dan Muroff

Republican

  1. Mike Marsicano
  2. Stan Casacio
  3. James Jones (Pennsylvania)
  4. Deborah Williams (Pennsylvania)
  5. Glenn Geissinger
  6. Armond James
  7. Chet Beiler
  8. Andy Warren (Pennsylvania)
  9. Marc Duome

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Rhode Island

U.S. Senate

Democratic

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Republican

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

U.S. House

Democratic

  1. John Hamilton (Rhode Island)

Republican

  1. Russell Taub
  2. Jeffrey Lemire
  3. Salvatore Caiozzo

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

South Carolina

U.S. Senate

Democratic

  1. Mal Hyman
  2. Chris Fedalei
  3. Hosea Cleveland
  4. Arik Bjorn
  5. Fran Person

Republican

  1. Laura Sterling
  2. Ray Craig (South Carolina)

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

U.S. House

Democratic

  1. Mal Hyman
  2. Chris Fedalei
  3. Hosea Cleveland
  4. Arik Bjorn
  5. Fran Person

Republican

  1. Laura Sterling
  2. Ray Craig (South Carolina)

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

South Dakota

U.S. Senate

Democratic

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Republican

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

U.S. House

Democratic

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Republican

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Tennessee

U.S. Senate

Democratic

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Republican

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

U.S. House

Democratic

  1. George Ryan Love
  2. Gregory Frye
  3. Erika Stotts Pearson
  4. Tharon Chandler
  5. David Kent
  6. Steven Reynolds (Tennessee)
  7. Alan Bohms
  8. Melody Shekari
  9. Stuart Starr
  10. James Coffman
  11. Michael Friedman (Tennessee)
  12. Justin Ford (Tennessee)

Republican

  1. Steve Basar
  2. Brad Greer
  3. David Maldonado
  4. Ken Atkins
  5. David Bault
  6. Palmer Lee Harris
  7. Stacy Ries Snyder
  8. Tommy Hay
  9. Clint Tribble
  10. David Wharton
  11. Donald Strong
  12. Erran Persley
  13. Geoffery Suhmer Smith
  14. George Howell
  15. Tom Leatherwood
  16. Mark Luttrell
  17. Hunter Baker
  18. Wayne Alberson
  19. Raymond Honeycutt

Third Party

  1. Travis Page

Texas

U.S. Senate

Democratic

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Republican

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

U.S. House

Democratic

  1. Juan Palacios Jr.
  2. Dolly Elizondo
  3. James Cargas
  4. Adrian Garcia (Harris County Commissioner, Texas)
  5. Pat Bryan
  6. Adam Bell
  7. Scot Gallaher
  8. Eric Mauck
  9. Bill Bradshaw (Texas)
  10. Joel Quintanilla
  11. Jan McDowell
  12. Kathi Thomas
  13. Mike Clark (Texas)
  14. Ben Garves
  15. Vanessa Tijerina
  16. Linda Keefe (Texas)
  17. Wayne Raasch
  18. Carlos Quintanilla (Texas)
  19. Brandon Vance
  20. Dominique Garcia
  21. Lee Keenen
  22. Michael Filak
  23. Jeffrey Roseman
  24. Ruby Faye Woolridge
  25. Rance Sweeten
  26. William Matta
  27. Tejas Vakil
  28. Raul (Roy) Barrera
  29. Jrmar Jefferson

Republican

  1. Dwayne Stovall
  2. Scott Persinger
  3. Greg Garrett
  4. DeRenda Warren
  5. Simon Winston
  6. Michael Bob Starr
  7. Keith Thurgood
  8. Ray Hall
  9. Maria Espinoza
  10. Steven Fowler
  11. Andre Dean
  12. Mike Mathews
  13. Ava Pate
  14. Reggie Gonzales
  15. Julio Garza (Texas congressional candidate District 29)
  16. Robert Schafranek
  17. Cherie Myint Roughneen
  18. William Peterson (Texas)
  19. John Key
  20. Jeff Martin (Texas)
  21. Collin Baker
  22. Vanessa Tijerina
  23. Linda Keefe (Texas)
  24. Rhett Rosenquest Smith
  25. Susan Narvaiz
  26. Mark Mitchell (Texas)
  27. Ruben Villarreal (2016 Texas congressional candidate)
  28. Jason Corley (Texas)
  29. Ralph Patterson
  30. Bruce Chadwick
  31. Charles Lingerfelt
  32. Dave Cornette
  33. Don Parrish
  34. Gregg Deeb
  35. Paul Brown (Texas)
  36. John Slavens
  37. Lori Bartley
  38. James Lloyd
  39. Sharon Joy Fisher
  40. John Murphy (Texas)
  41. Zeffen Hardin
  42. Mike Sweeney (Texas)
  43. Russ Ramsland
  44. Micah Beebe
  45. Kaleb Sims
  46. Rey Gonzalez
  47. Donald May (Texas)

Third Party

  1. Thom Prentice
  2. Thomas Kleven
  3. Troy Bonar

Utah

U.S. House

Democratic

  1. Peter Clemens
  2. Charlene Albarran
  3. Anthony Tomkins

Republican

  1. David Yu-Lin Chiu
  2. Chadwick Fairbanks III
  3. Jeremy Smith (Utah)
  4. Chia-Chi Teng

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Vermont

U.S. House

Democratic

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Republican

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Virginia

U.S. Senate

Democratic

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Republican

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

U.S. House

Democratic

  1. Ericke Cage
  2. Jane Dittmar
  3. LuAnn Bennett
  4. Derek Kitts
  5. Shaun Brown
  6. Eileen Bedell
  7. Tom Howarth
  8. Matt Rowe
  9. Kai Degner
  10. Bill Bunch

Republican

  1. Jim McKelvey
  2. Michael Del Rosso
  3. Joe Whited
  4. Mike Webb
  5. John Wolfe (Virginia)
  6. Charles Hernick
  7. Marty Williams
  8. Mike Wade (Virginia)
  9. Pat Cardwell
  10. Jackee Gonzalez

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Washington

U.S. House

Democratic

  1. David Kay
  2. Joe Pakootas
  3. Daniel Smith (Washington congressional candidate)
  4. Santiago Ramos
  5. Arun Jhaveri
  6. Angela Marx
  7. David McDevitt
  8. Tony Ventrella
  9. Jesse Wineberry
  10. Mike Coverdale
  11. Paul Nuchims
  12. John Malan (Washington)
  13. Kathleen Arthur

Republican

  1. Lucia Worthington
  2. Marc Hennemann
  3. Glenn Jakeman
  4. Todd Bloom
  5. Kari Ilonummi

Third Party

  1. Tyler Myles Vega

West Virginia

U.S. Senate

Democratic

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Republican

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

U.S. House

Democratic

  1. Cory Simpson
  2. Matt Detch
  3. Harvey Peyton
  4. Tom Payne (West Virginia)

Republican

  1. Zane Lawhorn

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Wisconsin

U.S. House

Democratic

  1. Bob Harlow
  2. Khary Penebaker
  3. Tony Saladino
  4. Ryan Solen
  5. Jerry Kobishop
  6. Phil Salamone
  7. Joel Lewis
  8. Robbie Hoffman
  9. Sarah Lloyd
  10. Myron Buchholz
  11. Ethel Quisler
  12. Tom Breu
  13. Mary Hoeft
  14. Michael Slattery

Republican

  1. Peter Theron
  2. Gary Schomburg
  3. Weldon Carnahan
  4. Frank Lasee
  5. Donald Raihala
  6. Paul Nehlen

Third Party

  1. Wendy Gribben

Wyoming

U.S. Senate

Democratic

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Republican

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

U.S. House

Democratic

  1. Lawrence Struempf
  2. Ryan Greene

Republican

  1. Charlie Tyrrel
  2. Mike Konsmo
  3. Darin Smith
  4. Heath Beaudry
  5. Paul Paad

Third Party

These candidates have yet to receive categories.

See also

Footnotes

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