Democratic Rep. Anthony Brown will run for attorney general of Maryland in 2022. He is looking to succeed fellow Democrat Brian Frosh, who announced last week that he would retire at the end of this term.
Brown represents the state's 4th congressional district. Like several others in this heavily gerrymandered state, it is difficult to describe geographically.
A new Monmouth University poll shows a dead heat in the Virginia gubernatorial race. Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin are tied at 46% each among registered voters. The result is an improvement for Youngkin; he had trailed by five points in last month's Monmouth survey.
Using its electoral models, Monmouth says that "a range of reasonable outcomes" is a race decided by 3% or less in either direction. That is reflected in the 'Range' columns in the table below.
There are two weeks until Election Day. See our First Look for a brief overview of the races we'll be following that day.
This Tuesday, there is one state house special election primary.
New Hampshire Rockingham District 6
Two longtime Democratic members of the U.S. House announced Monday they will not see reelection in 2022.
Mike Doyle, now in his 14th term, is the dean of Pennsylvania's congressional delegation. He currently represents the 18th district, which includes all of Pittsburgh and some suburbs, largely to the south and east. He won his final election last November by a margin of nearly 40%.
Earlier today, I announced that I will #retire at the end of my current term representing #Pittsburgh in #Congress.
— Mike Doyle (@USRepMikeDoyle) October 18, 2021
Read my full statement here:https://t.co/OKsRMrgXax
Doyle is the 2nd member of the House from Pennsylvania to announce their departure. Democrat Conor Lamb, from the neighboring 17th district, is seeking the U.S. Senate seat currently held by retiring Republican Pat Toomey.
Pennsylvania is losing a seat in the upcoming redistricting. As a result, the 18th district will no longer exist in the next Congress. Proposed new maps will be drawn and passed by the GOP-controlled state legislature, but can be vetoed by the Democratic governor.
Elected in 1996, David Price is serving his 13th consecutive term representing North Carolina's 4th district. He also represented the district from 1987-1995, losing the 1994 election. Like Doyle, he is the most senior member of his state's delegation.
Kentucky Rep. John Yarmuth announced Tuesday that he will not see reelection in 2022. Now serving his eighth term, Yarmuth chairs the powerful House Budget Committee.
There are three weeks until Election Day. See our First Look for a brief overview of the races we'll be following that day.
This Tuesday, there is one state house special election.
Iowa District 29
The 2021 off-year elections are being held on Tuesday, November 2. New Jersey and Virginia have elections for statewide offices, including governor. There are also legislative elections in both states, although the State Senate in Virginia will not be contested until 2023.
There will also be two special elections in Ohio to fill congressional vacancies, along with primaries in FL-20 as the process begins to fill the only other currently open seat in the U.S. House.
Approximately a dozen state legislative special elections will also be contested that day. Finally, voters in 17 of the nation's 100 largest cities will make their choice for mayor.
This week we're following two primaries, one for a State Senate special election in Rhode Island along with a mayoral primary in Durham, NC. There are four weeks until Election Day, 2021.
State Senate District 3 Primary
There are 38 State Senate districts in Rhode Island. The chamber is overwhelmingly Democratic; the party has 32 seats, the GOP holds just five. Senators serve two-year terms; the next regularly scheduled election is in 2022.
The Providence area District 3 vacancy was created by the resignation of Democrat Gayle Goldin on August 17. She took a position in the U.S. Department of Labor. Goldin was first elected in 2012. She has faced only write-in opposition in this deep blue district.
Politico has reimagined the classic 1976 Schoolhouse Rock! segment "I'm Just a Bill". The new version details a much more arduous process that proposed legislation often has to get through in today's gridlocked political environment.
It's worth a watch:
Special elections are being held Tuesday for two vacancies in the Texas State House. The 150-member body is controlled by Republicans, who have an 82-66 edge over Democrats.
Under Texas special election law, all candidates appear on a single ballot. If someone gets a majority of the vote, they are the winner. Otherwise, the top two finishers advance to a runoff.
District 118
