2023-2024 Presidential, senate, house, state and city election thread

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In Illinois, there were a large number of contested primaries. In most cases, the leading candidate won by a comfortable margin. Below are some of the closer races. Note the District 12 race where the outcome on the Republican side is very close.

U.S. House District 1 (GOP)
99% reporting

Source: The Associated Press

U.S. House District 4 (Dem)
99% reporting

Source: The Associated Press

Winner
Chuy Garcia
69%
28,131

Raymond Lopez
31%
12,638


U.S. House District 7 (Dem)
96% reporting

Source: The Associated Press

Winner
Danny Davis
53%
37,416

Melissa Conyears-Ervin
22%
15,271

Kina Collins
18%
12,649

Nikhil Bhatia
5%
3,278

Kouri Marshall
3%
1,799



U.S. House District 11 (Dem)
75% reporting


Source: The Associated Press

Winner
Jerry Evans
51%
17,504

Susan Hathaway-Altman
37%
12,753

Kent Mercado
12%
4,184




U.S. House District 12 (Dem)
96% reporting

Source: The Associated Press

Winner
Brian Roberts
60%
10,456

Preston Nelson
40%
6,959



U.S. House District 12 (GOP)
96% reporting

Source: The Associated Press

Winner
Mike Bost
51%
48,493

Darren Bailey
49%
45,903


U.S. House District 13 (GOP)
100% reporting

Source: The Associated Press

Winner
Joshua Loyd
56%
15,405

Thomas Clatterbuck
44%
12,149

Suorce: https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/electio ... lts-page

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Illinois' 12th Congressional District


Introduction:

(Ballotpedia) Incumbent Mike Bost (R) defeated Darren Bailey (R) in the Republican primary for Illinois' 12th Congressional District on March 19, 2024.

The district had an R+24 partisan lean in the Cook Partisan Voting Index (PVI), making it the most Republican-leaning district in Illinois.[1] Bost, who had represented the district since 2015, won re-election in 2022 with 75% of the vote.

According to WBEZ's Alex Degman, "[the] candidates have a lot in common — both are staunchly Christian and hold strong, conservative views on abortion rights, the Second Amendment and immigration. The difference may be in their approach — Bost calls himself a 'governing conservative,' which means he stands for conservative values but works with others to pass legislation. ... Bailey says Bost's experience and his collaborative approach are precisely the problem."[2]

Bost was first elected in 2014 when he defeated incumbent Bill Enyart (D) 53%-42%. Bost previously served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1995 to 2015. He also served as an electronic specialist in the U.S. Marine Corps and as treasurer of Murphysboro Township.[3][4]

Bost highlighted immigration, abortion, and gun policy as key issues.[5][2] Bost also contrasted his legislative experience and governing approach to Bailey's. Bost said, "Our real issue [in Congress] is to try to gain ground where we can gain ground and actually govern from the small majority that we have. … Unfortunately, we have people that are more interested in being on social media to get likes and also who work to get on a 24-hour news network."[2]

Read more here: https://ballotpedia.org/Illinois%27_12 ... _primary)

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Ohio’s 9th Congressional District


Introduction:

(Ballotpedia) Derek Merrin (R) defeated Steve Lankenau (R) and Craig Riedel (R) in the Republican primary for Ohio's 9th Congressional District on March 19, 2024.

J.R. Majewski (R) filed to run in the Republican primary. He suspended his candidacy on March 2, 2024, after the Lucas County Republican Party censured him for "remarks made about persons with disabilities and special needs."[1][2] To read our coverage of these events, click here.

Additional Extract:

House GOP leadership has split their endorsements in this primary. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) endorsed Merrin.[10] Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) endorsed Riedel.[11] Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) endorsed Riedel but withdrew her endorsement after the Charlie Kirk Show aired audio of Riedel criticizing former President Donald Trump (R). After the audio aired Riedel announced his endorsement of Trump in the 2024 presidential election and said, “Matt Gaetz and a social media trickster pulled a stunt yesterday to try and convince President Trump to get involved in my congressional primary for proven loser JR Majewski.” Stefanik had not endorsed anyone else in this primary.[12] Majewski received endorsements from Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) and Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.).[13]

Merrin will go on to challenge Democrat incumbent Marcy Kaptur in the general election.

Read more here: https://ballotpedia.org/Ohio%27s_9th_C ... on,_2024

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Donald Trump Suffers Brutal Florida Primary Vote Against Him

Source: Newsweek

Published Mar 20, 2024 at 3:56 AM EDT

Donald Trump suffered a blow in Tuesday's primary in Florida, a state he only narrowly won in the 2020 presidential election, after thousands of Republicans refused to vote for him.

While the former president won the primary with 910,857 votes, 81.2 percent of the overall share, some 197,000 people, or 17.8 percent, voted for either Nikki Haley or Ron DeSantis, despite both candidates having dropped out of the race.

The results suggest the former president is losing support in Florida compared with the previous election in 2020. That year, he won about 94 percent of the state vote in the primary.

The Republican went on to take the state in 2020 by a slim margin, securing 51.2 percent of the vote to Joe Biden's 47.9 percent. Newsweek contacted a representative for Trump by email to comment on this story.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-f ... is-1881143

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Special Primary Election to Finish Kevin McCarthy’s Congressional Term Heads to a May Runoff
by Gillian Brassil
Updated March 20, 2024

Introduction:

(The Fresno Bee) Early results from the special primary election in California’s 20th Congressional District suggest there will be a May runoff in the race to replace retired Rep. Kevin McCarthy.

This is the second of what looks like four elections in California’s 20th, the state’s most heavily GOP congressional district where 47% of registered voters are Republican and 27% are Democrats.

Assemblyman Vince Fong, R-Bakersfield, will advance to the May 21 runoff, the Associated Press predicted around 8:40 p.m. Pacific Time on Tuesday. He had 40.4% of the votes with an estimated 81% counted.

In the race for second were Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux, a Republican, who had 26.1% and Bakersfield school teacher Marisa Wood, a Democrat, who had 23.6%.
The special election will determine who immediately succeeds McCarthy, 59, who retired in December after his ousting as Speaker of the House.

Read more at: https://www.fresnobee.com/news/politic ... link=cpy

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More on that race from Abby Vesoulis:

(Mother Jones) During a rally in Vandalia, Ohio, over the weekend, Donald Trump spoke of a coming “bloodbath” for the auto industry and for the country should Republicans lose big in 2024 and not be able to impose their policy agenda.

But there was another bloodbath playing out in front of the embattled former president facing 88 criminal charges: a messy, jab-throwing, three-way Republican primary for the Ohio Senate seat Democrat Sherrod Brown has occupied since 2006.

Bernie Moreno, a Trump-endorsed former luxury car dealer, emerged victorious as the GOP nominee for Senate Tuesday night, pulling in upwards of 46 percent of the vote as of 9 pm ET. Moreno defeated Matt Dolan, a state senator and scion of the family that owns the Cleveland Guardians MLB team, and Frank LaRose, the Ohio secretary of state who last year futilely attempted to block reproductive health rights in two separate state ballot initiatives. Final polling ahead of Tuesday’s contest had shown Moreno with 38 percent of voters’ support, versus Dolan’s 29 percent and LaRose’s 12 percent.

Ohio’s race has been expensive monetarily, with $40 million in ad spending as of Monday—trailing only the presidential race and the California Senate primary in the 2024 cycle. (Both independently wealthy, Dolan and Moreno contributed more than $11 million and $5 million to their own campaigns, respectively.)

Conclusion:

“There’s no question that Moreno is a juicier target for the Sherrod Brown campaign,” says (David) Cohen (professor of political science at the University of Akron). “He is the Trump candidate, he’s the MAGA candidate. And that is great for super conservative Trump-supporting Republicans. It’s not so great for the general election vote.”

Read more herehttps://www.motherjones.com/politics/20 ... -moreno/

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