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State executive official elections without a Democratic or Republican candidate, 2024

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Ballotpedia tracked state executive races without a Democratic or Republican candidate in the 2024 elections. In 2024, there were a total of 16 state executive races without a Democratic candidate and 11 state executive races without a Republican candidate.[1] State executive offices up for election in 2024 included 11 gubernatorial seats, nine lieutenant gubernatorial seats, 10 attorney general seats, and seven secretary of state seats. Including down-ballot races, there were 167 state executive seats up for election across 30 states in 2024.[2]

Races without Democratic candidates

Races without Republican candidates

Totals over time

Change over time
Date Number of filing deadlines passed Seats without a Democratic candidate Seats without a Republican candidate
November 5, 2024 27 16 11
October 22, 2024 27 16 11
October 8, 2024 27 16 11
September 24, 2024 27 16 11
September 10, 2024 27[3] 16 11
August 27, 2024 27[4] 16 11
August 13, 2024 27[5] 16 11
July 30, 2024 26[6] 16 11
July 16, 2024 26[7] 16 11
July 2, 2024 25[8] 16 11
June 18, 2024 25[9] 16 6
June 4, 2024 23[10] 12 5
May 21, 2024 21[11] 12 5
May 7, 2024 18[12] 12 5
April 23, 2024 18[13] 12 4
April 9, 2024 18[14] 8 2
March 26, 2024 14[15] 8 2
March 12, 2024 10[16] 5 2
February 27, 2024 8[17] 4 2
February 13, 2024 7[18] 4 2
February 8, 2024 6[19] 4 2

Methodology

There are several methodological choices that Ballotpedia made in calculating the number of races without a Democratic or Republican candidate on this page:

  • State executive electoral districts can be either single-member districts (only one seat is up for election in a single district) or multi-member districts (more than one seat is up for election in a single district). Regardless of district type, this page counted races without a Democratic or Republican candidate, not seats. This means that if an multi-member district race with three seats up for election in a single year had a Democratic or Republican candidate file for any one of those seats, the race was counted as having a Democratic or Republican candidate and was not factored into the numbers reported on this page.
  • Write-in candidates were not counted as candidates for the purpose of races without a Democratic or Republican candidate. However, if a write-in candidate advanced from a primary to a general election and became a regular candidate on the general election ballot, that race was counted as having a major party candidate.
  • Candidates who officially withdrew from a race were not counted as candidates for the purpose of this analysis.
  • Candidates who unofficially withdrew from a race but still appeared on the ballot were counted as candidates for the purpose of this analysis. This meant that a race did not count as a race without a Democratic or Republican candidate if an unofficially withdrawn candidate still appeared on the ballot.
  • In California and Washington state, which have top-two primary systems, a race was counted as not having a Democratic or Republican candidate if no candidate from a major party advanced from the primary election to the general election.
  • This analysis only included races in states where the candidate filing deadline had passed. However, Ballotpedia's 2024 analysis of U.S. House races without a major party candidate also included elections in states whose filing deadlines had not passed.

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The analysis on this page only includes data from filing deadlines that have passed where the candidate list has been released and finalized.
  2. ↑ Ballotpedia describes the offices of governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, and secretary of state as top-ballot state executive offices. Down-ballot state executive offices that exist in all 50 states include superintendent of schools, insurance commissioner, agriculture commissioner, labor commissioner, and public service commissioner. Examples of other down-ballot state executive offices include treasurer, auditor, and comptroller.
  3. ↑ Note: At the time of this update, the candidate list from Ohio had not been finalized.
  4. ↑ Note: At the time of this update, candidate lists from Michigan and Ohio had not been finalized.
  5. ↑ Note: At the time of this update, candidate lists from Michigan and Ohio had not been finalized.
  6. ↑ Note: At the time of this update, the candidate list from Michigan had not been finalized.
  7. ↑ Note: At the time of this update, candidate lists from Delaware, Michigan, and New Hampshire had not been finalized.
  8. ↑ Note: At the time of this update, candidate lists from Michigan and New Hampshire had not been finalized.
  9. ↑ Note: At the time of this update, candidate lists from Hawaii, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, and New Hampshire had not been finalized.
  10. ↑ Note: At the time of this update, candidate lists from Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Utah, and Vermont had not been finalized.
  11. ↑ Note: At the time of this update, candidate lists from Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, and Utah had not been finalized.
  12. ↑ Note: At the time of this update, candidate lists from Arizona, Michigan, Missouri, and Utah had not been finalized.
  13. ↑ Note: At the time of this update, candidate lists from Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, and Utah had not been finalized.
  14. ↑ Note: At the time of this update, candidate lists from Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Utah had not been finalized.
  15. ↑ Note: At the time of this update, candidate lists from Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Utah had not been finalized.
  16. ↑ Note: At the time of this update, candidate lists from Montana, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, and Utah had not been finalized.
  17. ↑ Note: At the time of this update, candidate lists from Indiana, Pennsylvania, Utah, and West Virginia had not been finalized.
  18. ↑ Note: At the time of this update, candidate lists from Indiana, Utah, and West Virginia had not been finalized.
  19. ↑ Note: At the time of this update, candidate lists from Utah and West Virginia had not been finalized.
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