2024 United States elections
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| Election day | November 5 |
|---|---|
| Incumbent president | Joe Biden (Democratic) |
| Next Congress | 119th |
| Presidential election | |
| Electoral vote | |
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| The electoral map for the 2024 election, based on populations from the 2020 census | |
| Senate elections | |
| Seats contested | 33 seats of Class I |
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| Map of the 2024 Senate races | |
| House elections | |
| Seats contested | All 435 voting-members All six non-voting delegates |
| Gubernatorial elections | |
| Seats contested | 13 |
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| Legend | |
| Democratic incumbent Term-limited or retiring Democrat Republican incumbent Term-limited or retiring Republican New Progressive incumbent Nonpartisan No election | |
The 2024 United States elections are scheduled to be held, in large part, on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. During this presidential election year, the President of the United States and Vice President will be elected. In addition, all 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives and 33 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate will be contested to determine the membership of the 119th United States Congress. Thirteen state and territorial governorships and numerous other state and local elections will also be contested.
Federal elections
Presidential election
The 2024 United States presidential election will be the 60th quadrennial U.S. presidential election. This will be the first presidential election under the electoral vote distribution determined by the 2020 census. Presidential electors who will elect the President and Vice President of the United States will be chosen; a simple majority (270) of the 538 electoral votes are required to win the election. President Joe Biden will be eligible to run for a second term, and has indicated that he plans to do so, with Vice President Kamala Harris once again serving as his running mate.[1] Other candidates could potentially challenge Biden in the 2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries, though the last time a sitting president eligible for re-election did not win re-nomination from their respective party was in the 1968 presidential election.[2]
In November 2022, former President Donald Trump announced his candidacy for president.[3] Numerous other individuals have been the subject of media speculation as potential entrants into the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries.[4]
Congressional elections
Senate elections
All 33 seats in Senate Class I and one seat in Senate Class 2 will be up for election; additional special elections may also take place to fill vacancies that arise during the 118th Congress. Democrats control the majority in the closely-divided Senate following the 2022 U.S. Senate elections, but will have to defend 23 seats in 2024. Three Democratic-held seats up for election are in the heavily Republican-leaning states of Montana, Ohio, and West Virginia, all of which were won comfortably by Trump in both 2016 and 2020.[5] Other potential Republican targets include seats in Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, while Democrats may target Republican-held seats in Florida and Texas.[6]
Special elections
The following special elections are planned to replace senators who resigned:
- Nebraska Class 2: Republican Ben Sasse plans to resign his seat in January 2023 to become President of the University of Florida. An interim replacement senator will then be appointed by incoming Nebraska governor Jim Pillen and a special election for the seat would be scheduled to take place concurrently with the 2024 regular Senate elections.[7]
House of Representatives elections
All 435 voting seats in the United States House of Representatives will be up for election. Additionally, elections will be held to select the delegate for the District of Columbia as well as the delegates from all five U.S. territories, including the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico. Republicans hold a narrow majority in the House of Representatives following the 2022 U.S. House elections.[8]
State elections
Gubernatorial elections
Elections will be held for the governorships of eleven of the fifty U.S. states and two U.S. territories. Special elections may be held for vacancies in the other states and territories, if required by respective state/territorial constitutions.
Legislative elections
Most legislative chambers will hold regularly-scheduled elections in 2024. The exceptions are the Michigan Senate and both legislative chambers in the states of Alabama, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, and Virginia. In chambers that use staggered terms, only a portion of the seats in the chamber will be up for election.
Other executive and judicial elections
In addition to gubernatorial elections, various other executive and judicial positions will hold elections at the state level in 2024.
Local elections
Mayoral elections
A number of major cities will hold mayoral elections in 2024.
Eligible incumbents
- Baltimore, Maryland: Incumbent Democrat Brandon Scott is eligible for re-election.
- Corpus Christi: Incumbent Democrat Paulette Guajardo is eligible for re-election.
- El Paso, Texas: Incumbent Democrat Oscar Leeser is eligible for re-election.
- Fresno, California: Incumbent Republican Jerry Dyer is eligible for re-election.
- Miami-Dade County, Florida: Incumbent Democrat Daniella Levine Cava is eligible for re-election.
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Incumbent Democrat Cavalier Johnson is eligible for re-election.
- Honolulu, Hawaii: Incumbent Independent Rick Blangiardi is eligible for re-election.
- Phoenix, Arizona: Incumbent Democrat Kate Gallego is eligible for re-election.
- Portland, Oregon: Incumbent Democrat Ted Wheeler is eligible for re-election.
- Salt Lake County, Utah: Incumbent Democrat Jenny Wilson is eligible for re-election.
- San Diego, California: Incumbent Democrat Todd Gloria is eligible for re-election.
- San Francisco, California: Incumbent Democrat London Breed is eligible for re-election.
- Stockton, California: Incumbent Republican Kevin Lincoln is eligible for re-election.
Ineligible or retiring incumbents
- Las Vegas, Nevada: Incumbent independent Carolyn Goodman is ineligible to run for re-election due to term limits.
- Richmond, Virginia: Incumbent Democrat Levar Stoney is ineligible to run for re-election due to term limits.
Table of state, territorial, and federal results
This table shows the partisan results of president, congressional, gubernatorial, and state legislative races held in each state and territory in 2024. Note that not all states and territories hold gubernatorial, state legislative, and Senate elections in 2024. The five territories and Washington, D.C., do not elect members of the Senate, and the territories do not take part in presidential elections; instead, they each elect one non-voting member of the House. Nebraska's unicameral legislature and the governorship and legislature of American Samoa are elected on a non-partisan basis, and political party affiliation is not listed.
| State/ |
2022 PVI[9] |
Before 2024 elections | After 2024 elections | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | State leg. | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Pres.[a] | Governor | State leg. | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | ||
| Alabama | R+15 | Rep | Rep | Rep | Rep 6–1 | |||||
| Alaska | R+8 | Rep | Rep | Dem 1–0 | ||||||
| Arizona | R+2 | Dem | Dem | Rep 6–3 | ||||||
| Arkansas | R+16 | Rep | Rep | Rep | Rep 4–0 | |||||
| California | D+13 | Dem | Dem | Dem | ||||||
| Colorado | D+4 | Dem | Dem | Dem | ||||||
| Connecticut | D+7 | Dem | Dem | Dem | Dem 5–0 | |||||
| Delaware | D+7 | Dem | Dem | Dem | Dem 1–0 | |||||
| Florida | R+3 | Rep | Rep | Rep | Rep 20–8 | |||||
| Georgia | R+3 | Rep | Rep | Runoff | Rep 9–5 | |||||
| Hawaii | D+14 | Dem | Dem | Dem | Dem 2–0 | |||||
| Idaho | R+18 | Rep | Rep | Rep | Rep 2–0 | |||||
| Illinois | D+7 | Dem | Dem | Dem | Dem 14–3 | |||||
| Indiana | R+11 | Rep | Rep | Rep | Rep 7–2 | |||||
| Iowa | R+6 | Rep | Rep | Rep | Rep 4–0 | |||||
| Kansas | R+10 | Dem | Rep | Rep | Rep 3–1 | |||||
| Kentucky | R+16 | Rep | Rep | Rep 5–1 | ||||||
| Louisiana | R+12 | Rep | Rep 5–1 | |||||||
| Maine | D+2 | Dem | Dem | Split R/I[b] | Dem 2–0 | |||||
| Maryland | D+14 | Dem | Dem | Dem | Dem 7–1 | |||||
| Massachusetts | D+15 | Dem | Dem | Dem | Dem 9–0 | |||||
| Michigan | R+1 | Dem | Dem | Dem | Dem 7–6 | |||||
| Minnesota | D+1 | Dem | Dem | Dem | Split 4–4 | |||||
| Mississippi | R+11 | Rep | Rep 3–1 | |||||||
| Missouri | R+10 | Rep | Rep | Rep | Rep 6–2 | |||||
| Montana | R+11 | Rep | Rep | Split | Rep 2–0 | |||||
| Nebraska | R+13 | Rep | NP[c] | Rep | Rep 3–0 | |||||
| Nevada | R+1 | Rep | Dem | Dem | Dem 3–1 | |||||
| New Hampshire | D+1 | Rep | Dem | Dem 2–0 | ||||||
| New Jersey | D+6 | Dem | Dem | Dem 9–3 | ||||||
| New Mexico | D+3 | Dem | Dem | Dem | Dem 3–0 | |||||
| New York | D+10 | Dem | Dem | Dem | Dem 15–11 | |||||
| North Carolina | R+3 | Dem | Rep | Rep | Split 7–7 | |||||
| North Dakota | R+20 | Rep | Rep | Rep | Rep 1–0 | |||||
| Ohio | R+6 | Rep | Rep | Split | Rep 10–5 | |||||
| Oklahoma | R+20 | Rep | Rep | Rep | Rep 5–0 | |||||
| Oregon | D+6 | Dem | Dem | Dem | Dem 4-2 | |||||
| Pennsylvania | R+2 | Dem | Split | Dem | Dem 9–8 | |||||
| Rhode Island | D+8 | Dem | Dem | Dem | Dem 2–0 | |||||
| South Carolina | R+8 | Rep | Rep | Rep | Rep 6–1 | |||||
| South Dakota | R+16 | Rep | Rep | Rep | Rep 1–0 | |||||
| Tennessee | R+14 | Rep | Rep | Rep | Rep 8–1 | |||||
| Texas | R+5 | Rep | Rep | Rep | Rep 25–13 | |||||
| Utah | R+13 | Rep | Rep | Rep | Rep 4–0 | |||||
| Vermont | D+16 | Rep | Dem | Split D/I[d] | Dem 1–0 | |||||
| Virginia | D+3 | Rep | Dem | Dem 6–5 | ||||||
| Washington | D+8 | Dem | Dem | Dem | Dem 8–2 | |||||
| West Virginia | R+22 | Rep | Rep | Split | Rep 2–0 | |||||
| Wisconsin | R+2 | Dem | Rep | Split | Rep 6–2 | |||||
| Wyoming | R+25 | Rep | Rep | Rep | Rep 1–0 | |||||
| United States | Even | Rep | Rep | Dem | Rep | |||||
| Washington, D.C. | D+43 | Dem[e] | Dem[e] | — | Dem | — | ||||
| American Samoa | — | NP/D[f] | NP | Rep | — | |||||
| Guam | Dem | Dem | Rep | |||||||
| N. Mariana Islands | Rep | Split[g] | Dem[h] | |||||||
| Puerto Rico | PNP/D[i] | PDP | PNP/R[j] | |||||||
| U.S. Virgin Islands | Dem | Dem | Dem | |||||||
| State/ |
PVI | Governor | State leg. | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Pres. | Governor | State leg. | U.S. Senate | U.S. House |
| Before 2024 elections | After 2024 elections | |||||||||
Notes
- ^ This column reflects the individual who won a plurality of the state's popular vote in the 2024 presidential election.
- ^ One of Maine's senators, Susan Collins, is a Republican. The other senator from Maine, Angus King, is an independent who has caucused with Democrats since taking office in 2013.
- ^ Though a majority of its members identify as Republicans, the unicameral Nebraska Legislature is officially nonpartisan.
- ^ One of Vermont's senators, Patrick Leahy, is a Democrat. The other senator from Vermont, Bernie Sanders, was elected as an independent and has caucused with Democrats since taking office in 2007.
- ^ a b The federal district does not have a governor or state legislature but elects the mayor of Washington, D.C., as well as the Council of the District of Columbia.
- ^ Although elections for governor of American Samoa are non-partisan, Governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga affiliates with the Democratic Party.
- ^ Republicans control the Northern Mariana Islands Senate, but no party holds a majority in the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives.
- ^ The Northern Mariana Islands' delegate to Congress, Gregorio Sablan, was elected as an independent and has caucused with Democrats since taking office in 2009. In 2021, he rejoined the local Democratic Party and ran as a Democrat in 2022.
- ^ Puerto Rican Governor Pedro Pierluisi is a member of the Puerto Rican New Progressive Party, but affiliates with the Democratic Party at the national level.
- ^ Puerto Rico's Resident Commissioner, Jenniffer González, was elected as a member of the New Progressive Party and has caucused with Republicans since taking office in 2017.
References
- ^ Rafford, Claire (January 19, 2022). "Biden commits to Harris as his running mate for 2024". POLITICO. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
- ^ Scher, Bill (November 14, 2022). "Democrats Escaped a Midterm Thrashing. Here's How to Primary Biden Anyway". Politico.
- ^ Orr, Gabby (November 16, 2022). "Former Republican President Donald Trump says he's launching another White House bid | CNN Politics". CNN. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
- ^ Jackson, Katharine (November 16, 2022). "Factbox: Which Republicans could run for president in 2024?". Reuters.
- ^ Everett, Burgess (October 5, 2022). "Senate Dems face brutal 2024 map with at least eight undecided incumbents". Politico.
- ^ Kondik, Kyle (November 16, 2022). "Georgia's Runoff is the Opening Battle of the 2024 Senate Cycle". University of Virginia.
- ^ Everett, Burgess; Levine, Marianne (October 5, 2022). "Sasse expected to resign from Senate". Politico.
- ^ Knowles, Hannah; Sotomayor, Marianna; Itkowitz, Colby (November 16, 2022). "Republicans narrowly win House, ending full Democratic control of Congress". Washington Post.
- ^ Wasserman, David (April 15, 2021). "Introducing the 2021 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved April 16, 2021.