By Ballotpedia’s Congressional and State legislative teams The fast-moving primary season of May and June continues tomorrow with elections in Idaho, Nebraska and Oregon. In Oregon, voters will decided on five U.S. House races and 74 state legislative seats. Contested Primaries in Oregon — May 15, 2012 U.S. House (5 seats) State Legislature (74 seats) Total Democratic Contested Primaries 2 (40%) 6 (8.11%) Total Republican Contested Primaries 3 [...]

By Ballotpedia’s state executive team CHARLESTON, WV: Six state executive office are up for election in West Virginia this year. Primary elections will be held for three of the offices: governor, treasurer and agriculture commissioner. The other offices - secretary of state, attorney general and auditor - have only one Republican and one Democrat running for each, and will not be on the ballot. Five incumbents are seeking re-election and only [...]

By: Geoff Pallay SANTA FE, New Mexico: There are 42 State Senate and 70 State House seats up for election this year. On June 5, there will be 22 contested Senate primaries and 30 contested House primaries. A contested primary is one in which at least two candidates will appear, giving voters a choice when casting their ballot. With 224 possible party [...]

By Geoff Pallay See also: For the state executive election results, see this story HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania primary election arrived today, with state voters flocking to the polls to decide which congressional and state legislative candidates they wanted to see in the general election this November. Party primaries were held for 18 U.S. House [...]

CHEYENNE, Wyoming: The Fremont County Commission seat currently held by Pat Hickerson, District 4, will appear on this year’s general election ballot in November as a two-year term. The decision was made by the Fremont County Commission in order to address a concern that some voters would feel disenfranchised as a result of moving district boundaries due to the 2010 Census. [...]

By Maresa Strano NASHVILLE, Tennessee:Pending approval by Tennessee’s Senate Finance Committee, the majority of this session’s General Assembly, and then two-thirds of the next consecutive General Assembly, a resolution to change the state’s current qualifications and selection process for the state’s top law enforcement officer is poised to reach voters via statewide referendum as early as [...]

ATLANTA, Georgia: Last week, on March 6, Georgian residents had their chance to vote on their preferred presidential candidate as well as some local issues. Many communities in Georgia had the chance to decide on allowing Sunday alcohol sales in their areas, allowing their communities to go “wet.” There were 27 communities in the state that had [...]

HELENA, Montana: State Representative Franke Wilmer (D) filed for the U.S. House seat on Wednesday, committing to fight for giving people a fair chance to achieve the American dream. She is one of seven candidates currently seeking the Democratic nomination for the open U.S. House seat.[1] Wilmer said that if elected, she would continue working [...]

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island: Republicans are looking to file a lawsuit against the new districts which were approved by a bill on February 8. Republicans are claiming that the new lines are for political reasons only in order to help Democrats in the state. The main argument is with Districts 47 and 48, where only around [...]

By Greg Janetka DES MOINES, Iowa: Auditor of State David Vaudt (R) said both Democratic and Republican legislators are guilty of issuing obfuscated budget proposals, releasing targets that are “impossible to evaluate” and including proposals that cannot be accomplished.[1] Last month, Gov. Terry Branstad issued a proposed budget of $6.244 billion, which included an increase [...]