Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection report

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Since 2018, Ballotpedia has invited candidates to take part in our Candidate Connection initiative. We survey candidates at the federal, state, and local levels to help voters choose representatives who reflect their values and uphold their ideals.

A total of 6,541 candidates responded to the survey in 2024.[1] This report compares 2024 respondents to 2018-2023 respondents and examines where those respondents lived, what offices they ran for, and how they did in their races. It also highlights several notable candidates who completed the survey, features the respondents who won their elections, and lists all of the 6,541 candidates who sent in answers.

The greatest number of respondents came from California, with 904 candidates answering Ballotpedia's survey. Incumbents accounted for 7.4% of respondents, with challengers making up the remaining 92.6%. Candidates running for state legislative offices were the largest group at 40.8% of respondents.

Survey statistics

By year

Respondents compared to total candidates

In 2024, Ballotpedia had 6,541 survey respondents out of 97,167 total candidates. Of those, 1,127 respondents and 68,921 candidates were part of Ballotpedia's expansion to collect surveys from local candidates beyond Ballotpedia's core coverage scope. Excluding the expansion project, 5,414 candidates took the survey out of 28,246, equaling a 19.2% completion rate.[2]

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Out of the 6,541 candidates who submitted a survey, 1,127 were part of a pilot program to collect surveys from local candidates outside of Ballotpedia's core coverage scope. As indicated below, these candidates have been excluded from some of the analysis that follows.
  2. ↑ Excluding candidates from Ballotpedia's 2024 ultra-local expansion project made the survey completion rate more comparable year over year.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  4. ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Selina Bliss's responses," May 7, 2024
  5. ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Kyra Harris Bolden's responses," October 11, 2024
  6. ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Claudia De La Cruz's responses," October 3, 2024
  7. ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Nicholas J. LaLota's responses," August 11, 2024
  8. ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Daniel Lurie's responses," October 1, 2024
  9. ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Chase Oliver's responses," April 26, 2024
  10. ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Josh Stein's responses," February 20, 2024
  11. ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Cornel West's responses," October 7, 2024
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