The 2022 United States secretary of state elections were held on November 8, 2022, to elect the
secretaries of state in twenty-seven states. These elections took place concurrently with several other
federal, state, and local elections.
The elections for secretary of state had taken on heightened importance due to former
President Donald Trump's baseless claims that the 2020 election was stolen. Many had argued that election officials such as secretaries of state could have the power to overturn the
2024 election, should its outcome be disagreeable to the losing candidate. As such, both parties are expending far more resources than in previous cycles on these races. A coalition of Republican candidates for secretary of state who have endorsed Trump's false claim that the 2020 election was stolen have organized under the
America First Secretary of State Coalition
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slate.
The previous elections for this group of states took place in 2018. The secretary of state of Vermont serves two-year terms and was last elected in
2020
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. Additionally, there is a special election being held in Washington (secretary of state elections in Washington are regularly held in
presidential election
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Elections by country
Albania
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Chile
The pre ...
years) due to the resignation of Republican
Kim Wyman
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to take a position in the administration of
President
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Joe Biden.
Going into the election, there were 27 Republican secretaries of state and 20 Democratic secretaries of state. 13 Democratic secretaries of state were up for election, of whom
Nellie Gorbea
Nellie M. Gorbea (born July 12, 1967) is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she has served as the Secretary of State of Rhode Island since January 2015. Gorbea is the first Hispanic to win statewide office in New England. ...
of
Rhode Island
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was term-limited and
Katie Hobbs
Kathleen Marie Hobbs (born December 28, 1969) is an American politician and social worker who is the governor-elect of Arizona, having been elected in 2022. She has served as the 21st secretary of state of Arizona since 2019. A member of the D ...
of
Arizona
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,
Mark Kohler
Mark F. Kohler (born July 30, 1960) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 74th Secretary of the State of Connecticut from July 1, 2022, when he was appointed by Governor Ned Lamont to fill the vacancy created by previous secreta ...
of
Connecticut
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,
Jesse White of
Illinois
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, and
Jim Condos
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of
Vermont
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were retiring. 14 Republican secretaries of state were up for election, of whom
John Merrill of
Alabama
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and
Barbara Cegavske
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of
Nevada
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were term-limited, while
Lawerence Denney
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of
Idaho
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,
Alvin Jaeger
Alvin A. Jaeger (born December 10, 1943) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who had served as the Secretary of State of North Dakota from 1993 to 2023. Jaeger was elected to the office in 1992, and re-elected in 1996, 2 ...
of
North Dakota
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, and
Karl Allred
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of
Wyoming
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were retiring.
Republicans defended one state won by
Joe Biden in
2020
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(
Georgia
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), while Democrats do not hold any states won by
Donald Trump
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. However, Democrats defended several seats in states Biden won only narrowly, including Arizona, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Furthermore, Democrats had a net gain of one seat in Nevada, another state narrowly won by Biden.
Partisan composition
Going into these elections, this class of secretaries of state is made up of 14 Republicans and 13 Democrats. Additionally, Democrats hold secretary of state offices in three states with Republican governors. By contrast, Republicans hold secretariat offices in two states with Democratic governors.
Election predictions
Several sites and individuals published predictions of competitive seats. These predictions looked at factors such as the strength of the
incumbent
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(if the incumbent is running for re-election), the strength of the candidates, and the partisan leanings of the state (reflected in part by the state's
Cook Partisan Voting Index
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rating). The predictions assigned ratings to each seat, with the rating indicating the predicted advantage that a party has in winning that seat.
Most election predictors use:
* "
tossup": no advantage
* "
tilt" (used by some predictors): advantage that is not quite as strong as "lean"
* "
lean": slight advantage
* "
likely": significant, but surmountable, advantage
* "
safe": near-certain chance of victory
Race summary
States
Closest races
States where the margin of victory was under 1%:
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Wisconsin, 0.29%
States where the margin of victory was under 5%:
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Nevada, 2.28%
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Washington, 3.95%
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Arizona, 4.77%
States where the margin of victory was under 10%:
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Minnesota, 9.16%
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Georgia, 9.24%
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Illinois, 9.73%
Blue denotes races won by Democrats.
Red denotes races won by Republicans.
Alabama
Incumbent Republican
John Merrill was term-limited. Republican state representative
Wes Allen Wes Allen may refer to:
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Wesley Harrison Allen (born August 15, 1975) is an American politician and former probate judge who is the incumbent Secretary of State of Alabama, serving since 2023. He was previously a member of ...
, election administrator
Ed Packard,
Alabama State Auditor Jim Zeigler
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Early life and ...
and activist Christian Horn ran for the seat.
Corrections officer Pamela Laffitte was the only Democratic candidate in that party's primary.
Allen won his runoff on June 21, while Laffitte won her primary on May 24.
Allen won the general election.
Arizona
Incumbent Democrat
Katie Hobbs
Kathleen Marie Hobbs (born December 28, 1969) is an American politician and social worker who is the governor-elect of Arizona, having been elected in 2022. She has served as the 21st secretary of state of Arizona since 2019. A member of the D ...
retired to
run for governor.
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Democratic primary candidates included minority leader of the ]Arizona House of Representatives
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Reginald Bolding and former Maricopa County
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recorder Adrian Fontes.
Republican primary candidates included state representatives Shawnna Bolick
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and Mark Finchem
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, advertising executive Beau Lane, and state senator
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Michelle Ugenti-Rita
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.
Fontes and Finchem won their respective primaries on August 2.
Fontes won the general election.
Arkansas
Incumbent Republican John Thurston ran for re-election. Former state representative Eddie Joe Williams
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Early life
Williams w ...
unsuccessfully challenged Thurston in the Republican primary.
Democratic primary candidates included executive director of the Women's Foundation of Arkansas Anna Beth Gorman and former Pulaski County election commissioner Josh Price.
Thurston and Gorman won their respective primaries on May 24.
Thurston won re-election.
California
Incumbent Democrat Shirley Weber
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ran for election to a full term.
Republican primary candidates included chief financial officer Rob Bernosky, author Rachel Hamm, Teamster
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truck driver James "J. W." Paine, and retired warehouseman Raul Rodriguez Jr.
Teacher Gary B. Blenner ran as the Green Party candidate, while private investigator Matthew D. Cinquanta ran as an independent.
Weber and Bernosky advanced from the nonpartisan blanket primary on June 7.
Weber won re-election.
Colorado
Incumbent Democrat Jena Griswold
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ran for re-election.
Republican primary candidates included former Jefferson County clerk Pam Anderson, former head of the nonprofit Colorado Lending Source Mike O'Donnell, and Mesa County clerk
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Tina Peters. Walter James Rutledge ran as a Libertarian.
Griswold and Anderson won their respective primaries on June 28.
Griswold won re-election.
Connecticut
Incumbent Democrat Mark Kohler
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retired, having been appointed to the position after Denise Merrill
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resigned early. Democratic primary candidates included New Haven
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health director Maritza Bond and state representative
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Stephanie Thomas.
Republican primary candidates included Apple
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senior account manager Dominic Rapini, New Britain
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executive mayoral aide Brock Weber, and state representative Terrie Wood
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.
Environmental attorney Cynthia Jennings ran on the Independent Party of Connecticut
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ticket. Harold Harris ran as a Libertarian, while Douglas Lary ran as the Green Party candidate.
Thomas and Rapini won their respective primaries on August 9.
Thomas won the election.
Georgia
Incumbent Republican Brad Raffensperger
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ran for re-election. Other Republican candidates included U.S. Representative
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for Georgia's 10th congressional district
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Jody Hice
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, former Treutlen County probate judge
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T. J. Hudson, and former Alpharetta
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mayor David Belle Isle.
Democratic primary candidates included former state representative
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chairman John Eaves, former Milledgeville mayor Floyd Griffin, state representative Bee Nguyen
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, and former chair of the Cobb County
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Along with ...
Democratic party Michael Owens.
Ted Metz ran as a Libertarian
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.
Raffensperger won his primary on May 24, while Nguyen won her runoff on June 21.
Raffensperger won re-election in the general election.
Idaho
Incumbent Republican Lawerence Denney
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Poli ...
retired. Republican primary candidates included Ada County
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clerk Phil McGrane
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, state representative
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Dorothy Moon
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, and state senator
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Mary Souza
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.
Shawn Keenan was the only Democratic candidate.
McGrane and Keenan won their respective primaries on May 17.
McGrane won the general election.
Illinois
Incumbent Democrat Jesse White retired.[
Democratic candidates included former ]Illinois state treasurer
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, Chicago alderman
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David Moore, Cook County
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resident Sidney Moore, and city clerk of Chicago
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Anna Valencia.
Republican candidates included deputy minority leader of the Illinois House of Representatives
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Dan Brady, former United States Attorney
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for the Central District of Illinois John C. Milhiser, and former Chicago police sergeant Michelle Turney.
Giannoulias and Brady won their respective primaries on June 28.
Giannoulias won the election.
Indiana
Incumbent Republican Holli Sullivan
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was appointed by governor
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Eric Holcomb
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after the previous secretary, Connie Lawson
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, resigned. Sullivan ran for a full term. Other Republican candidates included Newton County commissioner Kyle Conrad, perennial candidate Paul Hager, and former aide to governor
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Mike Pence
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and candidate for Indiana's 4th congressional district
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in 2018
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Diego Morales.
The only Democratic candidate is former deputy attorney general Destiny Scott Wells.
Jeff Maurer ran as a Libertarian.
Morales won the nomination at the Republican state convention on June 18. He also won the general election.
Iowa
Incumbent Republican Paul Pate
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ran for re-election.
Democratic primary candidates included Linn County auditor
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Joel Miller and Clinton County Clinton County may refer to:
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**Clinton County, New York
**Clinton County, Ohio
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auditor
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Eric Van Lancker.
Pate and Miller won their respective primaries on June 7.
Pate won re-election.
Kansas
Incumbent Republican Scott Schwab
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ran for re-election. He faced an unsuccessful primary challenge from Michael Brown, former member of the Johnson County Commission.
The only Democratic candidate was former director of urban outreach for the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection
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Jeanna Repass.
Schwab won re-election in the general election.
Massachusetts
Incumbent Democrat William F. Galvin
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Galvin was born and raised in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston. He was taught by the Christian Brother ...
ran for re-election. Tanisha Sullivan, president of the Boston
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chapter of the NAACP
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, challenged Galvin in the Democratic primary.
The only Republican candidate was former dental assistant and insurance claims manager Rayla Campbell.
Galvin won re-election.
Michigan
Incumbent Democrat Jocelyn Benson
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ran for re-election.
Republican primary candidates included Chesterfield Township clerk
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Cindy Berry, Republican activist Kristina Karamo, state representative
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Beau LaFave
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and Plainfield Township clerk
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Cathleen Postmus.
Karamo won the August 2 Republican primary.
Benson won re-election.
Minnesota
Incumbent Democrat Steve Simon
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ran for re-election. He faced an unsuccessful primary challenge from Steve Carlson.
Republican primary candidates included Kim Crockett, former vice president of the conservative think tank
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Center of the American Experiment, and author Erik van Mechelen.
Crockett won her primary on August 9.
Simon won re-election.
Nebraska
Incumbent Republican Bob Evnen
Robert Barnett Evnen (born 1952) is an American attorney and Republican politician in the state of Nebraska. He is the 27th Secretary of State of Nebraska, serving since 2019.
Legal career
Evnen graduated from Michigan State University with a ba ...
ran for re-election. Former Palmyra
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fire chief Rex Schroder and Robert J. Borer challenged him in the Republican primary.
Evnen won his primary on May 10. He won re-election.
Nevada
Incumbent Republican Barbara Cegavske
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was term-limited and cannot seek a third term.
Republican candidates included Sparks
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city councilman Kristopher Dahir, entrepreneur John Cardiff Gerhardt, former state senator Jesse Haw
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Haw's family moved to Nevada when he was five years old. He graduated from Edward C. Reed High School in Sparks, ...
, businesswoman Socorro Kennan, former member of the Nevada Assembly
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Jim Marchant
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, former news anchor Gerard Ramalho, and former Nevada 8th judicial district court judge Richard Scotti.
The only Democratic primary candidate was former Harry Reid
Harry Mason Reid Jr. (; December 2, 1939 – December 28, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Nevada from 1987 to 2017. He led the Senate Democratic Caucus from 2005 to 2017 and was the Sena ...
staffer Cisco Aguilar
Francisco Aguilar is an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he has served as the Secretary of State of Nevada since 2023. He was elected in 2022, defeating Republican Jim Marchant.
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. Janine Hansen is running as the candidate of the Independent American Party
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, while Ross Crane is running as a Libertarian.
Marchant and Aguilar won their respective primaries on June 14.
Aguilar narrowly won the general election.
New Mexico
Incumbent Democrat Maggie Toulouse Oliver
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ran for re-election. Republican rancher Audrey Trujillo challenged Oliver. Libertarian candidate Mayna Erika Myers was also running.
Oliver and Trujillo won their respective primaries on June 7.
Oliver won re-election.
North Dakota
Incumbent Republican Alvin Jaeger
Alvin A. Jaeger (born December 10, 1943) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who had served as the Secretary of State of North Dakota from 1993 to 2023. Jaeger was elected to the office in 1992, and re-elected in 1996, 2 ...
retired.[ ]State representative
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Michael Howe and businessman Marvin Lepp ran in the Republican primary.
The only Democratic primary candidate was Mayville State University
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Founded as a normal school by provision of the North Dakota Constitution in 1889, Mayville State ...
administrator Jeffrey Powell.
Howe and Powell won their respective primaries on June 14.
Howe won the general election.
Ohio
Incumbent Republican Frank LaRose
Frank LaRose (born April 18, 1979) is an American politician. He has served as Secretary of State of Ohio since 2019, after serving two terms as a Republican member of the Ohio State Senate from Ohio's 27th Senate district which includes Wayne C ...
ran for re-election. Former member of the Ohio House of Representatives
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The House of Representatives first met in ...
John Adams
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unsuccessfully challenged him for the Republican nomination.
The only Democratic candidate was Forest Park
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* Forest Park, Santiago
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councilmember
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Canada
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Chelsea Clark.
Podcaster Terpsehore Tore Maras, also known as Terpsichore "Tore" Maras-Lindeman, initially challenged LaRose in the primary, but was disqualified. She is now running as an Independent.
LaRose and Clark won their respective primaries on May 3.
LaRose easily won re-election.
Rhode Island
Incumbent Democrat Nellie Gorbea
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was term-limited and couldn't seek a third term. Democratic candidates included state representative
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Gregg Amore
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Education
Amore earned his bachelor's degree in history from Providence College and his Master of Public Policy from Ne ...
, Stephanie Beaute, and tax preparer Anthony Tamba.
The only Republican candidate was perennial candidate Pat Cortellessa.
Cannabis activist Anne Armstrong ran as an independent.
Amore won the election.
South Carolina
Incumbent Republican Mark Hammond ran for re-election. He faced an unsuccessful primary challenge from businessman Keith Blandford.
The only Democratic primary candidate was Rosemounda Peggy Butler.
Hammond and Butler won their respective primaries on June 14.
Hammond won re-election.
South Dakota
Incumbent Republican Steve Barnett ran for re-election. He faced a successful primary challenge from secretary of state office worker Monae Johnson
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Johnson worked for the office of the South Dakota Secretary of State for eight years. She anno ...
, who won the nomination at the Republican state convention on June 25.
Thomas Cool was the Democratic nominee.
Barnett won re-election.
Vermont
Incumbent Democrat Jim Condos
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retired. Democratic candidates included state representative
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Sarah Copeland-Hanzas, Montpelier city clerk John Odum, and Deputy Secretary of State Chris Winters. Copeland-Hanzas won the August 9 primary. The only Republican candidate was perennial candidate H. Brooke Paige. Robert Millar ran as the candidate of the Vermont Progressive Party.
Sarah won the general election.
Washington (special)
Incumbent Democrat Steve Hobbs was appointed November 22, 2021, after his predecessor, Kim Wyman
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, resigned. He is running in the special election. He faced an intraparty primary challenge from Marquez Tiggs.
Republican candidates included conspiracy theorist Tamborine Borrelli, Bob Hagglund, former state senator
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Mark Miloscia
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, and state senator Keith Wagoner
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.
Kurtis Engle ran as the candidate of the Union Party, while Pierce County auditor
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Julie Anderson ran as a nonpartisan.
Hobbs and Anderson advanced from the all-party primary to the general election on August 2.
State representative Brad Klippert
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, formerly a candidate for congress
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, ran a write-in campaign.
Hobbs narrowly won the general election.
Wisconsin
Incumbent Democrat Doug La Follette
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ran for re-election. Dane County
Dane County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 561,504, making it the second-most populous county in Wisconsin. The county seat is Madison, which is also the state capital.
Dane County is the ...
Democratic party chair Alexia Sabor challenged him in the Democratic primary.[
Republican candidates included assemblywoman ]Amy Loudenbeck
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Originally from the Detroit and Chicago area, Loudenbeck graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1991. She was elected to the Wisconsin State ...
, former firefighter Daniel Schmidtka, and businessman Jay Schroeder.[
Neil Harmon ran as a Libertarian, while Sharyl McFarland ran as an independent.][
La Follette and Loudenbeck won their respective primaries on August 9.
La Follette barely won re-election.
]
Wyoming
Incumbent Republican Edward Buchanan
Edward Allen Buchanan (born October 19, 1967) is an American politician, attorney, and military veteran, who served as the Wyoming Secretary of State from 2018 to 2022. Prior to being Secretary of State, Buchanan was a member and past Speaker of ...
did not seek re-election and resigned before the end of his term. Governor Mark Gordon
Mark Gordon (born March 14, 1957) is an American politician who has served as the 33rd governor of Wyoming since January 7, 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as state treasurer; then-governor Matt Mead appointed him ...
appointed Karl Allred
Karl Allred is an American politician who served as the Secretary of State of Wyoming. He was appointed by Wyoming governor Mark Gordon in September 2022 to replace Edward Buchanan, who resigned on September 15 to become a Goshen County district c ...
to serve as interim secretary. Allred is not on the general election ballot.[
Republican primary candidates included geologist Mark Armstrong, ]state representative
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Two federations literally use the term "state legislature":
* The legislative branches of each of the fifty state governments of the United Sta ...
Chuck Gray, and state senator Tara Nethercott
Tara Nethercott is an American politician and a Republican member of the Wyoming Senate representing District 4 since January 10, 2017.
Career
Nethercott is a practicing attorney in Cheyenne.
Elections 2016
When incumbent Republican Senator Tony ...
.
Gray won the primary on August 16. He also won the general election.
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