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Rematches in 2021 general elections

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Updated January 5, 2022

An election rematch occurs when the same candidates run against each other in consecutive election cycles. In the 2021 general election, 10 elections in Ballotpedia's coverage scope were rematches between the same candidates who ran for office in 2019. The 10 rematches represented about 1.2% of all 830 general election races in Ballotpedia's 2021 coverage scope. Rematch elections in 2021 included:

Republicans won one to Democrats' four and minor party and nonpartisan candidates' five of the 2021 rematches In 2019, the results were identical, with Republicans, Democrats, and minor party and nonpartisan candidates winning the same number of races.

In 2021, three rematches were decided by a margin of 10 percentage points or fewer. In 2019, two of the same races were decided by a margin of 10 percentage points or fewer.


State legislative rematches

In the 2021 general election, five state legislative races were rematches. Of the 2021 rematches, each party won the following seats in both 2021 and 2019:

  • Republicans won one.
  • Democrats won four.

In 2021, one state legislative rematch was decided by a margin of 10 percentage points or fewer, the same as in 2019.

State legislative rematches, 2021
District Candidates 2019 margin 2021 margin
Virginia House of Delegates District 98 Democratic Party Ella Webster Republican Party Keith Hodges R+37.9 R+43.9
Virginia House of Delegates District 73 Democratic Party Rodney Willett Republican Party Mary Margaret Kastelberg D+4.5 D+5.1
Virginia House of Delegates District 52 Democratic Party Luke Torian Republican Party Maria Martin D+46.4 D+40.2
Virginia House of Delegates District 44 Democratic Party Paul Krizek Republican Party Richard Hayden D+41.5 D+35.6
Virginia House of Delegates District 34 Democratic Party Kathleen J. Murphy Republican Party Gary Pan D+16.8 D+14.3


Local rematches

Five local races in Ballotpedia's coverage scope were rematches in the 2021 general election. In both 2019 and 2021, all winning candidates were nonpartisan. One race was decided by less than 10 percentage points in 2019, and two races were decided by less than 10 percentage points in 2021.

All of the 2021 incumbents won re-election in local elections except Kathleen Kelley, who lost the 2021 general election to Sean Parr for Manchester Board of School Committee Ward 2.

Local rematches, 2021
District State Candidates 2019 margin 2021 margin
Madison Common Council District 13 Wisconsin Independent David Hoffert Independent Tag Evers +25.5 +62.6
Madison Common Council District 20 Wisconsin Independent Erica Janisch Independent Christian Albouras +38.3 +54.4
Manchester Board of School Committee Ward 2 New Hampshire Independent Sean Parr Independent Kathleen Kelley Arnold +10.2 +1.4
Manchester Board of School Committee Ward 4 New Hampshire Independent Mark Flanders Independent Leslie Want +8.6 +7
Manchester Board of School Committee Ward 11 New Hampshire Independent Nicole Leapley Independent Brittany LeClear-Ping +18.1 +11.2


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