Election results, 2021
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This page is a hub for reporting the results of elections held on November 2, 2021.
Two states held gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial elections: New Jersey and Virginia. Virginia held an election for attorney general, and Pennsylvania for a seat on its state supreme court.
Three of the country's 99 state legislative chambers—two in New Jersey and one in Virginia—held regularly-scheduled elections in 2021. Elections in those three chambers represented 220 of the country's 7,383 state legislative seats (2.9%).
Two special elections and one special primary are being held for U.S. House seats in Florida's 20th, Ohio's 11th, and Ohio's 15th congressional districts.
Other elections across the country include 15 state judicial races, 24 statewide ballot measures, local ballot measures in 15 states, and municipal races.
On this page, you will find:
- Election updates: A timeline of elections results updated beginning November 2.
- State election results: Results from the gubernatorial, lieutenant gubernatorial, attorney general, and state supreme court elections.
- State legislative results: Results from state legislative races.
- U.S. House results: Results from the U.S. House special elections and primaries.
- Ballot measures: Results from statewide ballot measures.
- Local election results: Results from mayoral, school board, and other local elections.
- Elections by state: A clickable map with links to state-by-state election coverage.
- How we decide when to call an election: A summary of Ballotpedia's policy on calling an election.
Contents
- 1 Election updates
- 2 Number of votes cast in 2021 relative to previous elections
- 3 Gubernatorial election results by locality
- 4 State government trifectas
- 5 State government triplexes
- 6 State elections
- 7 State legislative elections
- 8 U.S. House special elections
- 9 Ballot measures
- 10 Local elections
- 11 Elections by state
- 12 How we decide when to call an election
- 13 Footnotes
- 14 See also
Election updates[edit]
Nov. 5, 2021
- 12:30 p.m.: Bruce Harrell won the Seattle, Washington, mayoral election. Additionally, Ann Davison won the general election for city attorney of Seattle. Davison and Nicole Thomas-Kennedy advanced from a top-two primary in which incumbent Pete Holmes placed third.
Nov. 4, 2021
- 1:45 p.m.: Edward R. Durr (R) defeated New Jersey State Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D) 52% to 48%. Durr, who had not previously held political office, reported raising $153 for his campaign.
Nov. 3, 2021
- 8:45 p.m.: Incumbent Phil Murphy (D) defeated Jack Ciattarelli (R) and three other candidates to win re-election as governor of New Jersey. Murphy is the first Democrat to win re-election as governor of New Jersey since Brendan Byrne in 1977.
- 5:30 p.m. Jason Miyares (R) defeated incumbent Mark Herring (D) to win election as Virginia attorney general. Herring was first elected in 2013. Miyares' win, along with Glenn Youngkin's (R) win in the gubernatorial election, means Virginia will have a Republican triplex after the election.
- 5:00 p.m.: Danielle Varda, Paula Reed, and Mary Parker won election to the Jeffco Public Schools school board in Colorado. The three ran together as the JeffCo Kids Slate with the endorsement of the local teachers' union.
- 4:15 p.m.: Democrats lost their majority in the Virginia House of Delegates, based on unofficial results with four races still uncalled. Democrats have lost at least five seats in this year's elections. The 100-seat chamber will either be split 50-50 or Republicans will have a majority at the start of the 2022 legislative session. To read what happens in the event of a 50-50 split, click here.
- 3:30 p.m.: Incumbent Jacob Frey (D) won the Minneapolis, Minnesota, mayoral election. The city used ranked-choice voting in the election.
- 1:40 p.m.: The Minneapolis, Minnesota, mayoral election remains uncalled. The city used ranked-choice voting in the election. Voters could rank up to three candidates on their ballot. Initial election results showing voters' first-choice candidates are available, but will be re-tabulated as no candidate received a majority of first-preference votes.
- 12:30 p.m.: No partisan changes in mayor's offices in the 100 largest cities had occurred as a result of the Nov. 2 elections. Election results were pending in six of those cities, all of which had Democratic incumbents. New Orleans, Louisiana, will hold a mayoral election on Nov. 13, with a possible second election on Dec. 11.
- 11:30 a.m.: New York voters rejected Proposal 1 (Redistricting Changes Amendment), Proposal 3 (Remove 10-Day-Advance Voter Registration Requirement Amendment), and Proposal 4 (Allow for No-Excuse Absentee Voting Amendment).
- 11:20 a.m.: Republicans picked up a seat in the Texas House of Representatives. In the District 118 special general runoff election, John Lujan (R) defeated Frank Ramirez (D) 51.2% to 48.8%. Joe Biden (D) won the San Antonio-area district by 14 percentage points in 2020.
- 9:45 a.m.: With 11 uncalled races in the Virginia House of Delegates, Democrats will hold at least 44 seats in the chamber and Republicans will hold at least 45. Democrats had a 55-seat majority heading into the election. Some media outlets, like the Virginia Public Access Project, have projected a 51-seat Republican majority.[1]
- 9:30 a.m.: Voters in Minneapolis and St. Paul approved ballot measures related to rent control. Minneapolis Question 3, the Allow for Rent Control Amendment, will allow the city council to enact a rent control ordinance, if it passes one. St. Paul Question 3, the Limits on Rent Increases Initiative was designed to limit rent increases to no more than 3% per year.
- 2:50 a.m.: Kevin Brobson (R) defeated Maria McLaughlin (D) to win election to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Incumbent Thomas Saylor (R) had reached the mandatory retirement age. Brobson's win preserves the court's existing 5-2 Democratic majority.
- 1:30 a.m.: Paula Jones, Younass Mohamed Barkouch, and Natalia Ioffe won election to the three at-large open seats on the Jersey City Public Schools school board. As a result, candidates backed by the New Jersey Education Association will maintain their 7-2 majority on the board.
- 1:30 a.m.: Politico reported that the Democratic primary in Florida's 20th Congressional District special election would go to a recount. Florida law requires an automatic recount if a candidate or measure is defeated by less than 0.5% of the total votes cast.[2]
- 1:15 a.m.: Winsome Sears (R) won the election for lieutenant governor of Virginia, defeating Hala Ayala (D). Sears will succeed Justin Fairfax (D).
- 1:00 a.m.: Texas voters approved all eight statewide ballot measures on the Nov. 2 ballot.
- 12:45 a.m.: Glenn Youngkin (R) won the election for governor of Virginia, defeating former Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D). Youngkin will succeed term-limited incumbent Ralph Northam (D). Youngkin's victory will change Virginia's trifecta status from a Democratic trifecta to divided government.
- Youngkin completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey. Click here to read his responses.
- 12:15 a.m.: Justin Bibb won the Cleveland, Ohio, mayoral election. Though the election was nonpartisan, Bibb is a Democrat and will succeed incumbent Democrat Frank Jackson.
Nov. 2, 2021
- 11:05 p.m.: Michelle Wu won the Boston, Massachusetts, mayoral election. Though the election was nonpartisan, Wu is a Democrat and will succeed Democrat Acting Mayor Kim Janey.
- Wu completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey. Click here to read her responses.
- 11:00 p.m.: Cleveland, Ohio voters approved Issue 24, the Community Police Commission and Police Oversight Initiative. The initiative amends the city charter to make changes related to police oversight, discipline, and policies, including by creating the Community Police Commission to oversee police conduct investigations.
- 10:45 p.m.: Mike Carey (R) won the special election in Ohio's 15th Congressional District. Carey will fill the seat vacated by former Rep. Steve Stivers (R).
- 10:30 p.m.: Aftab Pureval won the Cincinnati, Ohio, mayoral election. Though the election was nonpartisan, Pureval is a Democrat and will succeed Democrat John Cranley.
- 10:00 p.m.: Minneapolis, Minnesota voters rejected Question 2, the Replace Police Department with Department of Public Safety Initiative. If approved, the charter amendment would have replaced the Minneapolis Police Department with a Department of Public Safety (DPS).
- 9:30 p.m.: Eric Adams (D) won the New York City, New York, mayoral election.
- 9:10 p.m.: In Miami, Florida, Mayor Francis Suarez won re-election. Though the election was nonpartisan, Suarez is affiliated with the Republican Party. Christine King defeated incumbent Jeffrey Watson for the District 5 seat on the City Commission, and incumbent Joe Carollo won re-election to the District 3 seat.
- 8:35 p.m.: Esteban "Steve" Bovo won the Hialeah, Florida, mayoral election. With 88 percent of precincts reporting, Bovo received 59 percent of the vote. If no candidate had received a majority, the top-two candidates would have competed in a Nov. 16 general election. Though the election was nonpartisan, Bovo is affiliated with the Republican Party and will succeed Republican Carlos Hernandez.
- 8:25 p.m.: Shontel Brown (D) won the special election in Ohio's 11th Congressional District. Brown will fill the seat vacated by Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge (D).
- 8:00 p.m.: Polls closed in New Jersey.
- 7:50 p.m.: Ken Welch won the St. Petersburg, Florida, mayoral election. Though the election was nonpartisan, Welch is a registered Democrat and will succeed Democrat Rick Kriseman.
- 7:00 p.m.: Polls closed in Virginia.
Number of votes cast in 2021 relative to previous elections[edit]
Statewide elections[edit]
Both New Jersey and Virginia recorded more votes cast in the 2021 gubernatorial election than in the 2017 gubernatorial election, although neither state recorded more votes cast in 2021 than in the 2020 or 2016 presidential elections.
Mayoral elections[edit]
This chart compares the overall number of votes cast in nine mayoral battleground elections in 2021 with the number of votes cast in the same cities' 2017 mayoral elections.
The largest turnout increase was in Hialeah, Florida, with 48.1% more votes cast in 2021 than in 2017. Three other cities had an increase in votes cast of 30% or more—Minneapolis (37.4%), Buffalo (32.8%), and Boston (32.3%).
Four cities had a similar number of votes cast in 2021 relative to 2017. St. Petersburg, Florida, registered a 1.3% increase. In Atlanta, the number of votes was down 0.7%, with a 5.5% decrease in Cleveland and a 5.6% decrease in Seattle.
The only city with a decrease in turnout above 5% was Cincinnati, where 17.7% fewer votes were cast in 2021 relative to 2017.
Gubernatorial election results by locality[edit]
This section compares the number of votes cast for major party candidates for governor of New Jersey and Virginia in 2021 to the same elections in 2017. In both states, Democratic candidates received more votes in 2021 than in 2017 in the majority of localities, while Republican candidates received more votes in 2021 than in 2017 in every locality.
New Jersey[edit]
The three counties with the largest increase in Democratic votes cast were Hunterdon County (26.2%), Ocean County (18.72%), and Morris County (18.58%). The counties with the largest decrease were Salem County (14.4%), Cumberland County (13.6%), and Atlantic County (8.0%).
The three counties with the largest increase in Republican votes cast were Gloucester County (66.0%), Atlantic County (52.6%), and Hudson County (51.7%). The counties with the smallest increase were Mercer County (7.1%), Somerset County (16.7%), and Middlesex County (18.7%).
Virginia[edit]
- See also: Virginia gubernatorial election, 2021
The three localities with the largest increase in Democratic vote totals between 2017 and 2021 were Spotsylvania County (33.9%), Frederick County (33.1%), and Stafford County (32.8%). The three with the largest decrease were Lee County (32.4%), Williamsburg City (15.2%), and Buchanan County (15.0%).
The three localities with the largest increase in Republican vote totals between 2017 and 2021 were Warren County (67.9%), Caroline County (66.9%), and King George County (65.4%). The three with the smallest increase in Republican vote totals were Emporia City (2.9%), Martinsville City (12.5%), and Williamsburg City (13.6%).
State government trifectas[edit]
Virginia was the only state whose trifecta status changed as a result of the 2021 elections. Republicans gained control of the governorship and broke the Democratic state House majority, ending a Democratic trifecta that had been in place since the 2019 elections.
State government triplexes[edit]
Virginia was the only state whose triplex status changed as a result of the 2021 elections. Republicans Glenn Youngkin (R) and Jason Miyares (R) won the gubernatorial and attorney general elections, respectively, replacing the state's Democratic triplex with a Republican triplex. In Virginia, the secretary of state is appointed by the governor.
State elections[edit]
Control of one governorship changed as a result of the November 2, 2021 elections, leaving Republicans with 28 governorships nationwide and Democrats with 22.
In Virginia, Glenn Youngkin (R) defeated Terry McAuliffe (D), flipping partisan control of the state's governorship. Youngkin is the first Republican to win election as governor of Virginia since Bob McDonnell (R) in 2009.
In New Jersey, incumbent Phil Murphy (D) defeated Jack Ciattarelli (R) and three other candidates to win re-election. Murphy is the first Democrat to win re-election as governor of New Jersey since Brendan Byrne (D) in 1977. Statewide offices up for election on Nov. 2 included gubernatorial seats, lieutenant gubernatorial seats, an attorney general seat, and a state supreme court seat.
New Jersey governor and lieutenant governor[edit]
General election for Governor of New Jersey
Candidate |
% |
Votes |
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| ✔ |
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Phil Murphy (D) |
50.5
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1,254,349 |
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Jack Ciattarelli (R) |
48.7
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1,210,068 | |
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Madelyn Hoffman (G) 
|
0.3
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7,803 | |
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Gregg Mele (L) |
0.3
|
7,309 | |
|
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Joanne Kuniansky (Socialist Workers Party) |
0.1
|
3,660 | |
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Total votes: 2,483,189 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Robert Edward Forchion Jr. (Legalize Marihuana Party)
- David Winkler (Independent)
- Justin Maldonado (Independent)
Pennsylvania Supreme Court[edit]
General election for Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Candidate |
% |
Votes |
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| ✔ |
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Kevin Brobson (R) |
52.2
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1,364,138 |
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Maria McLaughlin (D) |
47.8
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1,249,738 | |
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Total votes: 2,613,876 | |||
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Virginia governor[edit]
- See also: Virginia gubernatorial election, 2021
General election for Governor of Virginia
Candidate |
% |
Votes |
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| ✔ |
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Glenn Youngkin (R)
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50.8
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1,658,647 |
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Terry McAuliffe (D) |
48.4
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1,579,532 | |
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Princess Blanding (Liberation Party)
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0.7
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22,548 | |
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Paul Davis (Independent) (Write-in)
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0 | |
| Other/Write-in votes |
0.1
|
2,702 | ||
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Total votes: 3,263,429 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Brad Froman (Independent)
Virginia lieutenant governor[edit]
General election for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia
Candidate |
% |
Votes |
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| ✔ |
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Winsome Sears (R) |
50.9
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1,656,473 |
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Hala Ayala (D) |
49.1
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1,596,373 | |
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Total votes: 3,252,846 (94.90% precincts reporting) |
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Bobby Junes (Independent)
Virginia attorney general[edit]
- See also: Virginia Attorney General election, 2021
General election for Attorney General of Virginia
Candidate |
% |
Votes |
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| ✔ |
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Jason Miyares (R)
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50.6
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1,644,815 |
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Mark Herring (D) |
49.3
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1,601,189 | |
| Other/Write-in votes |
0.1
|
2,711 | ||
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Total votes: 3,248,715 (96.00% precincts reporting) |
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State legislative elections[edit]
- See also: State legislative elections, 2021
Three of the country's 99 state legislative chambers held regularly-scheduled elections on Nov. 2, 2021. Elections in those three chambers represented 220 of the country's 7,383 state legislative seats (2.9%).
Battlegrounds[edit]
Virginia House of Delegates[edit]
Virginia's state representatives are elected to a two-year term that begins on the second Wednesday in January after the election. In 2019, Democrats won control of the chamber with a 55-45 majority. Republicans needed to gain six seats to take control of the chamber in 2021. Democrats needed to hold at least 51 seats to maintain their majority.
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Virginia House of Delegates general election 2021
- Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office 
Democratic
RepublicanOther District 1 Did not make the ballot:
Christopher Tomlinson
Terry Kilgore (i)
District 2 Candi King (i)
District 3 Did not make the ballot:
Lasandra Thompson
James Morefield (i)
District 4 Did not make the ballot:
Leslie Merris
Did not make the ballot:
Andrew Rose (Libertarian Party)
District 5 Did not make the ballot:
Mathew Matsunaga
Israel O'Quinn (i)
District 6 Did not make the ballot:
Lily Formato
Jeffrey Campbell (i)
District 7 District 8 Dustin Wimbish (unofficially withdrew)
Joseph McNamara (i)
District 9 District 10 Wendy Gooditis (i)
District 11 S. Rasoul (i)
District 12 Chris Hurst (i)
District 13 Danica Roem (i)
District 14 Danny Marshall (i)
District 15 Todd Gilbert (i)
District 16 Les Adams (i)
District 17 Did not make the ballot:
Becca Keeney
Chris Head (i)
District 18 Michael Webert (i)
District 19 Terry Austin (i)
Dean Davison (Libertarian Party)
District 20 John Avoli (i)
District 21 District 22 Kathy Byron (i)
Sarah Jerose (Libertarian Party)
District 23 Wendell Walker (i)
District 24 Ronnie Campbell (i)
District 25 Chris Runion (i)
District 26 Tony Wilt (i)
District 27 Roxann Robinson (i)
Did not make the ballot:
Henry Staruk III (Independent)
District 28 Joshua Cole (i)
District 29 Bill Wiley (i)
District 30 Nick Freitas (i)
District 31 Elizabeth Guzman (i)
District 32 David Reid (i)
Nicholas Allegro (Independent)
District 33 Dave LaRock (i)
District 34 District 35 Mark Keam (i)
District 36 Ken Plum (i)
District 37 David Bulova (i)
District 38 Kaye Kory (i)
District 39 Vivian Watts (i)
Nathan Falu Febres (Independent Green Party of Virginia) (Write-in)
Did not make the ballot:
Nathan Falu Febres (Independent Green Party of Virginia)
District 40 Dan Helmer (i)
District 41 District 42 Kathy Tran (i)
District 43 Mark Sickles (i)
Aveesh Jain (Independent) (Write-in)
District 44 Paul Krizek (i)
District 45 District 46 Did not make the ballot:
Kyle Rooney
District 47 Patrick Hope (i)
District 48 District 49 Alfonso Lopez (i)
Terry Modglin (Independent)
District 50 District 51 District 52 Luke Torian (i)
District 53 Marcus Simon (i)
District 54 Bobby Orrock (i)
District 55 Buddy Fowler (i)
District 56 John McGuire (i)
District 57 Sally Hudson (i)
District 58 Rob Bell (i)
District 59 Matt Fariss (i)
Louis Scicli (Independent)
District 60 Did not make the ballot:
Daryl Haskins
James Edmunds II (i)
District 61 Tommy Wright (i)
Joseph Paschal (Libertarian Party)
District 62 Carrie Coyner (i)
District 63 Lashrecse Aird (i)
District 64 Emily Brewer (i)
District 65 Lee Ware (i)
District 66 District 67 Karrie Delaney (i)
District 68 Dawn Adams (i)
District 69 Betsy Carr (i)
District 70 Delores McQuinn (i)
David Vaught (Independent)
Did not make the ballot:
William Hawkins (Libertarian Party)
District 71 Jeff Bourne (i)
District 72 District 73 Rodney Willett (i)
District 74 Lamont Bagby (i)
District 75 Roz Tyler (i)
Did not make the ballot:
Kimberly Nadine Lowe
District 76 Clinton Jenkins (i)
Craig Warren (Independent)
District 77 Cliff Hayes (i)
District 78 Did not make the ballot:
Robert Stuart
Jay Leftwich (i)
District 79 District 80 Don Scott (i)
Did not make the ballot:
Thomas DuBois (Independent)
District 81 Barry Knight (i)
Did not make the ballot:
Jeff Staples (Independent)
District 82 District 83 Nancy Guy (i)
District 84 Glenn Davis (i)
District 85 Alex Askew (i)
District 86 District 87 District 88 Did not make the ballot:
Ashton Spencer
Timothy Lewis (Libertarian Party)
District 89 Jerrauld Jones (i)
District 90 District 91 Martha Mugler (i)
Charles West (Libertarian Party)
District 92 Jeion Ward (i)
District 93 District 94 Shelly Simonds (i)
District 95 Marcia Price (i)
District 96 Amanda Batten (i)
District 97 Scott Wyatt (i)
District 98 Keith Hodges (i)
District 99 Margaret Ransone (i)
Did not make the ballot:
Robert Easingwood (Independent)
District 100 Robert Bloxom (i)
Other state legislative elections[edit]
U.S. House special elections[edit]
Two special elections and one special primary were held for U.S. House seats in Florida's 20th, Ohio's 11th, and Ohio's 15th congressional districts.
Battlegrounds[edit]
Florida's 20th Congressional District special Democratic primary[edit]
The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
Special Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 20
Candidate |
% |
Votes |
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| ✔ |
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Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick |
23.8
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11,662 |
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Dale Holness |
23.8
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11,657 | |
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Barbara Sharief |
17.7
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8,684 | |
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Perry Thurston |
14.8
|
7,283 | |
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Bobby DuBose |
7.0
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3,458 | |
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Omari Hardy |
5.9
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2,902 | |
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Priscilla Taylor |
3.4
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1,677 | |
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Elvin Dowling |
1.3
|
646 | |
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Emmanuel Morel |
0.9
|
454 | |
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Phil Jackson |
0.7
|
343 | |
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Imran Siddiqui |
0.6
|
316 | |
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Total votes: 49,082 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Matt Boswell (D)
- Krystal Jordan (D)
- Dwight Anderson (D)
- Natalia Allen (D)
- Pradel Vilme (D)
Other U.S. House elections[edit]
- Florida's 20th Congressional District special election, 2022 (November 2, 2021, Republican primary)
- Ohio's 11th Congressional District special election, 2021
- Ohio's 15th Congressional District special election, 2021
Ballot measures[edit]
- See also: 2021 ballot measure election results
Twenty-four statewide ballot measures across Colorado, Maine, New Jersey, New York, Texas, and Washington were certified for the Nov. 2 ballot.
- Colorado Amendment 78, Custodial Fund Appropriations Initiative (2021)
- Colorado Proposition 119, Creation of Out-of-School Education Program and Marijuana Sales Tax Increase Initiative (2021)
- Colorado Proposition 120, Reduce Property Tax Rates and Retain $25 Million in TABOR Surplus Revenue Initiative (2021)
- Maine Question 1, Electric Transmission Line Restrictions and Legislative Approval Initiative (2021)
- Maine Question 2, Transportation Infrastructure Bond Issue (2021)
- Maine Question 3, Right to Produce, Harvest, and Consume Food Amendment (2021)
- New Jersey Public Question 1, Sports Betting on State College Athletics Amendment (2021)
- New Jersey Public Question 2, Raffle Money for Organizations Amendment (2021)
- New York Proposal 1, Redistricting Changes Amendment (2021)
- New York Proposal 2, Environmental Rights Amendment (2021)
- New York Proposal 3, Remove 10-Day-Advance Voter Registration Requirement Amendment (2021)
- New York Proposal 4, Allow for No-Excuse Absentee Voting Amendment (2021)
- New York Proposal 5, NYC Civil Court Jurisdiction Amendment (2021)
- Texas Proposition 1, Authorize Charitable Raffles at Rodeo Venues Amendment (2021)
- Texas Proposition 2, Authorize Counties to Issue Infrastructure Bonds in Blighted Areas Amendment (2021)
- Texas Proposition 3, Prohibition on Limiting Religious Services or Organizations Amendment (2021)
- Texas Proposition 4, Changes to Eligibility for Certain Judicial Offices Amendment (2021)
- Texas Proposition 5, State Commission on Judicial Conduct Authority Over Candidates for Judicial Office Amendment (2021)
- Texas Proposition 6, Right to Designated Essential Caregiver Amendment (2021)
- Texas Proposition 7, Homestead Tax Limit for Surviving Spouses of Disabled Individuals Amendment (2021)
- Texas Proposition 8, Homestead Tax Exemption for Surviving Spouses of Military Fatally Injured in the Line of Duty Amendment (2021)
- Washington Advisory Vote 36, Nonbinding Question on Telephone Tax to Fund Behavioral Health Crisis Response and Suicide Prevention (2021)
- Washington Advisory Vote 37, Nonbinding Question on Capital Gains Tax to Fund Education and Child Care (2021)
- Washington Advisory Vote 38, Nonbinding Question on Captive Insurers Tax (2021)
Local elections[edit]
Last updated at 4:30 p.m. ET on Nov. 8, 2021
Elections on Nov. 2, 2021, did not result in mayoral offices changing partisan control in any of the 100 largest U.S. cities by population.
Seventeen top-100 cities held general elections for mayor on Nov. 2. The election in Atlanta, Georgia, advanced to a runoff. Additionally, one Nov. 2 mayoral primary resulted in a mayor being elected outright in Hialeah, Florida.
Heading into the Nov. 2 election, 63 of the 100 largest cities' mayors were Democrats, 26 were Republicans, 10 were either nonpartisan or independent, and one mayor's affiliation was unknown. Two partisan changes had occurred earlier in 2021:
- Mayor John J. Lee of North Las Vegas, Nevada, announced that he was changing his party affiliation from Democratic to Republican on April 6, 2021.[3]
- David Bronson (R) assumed office as mayor of Anchorage, Alaska, on July 1, 2021, replacing nonpartisan Acting Mayor Austin Quinn-Davidson, who assumed office following the resignation of Ethan Berkowitz (D).[4]
New Orleans, Louisiana, held a primary for mayor on November 13, 2021. A general election, if needed, is scheduled for December 11, 2021.
In cities where mayoral elections are nonpartisan, Ballotpedia uses one or more of the following sources to identify each officeholder’s partisan affiliation: (1) direct communication from the officeholder, (2) current or previous candidacy for partisan office, or (3) identification of partisan affiliation by multiple media outlets.
Additionally, on Nov. 2, Ballotpedia covered elections for 202 school board seats in 60 school districts.
We also tracked 88 school districts that held elections on Nov. 2 where we found race in education, responses to the coronavirus pandemic, or sex and gender in schools have been brought up as campaign issues. Click here for the list of elections.
Battlegrounds[edit]
Other local elections[edit]
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1.) Type of office
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For the first criteria, we make a distinction between top-ballot offices and down-ballot offices. Top-ballot offices include U.S. President, U.S. Congress, and state governor. Down-ballot offices include all other elected state, local, and territorial positions.
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Footnotes[edit]
- ↑ Twitter, "Virginia Public Access Projects," November 3, 2021, 1:23a.m.
- ↑ Politico, "With no clear winner, the Democratic primary for Florida's 20th Congressional District will go to a recount.," accessed November 3, 2021, 1:25 a.m.
- ↑ Las Vegas Review-Journal, "North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee says he’s becoming a Republican," April 6, 2021
- ↑ Anchorage Daily News, "Dave Bronson sworn in as mayor of Anchorage," July 1, 2021
See also[edit]
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