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State legislative elections without a Democratic or Republican candidate, 2020
From Ballotpedia
Ballotpedia tracked state legislative races without a Democratic or Republican candidate in the 2020 elections. In 2020, a total of 935 races did not have a Democratic candidate, and 973 races did not have a Republican candidate.[1] Click here for information comparing state legislative races with only one major party candidate in 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2018.
In the 50 states, there are 99 state legislative chambers altogether. Eighty-six of those chambers held legislative elections in 2020. The general election for state legislative races was held on November 3, 2020.
- Click here for the list of races without a Democratic candidate
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Races without Democratic candidates
- Alaska State Senate:
- Districts B, D, F, P, and R
- Alaska State House:
- Districts 3, 7, 12, 22, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 36, and 37
- Arizona State Senate:
- Districts 5, 13, 15, and 16
- Arizona State House:
- Districts 5 and 12
- Arkansas State Senate:
- Districts 7, 11, 16, 21, 22, 23, 28, and 29
- Arkansas State House:
- Districts 1, 2, 4, 6, 10, 13, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 40, 43, 45, 46, 47, 52, 54, 56, 57, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 66, 69, 70, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, 83, 92, 95, 98, 99, and 100
- California State Assembly:
- Districts 5, 23, 33, 38, and 42
- Colorado State House:
- Districts 51 and 65
- Connecticut State Senate:
- District 21
- Connecticut State House:
- Districts 22, 32, 71, 78, 112, 131, and 141
- Delaware State Senate:
- Districts 19 and 20
- Delaware State House:
- Districts 11, 20, 37, 38, 39, 40, and 41
- Florida State House:
- District 5
- Georgia State Senate:
- Districts 3, 4, 7, 11, 18, 19, 21, 24, 28, 29, 49, 53, and 54
- Georgia State House:
- Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 13, 14, 15, 23, 27, 28, 68, 70, 112, 114, 116, 120, 121, 123, 133, 140, 141, 146, 149, 150, 152, 156, 157, 159, 160, 161, 167, 171, 172, 174, 175, 178, and 180
- Idaho State Senate:
- Districts 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 14, 20, 24, 25, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, and 35
- Idaho State House:
- Districts 2A, 2B, 4A, 4B, 6A, 6B, 7A, 7B, 8A, 8B, 9A, 12B, 13B, 14A, 21B, 24A, 24B, 25A, 25B, 27A, 27B, 28B, 30A, 30B, 31A, 32A, 34A, 34B, 35A, and 35B
- Illinois State Senate:
- Districts 37 and 58
- Illinois State House:
- Districts 69, 73, 75, 87, 89, 99, 101, 106, 110, 115, 117, and 118
- Indiana State Senate:
- Districts 13, 42, and 50
- Indiana State House
- Districts 23, 31, 44, 45, 46, 47, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 67, 68, 73, 74, 79, and 82
- Iowa State Senate:
- Districts 2, 4, and 14
- Iowa State House:
- Districts 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 23, 28, 79, and 80
- Kansas State Senate:
- Districts 14, 15, 24, 26, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, and 39
- Kansas State House:
- Districts 1, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 42, 51, 61, 62, 63, 65, 73, 74, 76, 77, 80, 90, 91, 93, 107, 108, 109, 110, 112, 113, 115, 117, 118, 120, 122, 123, 124, and 125
- Kentucky State Senate:
- Districts 1, 3, 5, 15, 25, and 27
- Kentucky State House:
- Districts 1, 2, 7, 9, 14, 16, 17, 18, 25, 26, 52, 55, 59, 60, 61, 71, 78, 80, 82, 83, 85, 86, 87, and 98
- Maine State House:
- Districts 23, 25, 68, 69, 82, 91, 95, 102, 104, 111, 118, and 129
- Massachusetts State House:
- Districts 1st Hampden, 3rd Barnstable, 4th Bristol, 2nd Plymouth, 7th Plymouth, 8th Plymouth, 4th Essex, 9th Essex, 1st Worcester, 6th Worcester, 7th Worcester, 8th Worcester, 9th Worcester, 11th Worcester, 12th Bristol District, and 18th Worcester
- Minnesota State Senate:
- Districts 16 and 23
- Minnesota State House:
- District 18A
- Missouri State Senate:
- Districts 3, 21, 25, and 29
- Missouri State House:
- Districts 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 32, 33, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 49, 51, 52, 55, 57, 58, 59, 61, 63, 97, 101, 109, 112, 114, 116, 118, 119, 121, 123, 124, 125, 127, 138, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 146, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 157, 159, and 162
- Montana State Senate:
- Districts 6, 10, 15, 17, 23, 28, 35, and 36
- Montana State House:
- Districts 4, 8, 9, 11, 14, 18, 19, 27, 29, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 43, 45, 53, 55, 56, 57, 69, 70, 72, 80, 86, and 88
- Nevada State Senate:
- District 19
- Nevada State Assembly:
- Districts 13, 19, 22, 25, 33, 36, and 38
- New Hampshire State House:
- District Strafford 10
- New Mexico State Senate:
- Districts 1, 2, 7, 27, 32, 40, 41, and 42
- New Mexico State House:
- Districts 1, 2, 3, 12, 49, 54, 55, 58, 60, 61, 62, 64, 66, and 67
- New York State Senate:
- Districts 24, 47, 48, 52, and 62
- New York State Assembly:
- Districts 62, 76, 98, 117, 118, 132, 139, 144, 145, and 147
- North Carolina State House:
- Districts 67, 94, and 110
- North Dakota State Senate:
- Districts 2, 8, 28, 30, 36, 38, and 40
- North Dakota State House:
- Districts 2, 30, and 38
- Ohio State House:
- Districts 4, 29, 30, 42, 48, 51, 66, 72, 74, 81, 82, 83, 85, 90, 93, and 95
- Oklahoma State Senate:
- Districts 1, 13, 17, 19, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, and 41
- Oklahoma State House:
- Districts 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 27, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 58, 59, 60, 61, 63, 67, 69, 70, 74, 75, 76, 80, 82, 84, 86, 91, and 98
- Pennsylvania State Senate:
- District 29
- Pennsylvania State House:
- Districts 4, 17, 43, 51, 54, 56, 57, 59, 60, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 71, 73, 78, 80, 82, 85, 86, 89, 90, 91, 93, 94, 100, 107, 108, 110, 111, 117, 122, 125, 128, 134, 169, 193, and 196
- Rhode Island State Senate:
- Districts 21 and 38
- Rhode Island State House:
- Districts 29, 36, 47, and 48
- South Carolina State Senate:
- Districts 1, 2, 8, 9, 13, 14, 24, 28, 31, and 33
- South Carolina State House:
- Districts 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 16, 17, 21, 24, 27, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 46, 53, 58, 65, 67, 68, 69, 81, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 92, 96, 98, 100, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, and 120
- South Dakota State Senate:
- Districts 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 16, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, and 35
- South Dakota State House:
- Districts 2, 5, 16, 19, 20, 23, 28B, 29, 30, and 33
- Tennessee State Senate:
- Districts 2, 8, 12, 18, 24, and 28
- Tennessee State House:
- Districts 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 19, 21, 22, 23, 27, 29, 32, 33, 35, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 57, 62, 68, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 79, 81, 89, 92, 94, and 99
- Texas State Senate:
- District 28
- Texas State House:
- Districts 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16, 18, 19, 21, 30, 43, 55, 59, 60, 69, 72, 81, 82, 86, 87, 88, 99, and 127
- Utah State Senate:
- Districts 7, 13, 14, 16, 20, 23, 24, and 27
- Utah State House:
- Districts 2, 6, 12, 15, 19, 27, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 64, 65, 66, 67, 69, 71, and 73
- Vermont State Senate:
- Franklin District and Lamoille District
- Vermont State House:
- Districts Caledonia 1, Franklin 1, Franklin 2, Franklin 3-2, Franklin 6, Orleans 1, Orleans 2, Orleans-Lamoille, Rutland 1, Rutland 5-2, Rutland-Windsor 1, Washington 2, Windham-Bennington, and Windham-Bennington-Windsor
- Washington State Senate:
- Districts 12, 14, 20, and 39
- Washington State House:
- District 2-Position 1, District 7-Position 2, District 8-Position 2, District 9-Position 1, District 9-Position 2, District 12-Position 2, District 13-Position 2, District 14-Position 2, and District 17-Position 2
- West Virginia State Senate:
- Districts 6, 9, and 15
- West Virginia State House:
- Districts 7, 12, 25, 31, 40, 45, 54, 56, 57, 59, and 64
- Wisconsin State Senate:
- Districts 2 and 20
- Wisconsin State Assembly:
- Districts 5, 22, 27, 36, 53, 58, 59, 60, 61, 84, 86, 98, and 99
- Wyoming State Senate:
- Districts 2, 4, 14, 16, 18, 22, 24, 26, 28, and 30
- Wyoming State House:
- Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 42, 43, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 55, 56, and 58
Races without Republican candidates
- Alaska State Senate:
- District J
- Alaska State House:
- Districts 17, 18, 19, 20, 33, 34, 37, 38, and 40
- Arizona State Senate:
- Districts 3, 7, 9, 19, and 30
- Arizona State House:
- Districts 3, 19, 30
- Arkansas State Senate:
- District 25
- Arkansas State House:
- Districts 16, 17, 29, 30, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 42, 48, 50, 51, 78, and 84
- California State Senate:
- Districts 9, 11, 15, 33, and 35
- California State Assembly:
- Districts 7, 10, 13, 15, 17, 20, 46, 48, 50, 51, 53, 54, 58, 59, 63, 64, and 78
- Colorado State Senate:
- Districts 29 and 33
- Colorado State House:
- Districts 7, 8, 26, 31, 42, 50, and 53
- Connecticut State Senate:
- Districts 2, 3, and 15
- Connecticut State House:
- Districts 1, 3, 6, 7, 10, 15, 16, 19, 49, 50, 54, 73, 75, 92, 93, 94, 95, 98, 115, and 116
- Delaware State Senate:
- Districts 8 and 12
- Delaware State House:
- Districts 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 25, and 28
- Florida State Senate:
- Districts 19, 33, and 35
- Florida State House:
- Districts 8, 13, 14, 20, 43, 45, 46, 61, 63, 70, 92, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 102, 107, 108, 109, 113, and 117
- Georgia State Senate:
- Districts 2, 5, 10, 15, 22, 26, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 42, and 55
- Georgia State House:
- Districts 38, 42, 53, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 64, 65, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 94, 96, 99, 100, 111, 113, 118, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 135, 136, 137, 139, 142, 143, 153, 154, 162, 163, 165, 168, and 177
- Hawaii State Senate:
- Districts 2, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, and 20
- Hawaii State House:
- Districts 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 19, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 38, 42, 46, and 48
- Idaho State Senate:
- District 29
- Idaho State House:
- Districts 16A, 26A, and 29B
- Illinois State Senate:
- Districts 1, 4, 7, 13, 16, 19, 22, and 28
- Illinois State House:
- Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 39, 40, 43, 44, 46, 53, 55, 57, 58, 59, 60, 78, 80, 84, 86, 92, 98, 103, and 113
- Indiana State Senate:
- Districts 2, 3, 10, 33, 34, and 40
- Indiana State House
- Districts 1, 2, 3, 6, 10, 14, 26, 61, 71, 80, 92, 95, 96, 98, and 99
- Iowa State Senate:
- Districts 16, 18, and 34
- Iowa State House:
- Districts 31, 32, 35, 36, 41, 45, 46, 59, 61, 62, 65, 69, 70, 74, 77, 85, 86, 87, 90, and 100
- Kansas State Senate:
- District 2
- Kansas State House:
- Districts 10, 19, 22, 24, 25, 34, 37, 44, 45, 46, 66, and 88
- Kentucky State Senate:
- Districts 13, 19, 33, 35, and 37
- Kentucky State House:
- Districts 20, 28, 30, 31, 34, 35, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 75, 76, 77, and 94
- Maine State Senate:
- Districts 27 and 28
- Maine State House:
- Districts 1, 3, 11, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 94, 110, 133, and 134
- Massachusetts State Senate:
- Districts 1st Bristol and Plymouth, 2nd Bristol and Plymouth, 1st Essex, 2nd Essex, 3rd Essex, 1st Hampden and Hampshire, 1st Middlesex and Norfolk, 2nd Middlesex and Norfolk, 1st Middlesex, 2nd Middlesex, 3rd Middlesex, 4th Middlesex, 5th Middlesex, 1st Plymouth and Bristol, 2nd Plymouth and Bristol, 1st Suffolk and Middlesex, 2nd Suffolk and Middlesex, 1st Suffolk, 2nd Suffolk, 1st Worcester, 2nd Worcester, 2nd Essex and Middlesex, Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden, Bristol and Norfolk, Cape and Islands, Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin, and Worcester, Middlesex and Suffolk, Middlesex and Worcester, Norfolk and Plymouth, Norfolk and Suffolk, and Norfolk, Bristol, and Plymouth
- Massachusetts State House:
- Districts 2nd Bristol, 5th Bristol, 6th Bristol, 7th Bristol, 9th Bristol, 10th Bristol, 11th Bristol, 13th Bristol, 3rd Essex, 5th Essex, 6th Essex, 7th Essex, 8th Essex, 10th Essex, 11th Essex, 12th Essex, 14th Essex, 15th Essex, 16th Essex, 17th Essex, 2nd Hampden, 5th Hampden, 6th Hampden, 8th Hampden, 9th Hampden, 10th Hampden, 12th Hampden, 2nd Middlesex, 3rd Middlesex, 4th Middlesex, 5th Middlesex, 6th Middlesex, 7th Middlesex, 8th Middlesex, 9th Middlesex, 10th Middlesex, 11th Middlesex, 12th Middlesex, 14th Middlesex, 15th Middlesex, 16th Middlesex, 17th Middlesex, 18th Middlesex, 21st Middlesex, 23rd Middlesex, 24th Middlesex, 25th Middlesex, 26th Middlesex, 27th Middlesex, 28th Middlesex, 29th Middlesex, 30th Middlesex, 31st Middlesex, 32nd Middlesex, 33rd Middlesex, 34th Middlesex, 35th Middlesex, 36th Middlesex, 1st Norfolk, 2nd Norfolk, 6th Norfolk, 7th Norfolk, 8th Norfolk, 11th Norfolk District, 12th Norfolk, 13th Norfolk, 14th Norfolk, 15th Norfolk, 9th Plymouth, 10th Plymouth, 11th Plymouth, 1st Suffolk, 2nd Suffolk, 3rd Suffolk, 4th Suffolk, 5th Suffolk, 6th Suffolk, 7th Suffolk, 8th Suffolk, 9th Suffolk, 10th Suffolk, 11th Suffolk, 12th Suffolk, 13th Suffolk, 14th Suffolk, 15th Suffolk, 16th Suffolk, 17th Suffolk, 18th Suffolk, 19th Suffolk, 10th Worcester, 13th Worcester, 14th Worcester, 15th Worcester, 16th Worcester, 17th Worcester, 1st Berkshire, 2nd Berkshire, 3rd Berkshire, 4th Berkshire, 1st Franklin, 2nd Franklin, 1st Hampshire, 2nd Hampshire, 3rd Hampshire, 4th Barnstable, and Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket
- Michigan State House:
- District 6
- Minnesota State House:
- Districts 28A, 49A, 59A, and 60B
- Missouri State Senate:
- Districts 7, 11, and 13
- Missouri State House:
- Districts 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 45, 46, 66, 67, 68, 71, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, and 91
- Montana State Senate:
- District 16
- Montana State House:
- Districts 15, 16, 31, 41, 42, 61, 62, and 66
- Nevada State Senate:
- Districts 1, 3, and 7
- Nevada State Assembly:
- Districts 1, 3, 14, 20, 24, 28, and 42
- New Hampshire State House:
- Districts Cheshire 4, Cheshire 8, Coos 6, Grafton 10, Grafton 12, Merrimack 18, Rockingham 25, Rockingham 27, and Rockingham 29
- New Mexico State Senate:
- District 6
- New Mexico State House:
- Districts 5, 9, 12, 14, 18, 21, 26, 41, 45, and 48
- New York State Senate:
- Districts 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 25, 27, 32, 35, 36, and 63
- New York State Assembly:
- Districts 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 36, 37, 39, 40, 42, 45, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 65, 67, 69, 70, 71, 72, 74, 75, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 96, 100, 115, 123, 136, and 137
- North Carolina State Senate:
- District 41
- North Carolina State House:
- Districts 29, 30, 39, 50, 56, 61, 71, and 106
- Ohio State House:
- Districts 8, 10, 11, 26, 31, and 32
- Oklahoma State Senate:
- District 11
- Oklahoma State House:
- Districts 44, 72, 73, 77, 92, and 99
- Oregon State Senate:
- Districts 18, 21, 22, and 23
- Oregon State House:
- Districts 34, 42, 43, 45, 46, and 48
- Pennsylvania State Senate:
- Districts 1, 3, 5, 7, and 43
- Pennsylvania State House:
- Districts 1, 2, 3, 7, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 27, 32, 34, 35, 96, 103, 121, 132, 136, 153, 157, 164, 173, 174, 175, 179, 180, 181, 185, 186, 188, 191, 192, 195, 197, 198, 200, 201, 202, and 203
- Rhode Island State Senate:
- Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25, 28, 30, 32, and 33
- Rhode Island State House:
- Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 44, 45, 49, 50, 51, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 73, and 74
- South Carolina State Senate:
- Districts 19, 21, 30, 35, 40, and 42
- South Carolina State House:
- Districts 23, 31, 50, 51, 55, 57, 59, 61, 62, 70, 72, 76, 77, 79, 82, 91, 93, 95, 101, 102, 103, 109, 113, and 119
- South Dakota State House:
- Districts 26A and 28A
- Tennessee State Senate:
- District 30
- Tennessee State House:
- Districts 15, 28, 41, 50, 51, 53, 54, 55, 58, 59, 60, 80, 84, 85, 87, 88, 90, 91, 93, and 98
- Texas State Senate:
- Districts 6 and 26
- Texas State House:
- Districts 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 42, 46, 75, 76, 77, 79, 80, 95, 100, 101, 104, 110, 111, 123, 124, 125, 131, 137, 139, 140, 141, 143, 146, and 147
- Utah State House:
- Districts 24 and 26
- Vermont State Senate:
- District Grand Isle
- Vermont State House:
- Districts Addison 2, Addison Rutland 1, Bennington 1, Bennington 4, Bennington Rutland 1, Chittenden 1, Chittenden 4-1, Chittenden 5-1, Chittenden 5-2, Chittenden 6-1, Chittenden 6-2, Chittenden 6-3, Chittenden 6-4, Chittenden 6-5, Chittenden 6-6, Chittenden 6-7, Chittenden 7-1, Chittenden 7-3, Chittenden 7-4, Essex-Caledonia-Orleans, Franklin 2, Rutland-Windsor 2, Washington 4, Washington 5, Washington 6, Washington 7, Windham 1, Windham 2-2, Windham 2-3, Windham 3, Windham 4, Windham 5, Windham-Bennington-Windsor, Windsor 5, Windsor-Orange 1, and Windsor-Orange 2
- Washington State Senate:
- Districts 5 and 11
- Washington State House:
- District 5-Position 2, District 11-Position 1, District 27-Position 1, District 27-Position 2, District 32-Position 1, District 32-Position 2, District 33-Position 1, District 33-Position 2, District 34-Position 1, District 34-Position 2, District 36-Position 1, District 36-Position 2, District 37-Position 1, District 37-Position 2, District 38-Position 2, District 40-Position 1, District 41-Position 1, District 43-Position 2
- West Virginia State House:
- District 37
- Wisconsin State Senate:
- Districts 4, 22, and 26
- Wisconsin State Assembly:
- Districts 7, 10, 16, 18, 20, 77, and 78
- Wyoming State House:
- Districts 13, 16, 17, 23, and 39
Democratic and Republican races without major party opposition
Totals over time
| Change over time | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Number of filing deadlines passed | Seats without a Democratic candidate | Seats without a Republican candidate |
| October 28, 2020 | 44 | 935 | 973 |
| October 21, 2020 | 44 | 933 | 974 |
| October 14, 2020 | 44 | 933 | 973 |
| October 7, 2020 | 44 | 933 | 973 |
| September 30, 2020 | 44 | 933 | 973 |
| September 23, 2020 | 44 | 934 | 973 |
| September 16, 2020 | 44 | 938 | 981 |
| September 9, 2020 | 44 | 941 | 992 |
| September 2, 2020 | 44 | 945 | 994 |
| August 26, 2020 | 44 | 947 | 997 |
| August 19, 2020 | 44 | 951 | 999 |
| August 12, 2020 | 44 | 953 | 999 |
| August 5, 2020 | 44 | 953 | 997 |
| July 29, 2020 | 44 | 953 | 999 |
| July 22, 2020 | 44 | 958 | 1,000 |
| July 15, 2020 | 44[2] | 953 | 979 |
| July 8, 2020 | 43[3] | 938 | 888 |
| July 1, 2020 | 43[4] | 940 | 889 |
| June 25, 2020 | 43[5] | 948 | 893 |
| June 17, 2020 | 42[6] | 918 | 858 |
| June 10, 2020 | 39 | 919 | 836 |
| June 3, 2020 | 39[7] | 839 | 640 |
| May 27, 2020 | 31 | 760 | 580 |
| May 20, 2020 | 31 | 768 | 584 |
| May 13, 2020 | 30 | 762 | 573 |
| May 6, 2020 | 30 | 766 | 578 |
| April 29, 2020 | 30 | 769 | 591 |
Historical context
Races with and without major party opposition: 2010 - 2018 (even years)
The table below shows state legislative races with and without major party opposition for even-year races between 2010 and 2018. Even-year elections have significantly more state legislative seats up for election than odd-year elections do, making direct comparisons between years like 2019 and 2018 uninformative when it comes to races with and without major party opposition.
| Races with and without major party opposition: 2010 - 2018 (even years) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Total races | Races without major party opposition | Races with major party opposition |
| 2018 | 6,073 | 2,017 (33.2 percent) | 4,056 (66.8 percent) |
| 2016 | 5,923 | 2,477 (41.8 percent) | 3,446 (58.2 percent) |
| 2014 | 6,057 | 2,606 (43.0 percent) | 3,451 (56.9 percent) |
| 2012 | 6,015 | 2,307 (38.3 percent) | 3,708 (61.7 percent) |
| 2010 | 6,125 | 2,000 (32.7 percent) | 4,125 (67.3 percent) |
Methodology
There are several methodological approaches Ballotpedia used to calculate the number of races without a Democratic or Republican candidate on this page:
- State legislative districts can be either single-member districts (SMD - only one seat is up for election in a single district) or multi-member districts (MMD - 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 MMD 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 candidate was counted for the purposes of races without a Democratic or Republican candidate.
- 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.
See also
- Competitiveness reports: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010
- State legislative elections, 2020
- State legislative special elections, 2020
- U.S. House elections without a Democratic or Republican candidate, 2020
- State executive official elections without a Democratic or Republican candidate, 2020
- State legislative elections without a Democratic or Republican candidate, 2019
Footnotes
- ↑ The analysis on this page only includes data from filing deadlines that have passed where the candidate list has been released. Find more information here on each state's filing deadline in 2020.
- ↑ At the time of this update, the candidate list from Delaware was not available or had not been processed yet by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ At the time of this update, not all candidate lists from Connecticut and Rhode Island were available or had been processed yet by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ At the time of this update, not all candidate lists from Connecticut and Rhode Island were available or had been processed yet by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ At the time of this update, not all candidate lists from Connecticut and Rhode Island were available or had been processed yet by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ At the time of this update, not all candidate lists from Connecticut and New Hampshire were available or had been processed yet by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ At the time of this update, not all candidate lists from Hawaii, Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Wisconsin were available or had been processed yet by Ballotpedia.
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