State legislative primary runoffs

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Primary runoffs

Last updated on October 15, 2024

Eight states conduct primary runoffs as part of their party nomination process in state legislative elections. These runoffs occur when no candidate reaches the required threshold for victory. In most states, this is a majority (as opposed to a plurality) of the vote. In North Carolina, however, the threshold for victory in the primary election is 30 percent of the vote plus one.[1] The following are the eight states that use primary runoffs in state legislative elections:

Ballotpedia analyzed 5,352 contested primaries and 309 primary runoffs that were held from 2018 to 2024. Results from minor party primaries were not included in this analysis.

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  1. The threshold for primary runoffs in North Carolina was changed from 40 percent to 30 percent after the passage of Senate Bill 656 in 2017. There were no state legislative primary runoffs in North Carolina from 2018 to 2024.