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State legislative elections without a Democratic or Republican candidate, 2022

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Ballotpedia tracked state legislative races without a Democratic or Republican candidate in the 2022 elections. In 2022, there were 1,434 state legislative races without a Democratic candidate and 888 state legislative races without a Republican candidate.

Click here for historical information comparing state legislative races with only one major party candidate in even-year elections.

In the 50 states, there are 99 state legislative chambers altogether. Eighty-eight of those chambers held legislative elections in 2022. The general election for state legislative races was held on November 8, 2022.

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  • Click here for the list of races without a Republican candidate

Races without Democratic candidates

Districts 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 22, 25, 30, 31, 32, 34, & 35
Districts 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 28, 29, 30, 31, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 42, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 51, 61, 64, 66, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 93, 94, 96, 100, 101, 102, 104, & 105
Districts A, C, D, L, N, O, Q, & R
Districts 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 33, 37, & 40
Districts 10, 14, 19, 25, & 30
Districts 3, 7, 15, 25, & 30
Districts 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 11, 16, 19, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 29, 32, 33, 34, & 35
Districts 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 16, 17, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 51, 52, 53, 54, 57, 60, 68, 78, 82, 83, 85, 86, 88, 89, 90, 92, 93, 95, 96, 97, 99, & 100
Districts 8, 32, 34, 59, 71, & 75
District 1
Districts 51 & 63
Districts 68, 69, 71, 78, 80, 86, 87, 99, 105, 106, 113, 117, & 131
Districts 15, 16, 19, 20, & 21
Districts 11, 22, 30, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, & 41
Districts 6, 7, 11, 19, 20, 22, 28, 29, 31, 33, 39, & 40
Districts 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, 15, 16, 18, 20, 23, 24, 25, 27, 30, 31, 32, 48, 49, 50, 51, 55, 56, 57, 71, 74, 75, 76, 79, 81, 82, 83, 110, 111, 112, & 116
Districts 3, 4, 8, 11, 13, 20, 21, 23, 24, 28, 30, 31, 51, 52, 53, & 54
Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 23, 27, 31, 32, 33, 47, 72, 73, 119, 123, 125, 127, 131, 135, 136, 138, 139, 145, 148, 149, 152, 155, 157, 159, 160, 166, 167, 170, 171, 172, 174, 175, 176, 178, 179, & 180
District 20
District 18
Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 20, 21, 24, 25, 27, 28, 31, 32, 33, 34, & 35
Districts 1B, 2A, 3A, 3B, 7A, 7B, 8A, 8B, 9A, 9B, 10A, 10B, 12A, 12B, 13A, 13B, 20A, 20B, 21B, 23A, 23B, 24A, 24B, 25A, 25B, 27A, 27B, 28A, 28B, 30A, 32A, 32B, 33B, 34A, 34B, 35A, & 35B
Districts 33, 35, 37, 38, 41, 44, 47, 50, 51, 53, 54, 55, 58, & 59
Districts 20, 37, 70, 73, 74, 82, 87, 88, 89, 90, 93, 94, 95, 99, 100, 101, 102, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 115, 116, & 117
Districts 6, 15, 19, 22, 38, 39, 43, & 49
Districts 4, 11, 13, 16, 18, 20, 23, 29, 31, 37, 38, 40, 44, 45, 47, 48, 52, 53, 55, 57, 58, 64, 67, 68, 74, 79, 81, 83, 84, 85, 90, & 91
Districts 3, 4, 5, 6, & 7
Districts 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 22, 23, 24, 26, 45, 51, 54, 55, 56, 60, 65, 68, 82, & 95
Districts 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 38, 42, 47, 50, 51, 61, 62, 63, 65, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 77, 80, 81, 90, 93, 96, 97, 98, 99, 101, 106, 107, 109, 110, 112, 114, 115, 118, 119, 120, 122, 123, 124, & 125
Districts 2, 6, 8, 10, 14, 28, 32, 36, & 38
Districts 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 29, 36, 45, 49, 50, 52, 55, 58, 59, 60, 63, 71, 72, 78, 80, 81, 82, 83, 86, 90, 92, 96, 97, 98, & 100
Districts 6, 10, 12, 19, 32, 44, 47, 56, 72, 80, 83, 87, 92, 104, & 138
Districts 5, 7, 29, 31, 35, 36, & 42
Districts 1B, 2A, 5, 27C, 29A, 35A, 35B, 36, 38B, 38C, & 42C
Districts 1st Essex and Middlesex & Worcester and Hampden
Districts 12th Bristol, 18th Worcester, 1st Hampden, 1st Worcester, 20th Middlesex, 2nd Franklin, 2nd Plymouth, 4th Bristol, 4th Hampden, 5th Barnstable, 5th Worcester, 6th Worcester, 7th Plymouth, 7th Worcester, 8th Worcester, 9th Essex, & 9th Worcester
Districts 1, 21, & 22
Districts 5B, 10A, 17B, 26B, & 29B
Districts 6, 10, 20, 28, & 32
Districts 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 13, 33, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 48, 51, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 59, 61, 64, 97, 102, 103, 109, 111, 112, 113, 116, 117, 119, 120, 121, 123, 124, 125, 126, 129, 130, 131, 137, 138, 139, 141, 142, 144, 145, 146, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, & 163
Districts 1, 5, 9, 19, 20, 27, & 29
Districts 1, 2, 6, 8, 9, 11, 14, 18, 19, 27, 29, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 43, 45, 53, 54, 55, 56, 71, 75, 78, 80, & 87
Districts 14 & 17
Districts 4, 19, 26, 31, 32, 36, & 38
District 19
Districts Coos 3, Grafton 5, & Rockingham 32
Districts 1, 2, 3, 8, 49, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 66, & 67
Districts 24, 49, 53, 58, 60, & 62
Districts 62, 64, 107, 114, 116, 117, 118, 120, 121, 124, 131, 132, 134, 144, 147, & 148
Districts 1, 2, 6, 8, 9, 26, 31, 35, 36, 37, 43, 44, & 47
Districts 1, 3, 7, 10, 16, 19, 22, 46, 52, 55, 67, 68, 75, 76, 77, 79, 83, 86, 89, 90, 91, 96, 97, 108, 110, 111, 113, & 120
Districts 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 13, 17, 23, 26, 28, 31, 33, 36, 37, 39, 41, 45, & 47
Districts 1, 4B, 5, 7, 8, 13, 17, 23, 26, 33, 36, 37, 39, 45, & 47
Districts 1, 5, 29, & 31
Districts 12, 37, 50, 51, 60, 65, 68, 73, 76, 78, 80, 81, 85, 87, 91, 92, 93, 97, & 98
Districts 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 18, 20, 24, 26, 36, 38, & 42
Districts 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 36, 37, 38, 39, 43, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 65, 67, 68, 69, 74, 75, 76, 80, 81, 82, 86, 91, 96, 98, & 101
Districts 4, 17, 57, 58, & 60
Districts 36 & 46
Districts 5, 8, 11, 15, 17, 37, 41, 43, 46, 47, 48, 52, 56, 57, 59, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 71, 73, 78, 79, 83, 84, 85, 86, 89, 90, 94, 97, 100, 106, 108, 110, 111, 117, 125, 128, 130, 170, 183, 187, 193, & 196
District 23
Districts 15 & 29
Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 27, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 46, 47, 53, 56, 58, 60, 65, 67, 69, 71, 81, 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, 92, 96, 99, 100, 104, 105, 107, 108, 118, 120, & 123
Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 17, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, & 35
Districts 6, 8, 13, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 26B, 28B, 29, & 31
Districts 5, 11, 15, 17, 23, 25, & 27
Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 29, 30, 35, 36, 38, 41, 42, 45, 46, 47, 57, 62, 65, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74, 75, 76, 77, 81, 82, 83, 94, & 99
Districts 1, 5, 7, 11, 22, 28, 30, & 31
Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 21, 25, 29, 30, 32, 43, 57, 58, 59, 60, 62, 64, 68, 72, 81, 82, 83, 84, 86, 87, 88, 89, 91, 96, 106, 126, 127, & 130
Districts 1, 6, 7, 11, 21, 23, & 28
Districts 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 28, 38, 42, 45, 46, 47, 50, 51, 52, 55, 56, 57, 60, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 70, 73, 74, & 75
Districts Essex & Lamoille
Districts Essex-Caledonia, Franklin 2, Franklin 4, Franklin 5, Orleans 2, Orleans-Lamoille, Rutland 1, Rutland 4, Rutland 5, Rutland 8, Rutland 10, Rutland 11, Windham 2, & Windham-Windsor-Bennington
Districts 6, 7, 8, 13, & 31
Districts 2-1, 2-2, 4-2, 6-1, 7-1, 7-2, 8-1, 8-2, 9-1, 9-2, 12-1, 12-2, 13-1, 13-2, 14-1, 14-2, 15-1, 15-2, 20-1, 20-2, 25-2, 31-2, & 39-1
Districts 4, 9, 11, 12, & 15
Districts 8, 9, 16, 17, 18, 20, 22, 28, 39, 41, 42, 49, 61, 62, 65, 68, 85, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 94, & 98
Districts 13, 21, & 33
Districts 3, 15, 25, 27, 35, 38, 39, 40, 53, 59, 63, 75, 83, 86, & 97
Districts 1, 3, 11, 15, 19, 23, 25, 27, 29, & 31
Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 12, 15, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 60, 61, & 62

Races without Republican candidates

Districts 18, 19, 20, 24, 26, & 28
Districts 19, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 60, 67, 70, 71, 72, 76, 77, 78, 83, 84, 97, 98, 99, & 103
Districts B, I, & S
Districts 3, 4, 17, 19, 37, 38, 39, & 40
Districts 6, 20, 22, 24, & 26
Districts 6, 20, 22, 24, & 26
Districts 8, 12, 15, & 30
Districts 20, 21, 35, 63, 64, 65, 66, 72, 74, 76, 77, 79, & 80
Districts 4, 8, 10, 20, & 28
Districts 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 20, 21, 35, 51, 52, 57, 61, 62, 65, 69, & 80
District 34
District 7
Districts 2, 5, 15, & 22
Districts 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 15, 19, 49, 54, 65, 74, 75, 82, 84, 91, 92, 94, 95, 115, & 140
Districts 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, & 13
Districts 2, 3, 16, 17, 19, & 28
Districts 15, 32, 34, 35, & 37
Districts 9, 13, 14, 41, 44, 63, 95, 97, 98, 99, 102, 104, 107, 108, 109, & 117
Districts 5, 9, 10, 12, 15, 26, 33, 35, 38, 39, 42, 44, & 55
Districts 38, 42, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 66, 69, 76, 77, 78, 79, 84, 85, 87, 91, 92, 93, 94, 98, 109, 113, 115, 122, 128, 129, 132, 140, 141, 142, 143, 150, 162, 163, 165, 168, & 177
Districts 3, 5, & 19
Districts 1, 2, 3, 7, 9, 10, 23, 28, 31, & 33
Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 22, 29, 30, 39, & 52
Districts 1, 2, 5, 9, 10, 14, 24, 26, 28, 40, 60, 78, & 103
Districts 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 14, 61, 77, 80, 94, 95, 96, 98, & 100
Districts 15, 17, 25, 31, 43, & 49
Districts 1, 29, 33, 34, 35, 36, 44, 49, 50, 52, 61, 62, 71, 74, 75, 77, 79, 86, 90, 97, & 98
Districts 10, 21, 23, 24, 25, 32, 44, 45, 46, 56, 57, 58, 66, 83, 84, 89, 92, 103, & 108
District 18
Districts 30, 32, 34, 35, 40, 42, 43, 44, 75, 76, & 79
Districts 21, 52, 89, 113, 117, 118, 122, & 133
Districts 13, 16, 20, 22, 24, 25, 39, 41, 43, 44, 45, & 47
Districts 11A, 12A, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27A, 27B, 39, 43B, 44B, 47A, & 47B
Districts 1st Essex, 1st Middlesex, 1st Suffolk, 1st Worcester, 2nd Bristol and Plymouth, 2nd Middlesex, 2nd Suffolk, 2nd Worcester, 3rd Essex, 3rd Middlesex, 3rd Suffolk, 4th Middlesex, Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin, and Hampshire, Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin, and Worcester, Middlesex and Norfolk, Middlesex and Suffolk, Norfolk and Middlesex, Norfolk and Suffolk, & Suffolk and Middlesex
Districts 10th Essex, 10th Hampden, 10th Middlesex, 10th Plymouth, 10th Suffolk, 10th Worcester, 11th Bristol, 11th Essex, 11th Hampden, 11th Middlesex, 11th Norfolk, 11th Plymouth, 12th Essex, 12th Hampden, 12th Middlesex, 12th Norfolk, 12th Suffolk, 13th Bristol, 13th Essex, 13th Middlesex, 13th Norfolk, 13th Suffolk, 13th Worcester, 14th Bristol, 14th Norfolk, 14th Suffolk, 14th Worcester, 15th Essex, 15th Middlesex, 15th Norfolk, 15th Suffolk, 15th Worcester, 16th Essex, 16th Suffolk, 16th Worcester, 17th Essex, 17th Middlesex, 17th Suffolk, 18th Middlesex, 18th Suffolk, 19th Suffolk, 1st Berkshire, 1st Franklin, 1st Hampshire, 1st Norfolk, 1st Suffolk, 21st Middlesex, 23rd Middlesex, 24th Middlesex, 25th Middlesex, 26th Middlesex, 27th Middlesex, 28th Middlesex, 29th Middlesex, 2nd Berkshire, 2nd Hampden, 2nd Hampshire, 2nd Suffolk, 30th Middlesex, 31st Middlesex, 32nd Middlesex, 33rd Middlesex, 34th Middlesex, 35th Middlesex, 37th Middlesex, 3rd Berkshire, 3rd Essex, 3rd Hampshire, 3rd Middlesex, 3rd Norfolk, 3rd Plymouth, 3rd Suffolk, 4th Barnstable, 4th Essex, 4th Middlesex, 4th Plymouth, 4th Suffolk, 4th Worcester, 5th Hampden, 5th Middlesex, 5th Norfolk, 5th Suffolk, 6th Bristol, 6th Essex, 6th Hampden, 6th Middlesex, 6th Norfolk, 6th Suffolk, 7th Bristol, 7th Essex, 7th Middlesex, 7th Norfolk, 7th Suffolk, 8th Essex, 8th Hampden, 8th Suffolk, 9th Bristol, 9th Hampden, 9th Middlesex, 9th Suffolk, & Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket
District 3
District 7
Districts 43, 46, 59, 60, 61, & 67
Districts 38A, 43A, 43B, 46A, 46B, 59A, 59B, 60B, 61A, 61B, 62A, & 63B
District 14
Districts 18, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 37, 45, 46, 66, 67, 68, 70, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, & 91
Districts 16, 32, & 66
District 21
Districts Cheshire 8, Grafton 12, Grafton 13, Grafton 14, Grafton 15, Grafton 16, Grafton 17, Hillsborough 23, Merrimack 15, Merrimack 16, Merrimack 17, Merrimack 20, Rockingham 21, Rockingham 22, Rockingham 26, Rockingham 28, Rockingham 37, Strafford 14, Strafford 15, & Strafford 17
Districts 4, 5, 9, 12, 13, 16, 21, 25, 34, 41, 42, 43, 45, 47, 48, 50, 65, 69, & 70
Districts 10, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 27, 29, 30, 33, 36, 47, 59, & 63
Districts 24, 29, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 42, 43, 48, 50, 53, 56, 57, 59, 60, 61, 66, 67, 71, 72, 76, 81, 89, 104, 108, 125, & 129
District 38
Districts 11, 29, 31, 38, 44, 56, 61, 71, & 100
District 11
District 21
District 15
Districts 1, 2, 7, 9, 15, 20, 22, 26, 38, & 59
Districts 16, 44, 46, & 48
Districts 72, 73, 77, 78, 88, 89, 92, 93, 94, & 99
District 4
Districts 2 & 42
Districts 1, 10, 19, 23, 24, 32, 34, 36, 38, 95, 104, 133, 135, 136, 140, 164, 173, 174, 175, 179, 180, 181, 185, 186, 188, 190, 191, 192, 194, 195, 197, 198, 201, 202, & 203
Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 16, 25, 27, 28, & 33
Districts 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25, 37, 46, 49, 50, 51, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 60, 64, 66, 71, 72, 73, 74, & 75
Districts 23, 31, 51, 57, 59, 62, 72, 73, 74, 76, 78, 82, 91, 101, 103, 109, 111, & 113
Districts 21 & 29
Districts 28, 50, 51, 52, 54, 55, 56, 58, 80, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 91, 93, 96, & 98
Districts 6, 13, 14, & 23
Districts 36, 38, 40, 48, 75, 77, 78, 79, 80, 90, 100, 101, 103, 104, 107, 109, 110, 113, 116, 119, 137, 139, 140, 141, 143, 144, & 146
District 9
District 22
Districts Bennington & Chittenden Central
Districts Addison 2, Addison Rutland 1, Bennington 2, Caledonia 1, Caledonia 2, Caledonia-Washington 1, Chittenden 1, Chittenden 3, Chittenden 5, Chittenden 6, Chittenden 7, Chittenden 8, Chittenden 9, Chittenden 10, Chittenden 11, Chittenden 12, Chittenden 13, Chittenden 14, Chittenden 15, Chittenden 16, Chittenden 17, Chittenden 18, Chittenden 21, Lamoille 1, Orleans 3, Rutland 7, Rutland 9, Rutland-Windsor, Washington 2, Washington 5, Windham 2, Windham 5, Windham 9, Windham-Windsor-Bennington, Windsor 1, Windsor 2, Windsor 4, Windsor 5, Windsor 6, Windsor-Addison, & Windsor-Orange 1
Districts 32, 36, 37, 43, & 46
Districts 32-1, 33-1, 33-2, 34-1, 36-1, 36-2, 37-2, 40-1, 40-2, 41-1, 43-1, 43-2, 46-1, 46-2, 47-2, 48-1, & 48-2
District 25
Districts 8, 10, 11, 16, 18, 19, 48, 66, 76, & 77
District 45

Democratic and Republican races without major party opposition

Totals over time

Change over time
Date Number of filing deadlines passed Races without a Democratic candidate Races without a Republican candidate
October 27, 2022 46 1,434 888
October 13, 2022 46 1,435 885
September 29, 2022 46 1,437 889
September 15, 2022 46 1,443 897
September 1, 2022 46 1,450 910
August 18, 2022 46[1] 1,462 878
August 4, 2022 46[2] 1,457 853
July 20, 2022 46[3] 1368 611
July 7, 2022 44[4] 1191 488
June 23, 2022 44[5] 1138 479
June 9, 2022 41[6] 1147 483
May 26, 2022 34[7] 694 247
May 12, 2022 32[8] 694 247
April 28, 2022 32[9] 545 148
April 14, 2022 29[10] 512 149
March 31, 2022 25[11] 497 131
March 17, 2022 19[12] 270 90
March 3, 2022 8[13] 192 61
February 17, 2022 7[14] 49 30

Historical context

Races with and without major party opposition: 2010 - 2020 (even years)

The table below shows state legislative races with and without major party opposition for even-year races between 2010 and 2020. 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 2020 uninformative when it comes to races with and without major party opposition.

Races with and without major party opposition: 2010 - 2020 (even years)
Year Total races Races without major party opposition Races with major party opposition
2020 5,875 2,048 (34.9 percent) 3,827 (65.1 percent)
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 choices that Ballotpedia made in calculating the number of races without a Democratic or Republican candidate on this page:

  • State legislative 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 a 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, the race was counted as having a major party 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.
  • The analysis does not include special elections for state legislative seats. It also does not include regular elections for legislative offices in the U.S. territories.
  • This analysis only included races in states where the candidate filing deadline had passed. However, Ballotpedia's 2022 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. ↑ Note: At the time of this update, the candidate list from Rhode Island had not been finalized.
  2. ↑ Note: At the time of this update, candidates lists from New Hampshire and Rhode Island had not been finalized.
  3. ↑ Note: At the time of this update, candidates lists from Florida, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont had not been finalized.
  4. ↑ Note: At the time of this update, candidates lists from Alaska, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin had not been finalized.
  5. ↑ Note: At the time of this update, candidates lists from Alaska, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming had not been finalized.
  6. ↑ Note: At the time of this update, candidates lists from Alaska, Connecticut, Hawaii, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming had not been finalized.
  7. ↑ Note: At the time of this update, candidates lists from Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Washington, and Vermont had not been finalized.
  8. ↑ Note: At the time of this update, candidates lists from Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Utah had not been finalized.
  9. ↑ Note: At the time of this update, candidates lists from Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Utah had not been finalized.
  10. ↑ Note: At the time of this update, candidates lists from Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Utah had not been finalized.
  11. ↑ Note: At the time of this update, candidates lists from California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Utah had not been finalized.
  12. ↑ Note: At the time of this update, candidates lists from Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Maine, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, and Utah had not been finalized.
  13. ↑ Note: At the time of this update, candidates lists from Alabama, Ohio, Nebraska, and Arkansas had not been finalized.
  14. ↑ Note: At the time of this update, candidates lists from Kentucky, Alabama, West Virginia, Ohio, and Indiana had not been finalized.
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