Short, timestamped items on elections in progress: filings, withdrawals, certified counts, recount triggers, registration deadlines and emergency court orders affecting how a vote is run. Context is limited to what changed. Built for campaign teams, election officials and reporters working against a deadline.
After Senator Lindsey Graham's death on July 11, Governor Henry McMaster appointed Darline Graham within days — and the November nominee will now be chosen by a special Republican primary rather than the June ballot.
Alexandria Lucas · August 1, 2026
California's measures had to qualify by June 25, Ohio's by July 1 — and with roughly 131 initiatives already certified nationally, the 2026 ballot-measure season is largely locked.
Alexandria Lucas · July 9, 2026
California, New Jersey and New Mexico voted June 2; Maine, Nevada, North Dakota and South Carolina followed June 9 — with California's open governor's race the cycle's largest contest to date.
Alexandria Lucas · June 16, 2026
Kentucky, Oregon and Pennsylvania shared the cycle's biggest primary date so far, running the same democratic function through a closed-primary, all-mail and hybrid system respectively.
Alexandria Lucas · May 25, 2026
Ohio's open governor's race — Republican Mike DeWine is term-limited — tops a two-state primary slate that begins the competitive core of the 2026 midterm calendar.
Christopher Lee · May 2, 2026