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☆ Trump-backed Republican Geoff Diehl faces off against Democratic state Attorney General Maura Healey in Massachusetts' gubernatorial election
  + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Republican Geoff Diehl is running against Democrat Maura Healey in Massachusetts' gubernatorial race. The state has voted for the Democratic presidential candidate in every election cycle since 1988. Upon taking office, she became the first openly LGBTQ state attorney general in the nation. This race is also one of six Republican-held governorships up for election in a state carried by Biden in the 2020 presidential election. Unlike in the presidential election cycle, Massachusetts has voted for the Republican candidate in every gubernatorial election cycle since 1990, excluding 2006 and 2010.
☆ Republican Doug Mastriano and Democrat Josh Shapiro face off for governor of Pennsylvania
  + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Grace Panetta | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Democrat Josh Shapiro and Republican Doug Mastriano are running for Pennsylvania governor. Mastriano, a state senator, sought to overturn the 2020 election in Pennsylvania. Mastriano, a Republican state senator first elected in 2019, narrowly emerged from a fractured field of Republican candidates for Pennsylvania governor in May. Mastriano is perhaps best known for pushing the lie that the 2020 election was stolen and leading the efforts in Pennsylvania to overturn President Donald Trump's loss in the 2020 election in Pennsylvania. In his ads, Shapiro has hammered Mastriano as an extremist, including highlighting his position on abortion and his ties to far-right and nationalist figures.
☆ Democrat Cheri Beasley faces off against Trump-backed Republican Rep. Ted Budd in North Carolina's US Senate election
  + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Democrat Cheri Beasley is running against Republican Ted Budd to represent North Carolina in the US Senate. Beasley has raised more than double the amount as Budd, however, experts say the race "leans Republican." North Carolina's Senate race candidatesBeasley is a former justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. Budd, Beasley's challenger, is a Republican member of the US House, representing North Carolina's 13th Congressional District. Her opponent, Budd, has raised $11 million, spent $9.2 million, and has $2.9 million cash on hand, as of September 30.
☆ Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer faces off against Trump-backed Republican Tudor Dixon in Michigan's governor race
  + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Gretchen Whitmer is facing off against Republican Tudor Dixon in Michigan's gubernatorial election. Trump backed Dixon before her primary win and she has raised unfounded questions about the 2020 election. Gretchen Whitmer is seeking reelection against former media personality and Trump-backed Republican Tudor Dixon. But as recently as this past summer, Dixon raised the unfounded claim that Trump won Michigan in 2020. What experts sayThe race between Whitmer and Dixon is rated as "tilt Democratic" by Inside Elections, "likely Democratic" by The Cook Political Report, and "likely Democratic" by Sabato's Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics.
☆ Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado, a low-key moderate who once ran for president, faces off against first-timer Joe O'Dea in a surprise battleground
  + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Sen. Michael Bennet is running against Republican Joe O'Dea in Colorado's US Senate race. Colorado, which Joe Biden won by double digits in 2020, is an unexpected battleground. No fan of the current president, O'Dea added that "seeing a Biden-Trump rematch again in 2024 would rip the country apart." Bennet won 48.1% of the vote when he ran in 2010 for his own term — less than 2 percentage points ahead of Republican challenger Ken Buck. Joe Biden carried Colorado by 13 points in 2020, beating then-President Donald Trump there by more than 400,000 votes.
☆ Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and Democrat Stacey Abrams face off in the Georgia gubernatorial election, a rematch of their 2018 contest
  + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Republican Brian Kemp is seeking re-election to a second term as Georgia's governor. Stacey Abrams is seeking to oust Kemp from office in a rematch of their 2018 gubernatorial contest. Brian Kemp, who narrowly defeated Democrat and former Georgia House of Representatives Minority Leader Stacey Abrams in the 2018 gubernatorial race, is running for reelection in a rematch of that race. However, Kemp has also frustrated the most prominent Republican official in the country — former President Donald Trump. The former president credits his endorsement of Kemp as a turning point in boosting the now-governor in both the 2018 Republican primary and in that year's general election.
☆ Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan vies against Republican Don Bolduc in the New Hampshire's US Senate race
  + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire is running for reelection to a second term. New Hampshire's Senate race candidatesHassan, a former state lawmaker and two-term governor, is aiming to secure a second term in the Senate. Bolduc — who served in Afghanistan and received two Purple Hearts and five Bronze Stars — is the Republican standard-bearer in this year's Senate race. Sununu was deeply critical of Bolduc during the GOP primary campaign and eventually endorsed state Sen. Chuck Morse, who narrowly lost to Bolduc in the September contest. During the 2020 US Senate election that Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen won, more than 18,400 voters — about 2.3% — cast ballots for Libertarian candidate Justin O'Donnell.
☆ Rep. Marcy Kaptur seeks to defend seat against Republican J.R. Majewski in turbulent Ohio congressional race
  + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Dave Levinthal | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
A newly redrawn congressional district has put Kaptur's political career in jeopardy. Ohio's 9th Congressional District candidatesNo woman in the US House has served longer than Kaptur, who has served Ohio's 9th Congressional District since 1983 — when President Ronald Reagan was just halfway through his first term. The National Republican Congressional Committee has since bailed on Majewski in a sign that GOP brass have left him to fend for himself. J.R. Majewski, Republican candidate for U.S. Representative for Ohio's 9th Congressional District, takes the stage at a campaign rally in Youngstown, Ohio., Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. For the past decade, Kaptur has easily dispatched her Republican opponents in this solidly blue-collar and Democratic district.
☆ Gov. Steve Sisolak faces off against Trump-endorsed Republican Joe Lombardo in Nevada's gubernatorial election
  + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Steve Sisolak is running against Republican Joe Lombardo in Nevada's gubernatorial race. Steve Sisolak faces off against Republican Joe Lombardo in Nevada's gubernatorial election. Nevada's gubernatorial candidatesSisolak is the governor of Nevada, with voters first electing him in 2018. Sisolak's win in 2018 established Nevada's Democratic state trifecta — where one party controls a state's governorship and majorities in both chambers of the state legislature — for the first time since 1992. His opponent, Lombardo, has raised $3.7 million, spent $4.7 million, and has $1.8 million of cash on hand, as of September 30.
☆ Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola faces off against former Republican Gov. Sarah Palin and others in Alaska's at-large congressional district election
  + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola is running against three others — including Sarah Palin — in Alaska's at-large congressional district. Alaska has only one congressional district and therefore does not go through a redistricting process. Alaska's at-large congressional district candidatesPeltola, who won the at-large seat for Alaska in the US House special election, is the first Alaskan Native to be elected to the House of Representatives. Palin, the former governor of Alaska, has known Peltola for years and served alongside her in the Alaska state house. Voting history for Alaska's at-large congressional districtAlaska's at-large district, where former President Donald Trump had a 10 percentage point margin of victory over Biden in 2020, is the only congressional district in the state and therefore does not go through a redistricting process.
☆ Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham faces off against Republican Mark Ronchetti in New Mexico's gubernatorial election
  + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Michelle Lujan Grisham is running against Republican Mark Ronchetti in New Mexico's gubernatorial race. Grisham is the first Democratic Latina to be elected governor in the country's history. New Mexico's gubernatorial candidatesGrisham is the 32nd governor of New Mexico. Before joining Congress, Grisham was a member of the Bernalillo County Commission and also served as head of New Mexico's State Department of Health from 2004 to 2007 under Gov. Grisham was elected to the governorship in 2018, becoming the first Democratic Latina to be elected governor in the country's history.
☆ Democrat Wes Moore faces off against Trump-backed Republican state Del. Dan Cox in Maryland's gubernatorial election
  + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Democrat Wes Moore is running against Republican Dan Cox in Maryland's gubernatorial race. Maryland's gubernatorial candidatesMoore is a combat veteran in the US Army and a small business owner. Born and raised in Maryland, Cox served for over 15 years as a constitutional attorney and was previously the Republican nominee for Congress for Maryland's 8th Congressional District. Larry Hogan, who endorsed — to no avail — former Maryland Commerce Secretary Kelly M. Schulz in the Republican gubernatorial primary. The money raceAccording to filings with Maryland's secretary of state, Moore has raised $2.7 million, spent $1.4 million, and has $1.3 million of cash on hand, as of late August.
☆ Democratic Gov. Janet Mills faces off against Republican Paul LePage in Maine's gubernatorial election
  + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Janet Mills is running against Republican Paul LePage in Maine's gubernatorial race. She also served as vice chair of the Maine Democratic Party and in the Maine House of Representatives. LePage, Mills' challenger, is the former governor of Maine, serving from 2011 to 2019. Prior to his election as governor, LePage served on the Waterville City Council and later as mayor of Waterville. The money raceAccording to Maine Public, Mills has raised $4.9 million, spent $3.4 million, and has $1.4 million on hand, as of September 20.
☆ John Fetterman and Mehmet Oz to face off on the debate stage for the first and only time in the high-stakes battle for Pennsylvania's Senate seat
  + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Oma Seddiq | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Democrat John Fetterman and Republican Mehmet Oz will debate for the first and only time on Tuesday night. The Pennsylvania election could determine which party controls the US Senate. Fetterman and Oz are widely expected to discuss their positions on top voter concerns, including inflation and abortion. During the debate, Fetterman will rely on closed captioning to accommodate an auditory processing disorder he developed from the stroke. "On one hand, you could say that Oz is a weaker candidate than Fetterman, although Fetterman is hardly perfect himself," Kondik continued.
☆ Rep. Angie Craig is running against Republican Tyler Kistner in Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District
  + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Nicole Gaudiano | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Rep. Angie Craig is running against Republican Tyler Kistner in Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District. Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District candidatesCraig is a member of House committees on Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, and Small Business. Voting history for Minnesota's 2nd Congressional DistrictMinnesota's 2nd District includes rural and suburban counties south of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. Craig flipped the seat from red to blue in 2018 after a rematch campaign against former Republican Rep. Jason Lewis. Her opponent, Kistner, has raised $2.8 million, spent $2.3 million, and has $499,003 left to spend, as of September 30.
☆ Rep. Elissa Slotkin faces off against Republican state Sen. Tom Barrett in Michigan's 7th Congressional District election
  + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Rep. Elissa Slotkin is running against Republican state Sen. Tom Barrett in Michigan's 7th Congressional District. The newly drawn 7th District excludes the city of Jackson, often touted as one of the birthplaces of the Republican Party. Michigan's 7th Congressional District candidatesSlotkin became the first Democrat to represent Michigan's 8th Congressional District (pre-redistricting) since 2001 with her victory in 2018 over incumbent Rep. Mike Bishop. In 2022, she ran unopposed in the Democratic primary for the 7th Congressional District. Voting history for Michigan's 7th Congressional DistrictMichigan's newly drawn 7th Congressional District sits in the central region of the state and includes all of Livingston, Ingham, Clinton, and Shiawassee counties and the state capital of Lansing.
☆ Republican Rep. Yvette Herrell faces off against Democrat Gabriel Vasquez in New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District election
  + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Rep. Yvette Herrell is running against Democrat Gabriel Vasquez in New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District. The 2nd District encompasses western portions of of Albuquerque, the largest city in New Mexico. New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District candidatesHerrell, a Cherokee, joined the ranks of the very few Native Americans in Congress following her victory in 2020. The 58-year-old New Mexico native ran for the seat in 2018, but was narrowly defeated by her opponent, Democratic attorney and former Rep. Xochitl Torres Small. Voting history for New Mexico's 2nd Congressional DistrictNew Mexico's 2nd Congressional District encompasses the city of Las Cruces, the second largest city in the state, and western portions of Albuquerque, the largest.
☆ Rep. David Valadao, an anti-Trump Republican, faces off against Democrat Rudy Salas in California's 22nd Congressional District election
  + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Rep. David Valadao is running against Democratic Assemblyman Rudy Salas in California's 22nd Congressional District. The 22nd District is located in the Central Valley and includes Hanford, where Valadao was born and raised. California's 22nd Congressional District candidatesValadao is one of the few House Republicans who voted to impeach President Donald Trump. Similar to Valadao, Salas has represented the agricultural heart of California since 2012 and has supported Latino students' education. Voting history for California's 22nd Congressional DistrictCalifornia's 22nd Congressional District is located in the Central Valley and includes Delano, Porterville, Hanford — where Valadao was born and raised — and portions of Bakersfield.
☆ Rep. Dina Titus, six-term Democratic congresswoman, faces off against Republican Mark Robertson in Nevada's 1st Congressional District election
  + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Rep. Dina Titus is running against Republican Mark Robertson in Nevada's 1st Congressional District. The 1st District is located in Clark County, covering many Las Vegas suburbs. Nevada's 1st Congressional District candidatesTitus is serving her 6th term in the US House of Representatives. In 2013, Titus returned to Congress after winning in the 1st Congressional District. Voting history for Nevada's 1st Congressional DistrictOnce in the heart of Las Vegas, Nevada's 1st Congressional District now encompasses more of Clark County.
☆ Democratic Rep. Annie Kuster faces off against Republican Bob Burns in New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District election
  + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Rep. Annie Kuster is running against Republican Bob Burns in New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District. The 2nd District is located in the largely rural western half of the state. New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District candidatesKuster, running for her 6th term in the US House, serves on the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Shortly after the Republican primary, Kuster told a local station that perhaps the biggest issue this fall will be abortion. Voting history for New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional DistrictNew Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District covers the western half of the state and then some, running from the Massachusetts state line in the south to the Canadian border in the north.
☆ Democratic Rep. Susie Lee faces off against Republican April Becker in Nevada's 3rd Congressional District election
  + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Rep. Susie Lee is running against Republican April Becker in Nevada's 3rd Congressional District. Nevada's 3rd Congressional District candidatesLee is a member of the Committee on Education and Labor. Lee defeated her challenger by an 80-point margin in the Democratic primary for Nevada's 3rd Congressional District. The Las Vegas-based real estate attorney won the Republican nomination for Nevada's 3rd District after winning 67.5% of the vote. Voting history for Nevada's 3rd Congressional DistrictNevada's 3rd Congressional District occupies the southernmost tip of Nevada, including Henderson County and portions of Clark County.
☆ Sen. Mark Kelly, one of the most vulnerable freshman Democrats, faces off against Blake Masters in Arizona for a seat that could decide control of the Senate
  + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Sen. Mark Kelly is running against Republican Blake Masters in Arizona's high-profile Senate race. A Masters win could help Republicans win control of the currently 50-50 Senate. Arizona Senate candidatesKelly, a former NASA astronaut who is also married to retired Democratic congresswoman-turned-gun-control advocate Gabrielle Giffords, has jumped into a variety of issues during this first term in Congress. Masters is a first-time candidate vying to reinsert some red into the battleground state after voters handed control of the Senate delegation to Democrats Kelly (2020) and Kyrsten Sinema (2018). A Masters win would tip the balance of power to Republicans, ending the 50-50 split that's been in effect since January 2021.
☆ Democratic Rep. Matt Cartwright faces off against Trump-endorsed Republican Jim Bognet in Pennsylvania's 8th Congressional District election
  + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Rep. Matt Cartwright is running against Republican Jim Bognet in Pennsylvania's 8th Congressional District. The 8th District encompasses parts of Luzerne County, a predominantly white, working-class area in eastern Pennsylvania. In 2020, Cartwright became one of seven Democratic incumbents to win despite Trump prevailing over Biden in his district. Pennsylvania's 8th Congressional District candidatesCartwright is a member of the House Committee on Appropriations. Voting history for Pennsylvania's 8th Congressional DistrictPennsylvania's 8th Congressional District includes parts of Luzerne County, a predominantly white, working-class area in eastern Pennsylvania.
☆ Rep. Henry Cuellar, an anti-abortion Democrat, faces off against Republican Cassy Garcia in Texas' 28th Congressional District election
  + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Rep. Henry Cuellar is running against Republican Cassy Garcia in Texas' 28th Congressional District. The 28th District is located along Texas' border with Mexico. Texas' 28th Congressional District candidatesCuellar is a member of the House Appropriations Committee and is one of the most conservative members of the House Democratic caucus. Garcia won the Republican nomination among a crowded slate of GOP candidates, ultimately defeating challenger Sandra Whitten in a runoff election. Voting history for Texas' 28th Congressional DistrictTexas' 28th Congressional District encompasses a section of the U.S.-Mexico border and stretches to the easternmost outer regions of San Antonio, the state's second-most populous city behind Houston.
☆ Rep. Jared Golden, a pro-gun Democrat, faces off against Republican Bruce Poliquin in Maine's 2nd Congressional District
  + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Rep. Jared Golden is running against Republican Bruce Poliquin in Maine's 2nd Congressional District for the second time. Maine's 2nd Congressional District candidatesGolden is the first member of Congress elected by ranked-choice voting. Born and raised in Maine's 2nd Congressional District, the now-40-year-old congressman in 2018 also became the first candidate to unseat an incumbent from the district in more than a century. Poliquin, 68, represented Maine's 2nd Congressional District before Golden unseated him in 2018. Voting history for Maine's 2nd Congressional DistrictMaine's 2nd Congressional District encompasses nearly 80% of the state's physical area, including Augusta, the state capital.
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