What's on the ballot today? - September 9, 2014
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Heading into today's primary, New York Governor and potential 2016 presidential candidate Andrew Cuomo (D) has struggled to unify Democrats behind his candidacy for a second term in office.
Challenger Zephyr Teachout (D), a first-time candidate who teaches constitutional and property law at Fordham Law School, has managed to garner endorsements from both the state AFL-CIO and the Public Employees Federation. Both endorsed Cuomo's 2010 campaign.[1][2] Teachout's running mate, Tim Wu, also received an endorsement from The New York Times over Cuomo's running mate, Kathy Hochul. Cuomo is not expected to lose in either today's primary or in the November general election. He has, however, made two unsuccessful attempts to remove Teachout from the ballot on the basis that she did not meet a five-year residency requirement for ballot placement.[3][4]
In nearby New Hampshire, former U.S. Sen. Scott Brown is facing a crowded field of opponents for the Republican senate nomination as he seeks to unseat Jeanne Shaheen (D). Nine other Republicans are competing for the party's nomination, including another former senator, Bob Smith, who served two terms from 1990 to 2002. Brown, who lost his 2012 re-election bid in Massachusetts to U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, is considered the front-runner in the race.[5]
Although big names such as Cuomo and Brown are drawing most of the attention in today's elections, the most competitive races may be further down the ballot.
In New Hampshire's House of Representatives elections, a staggering 70 Republican incumbents are facing primary opposition, while only 24 Democrats confront the same challenge. Democrats currently control the chamber by a margin of 213 to 173 with another 14 vacancies. If the vacancies are split according to the party that last held the seat, the partisan divide heading into the election is 220 to 180 in favor of the Democrats.
Both chambers of the New Hampshire State Legislature are considered 2014 battlegrounds by Ballotpedia, due to the recent elections that have taken place in the state since 2010. Republicans won a majority in the State Senate in 2010, while Democrats wrested back control of the House of Representatives in 2012. The only other two states in the country where both state legislative chambers are considered battlegrounds are Iowa and Pennsylvania.
Elsewhere on the ballot, Delaware, Massachusetts and Rhode Island are all hosting races for congressional, state executive and state legislative offices. New York is only having state executive and state legislative elections, while California will hold a single school board recall election in the Alisal Union School District.
California
- See also: California elections, 2014
School boards
- Election to recall Meredith Ibarra from the Alisal Union School District Board of Trustees
Delaware
- See also: Delaware elections, 2014
Congress
State executives
State legislatures
Massachusetts
- See also: Massachusetts elections, 2014
Congress
- Republican U.S. Senate primary
- U.S. House primaries
State executives
- Democratic and Republican primaries for governor
- Democratic primaries for lieutenant governor, attorney general and treasurer
State legislatures
New Hampshire
- See also: New Hampshire elections, 2014
Congress
State executives
- Democratic and Republican primaries for governor
State legislatures
New York
- See also: New York elections, 2014
State executives
- Democratic primaries for governor and lieutenant governor
State legislatures
State courts
Rhode Island
- See also: Rhode Island elections, 2014
Congress
State executives
- Democratic and Republican primaries for governor and lieutenant governor
- Democratic primary for secretary of state
State legislatures
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ readMedia, "PEF endorses an array of labor-friendly candidates for 2014 elections," August 20, 2014
- ↑ New York Daily News, "New York State AFL-CIO holding off on Cuomo endorsement: Updated," August 18, 2014
- ↑ The New York Times, "Cuomo Contests New York Residency of Teachout Before Primary," August 6, 2014
- ↑ New York Daily News, "Zephyr Teachout cleared by state Supreme Court to run against Andrew Cuomo in Democratic primary," August 20, 2014
- ↑ NECN, "Could Scott Brown get 'primaried out' of US Senate race?" June 27, 2014
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