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18 changes to the candidate list. Calendar Update - Virginia primary date has changed.
by TheGreenPapers.com Staff

18 changes to the candidate list:

Alabama: Lieutenant Governor: Dean Odle (Republican) - apparently not a candidate.

California: House CD 30: Cameron Tennyson (Democratic) - added.

Georgia: Governor: state Representative Ruwa Romman (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate.

Idaho: Senate Class 2: Denny LaVé (Republican) - added.

Kansas: House CD 3: Sarah Preu (Democratic) - added.

Minnesota: House CD 8: Wendell Smith (Democratic-Farmer Labor) - added.

Nevada: House CD 1: Anthony Thomas, Jr. (Independent) - added. Secretary of State: former state Assembly Member Sharron Angle (Republican) - added.

Texas: House CD 23: Benjamin E. Mendoza (Independent) - added; Matthew Hamilton Schaub (Independent) - added. House CD 27: Travis Daniel McQueen (Independent) - added. House CD 28: Francisco Javier Martinez (Independent) - added. House CD 31: Larice Natashia Woods (Independent) - added. House CD 33: Brent Alan Brown (Independent) - added; Payton Karley Jackson (Independent) - added; William Bradley Tucker (Independent) - added.

Virginia: House CD 2: Makiba Gaines (Independent) - added. House CD 5: Gabriella Michele Bedsworth (Democratic) - added.

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2026 Calendar

Pennsylvania
- Filing - Primary on 17 February - 10 March 2026 is updated.
- Filing - Independent/Third/Minor on 11 March - 3 August 2026 is updated.
Virginia
- Filing - Independent/Third/Minor (US House) on 2 January - 4 August 2026 is updated.
- Filing - Primary (US House) on 2 January - 26 May 2026 is updated.
- Filing - Primary (US Senate) on 2 January - 2 April 2026 is added.
- Filing - Independent/Third/Minor (US Senate) on 2 January - 16 June 2026 is added.
- Primary on 4 August 2026 is updated.

38 changes to the candidate list.
by TheGreenPapers.com Staff

38 changes to the candidate list:

Alaska: Governor: Meda DeWitt (Nonpartisan) - added.

Arizona: House CD 1: David Wayne Redkey (Democratic, Green) - previously listed as Democratic.

California: House CD 50: Adam Huntington (Republican) - added.

District of Columbia: Mayor: David Gatling (Democratic) - added.

Indiana: House CD 1: Richard Benedict Mayers (Republican) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 3: Phillip D. "Phil" Beachy (Write-in [Independent]) - added. House CD 4: Robert Walter Lovely (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate.

Maryland: House CD 2: Enrico Bailey, Jr. (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Ryan Metzgar (Republican) - added; Dave Wallace (Republican) - added; Gerard William Wittstadt, Jr. (Republican) - added. House CD 4: Khyre Edwards (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 5: Jonathan Burruss (Unaffiliated) - previously listed as Unaffiliated [Write-in]; Mildred Marie Hall (Write-in [Other Candidates]) - previously listed as Other Candidates. House CD 6: Chris Hyser (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; former state Delegate Neil Conrad Parrott (Republican) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 7: Hadley Ophelia Anthony (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. Comptroller: Comptroller Brooke Elizabeth Lierman (Democratic) - added as candidate.

Missouri: House CD 5: Taylor Burks (Republican) - added; Bradley M. Patty (Republican) - added.

New Mexico: Senate Class 2: Cameron Alton Chick, Sr. (Independent) - added.

New York: House CD 7: Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso (Democratic, Working Families) - previously listed as Democratic. House CD 8: Richard Simmons (Republican) - added.

Tennessee: Senate Class 2: Andrew Gerena (Independent) - added; Jeffrey Steven Warren (Democratic) - added. Governor: Barry E. "Butch" Wilmore (Republican) - added. House CD 3: Edward J. Roland, V (Independent) - added. House CD 6: J.K. Brister (Republican) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 8: Horace Taylor (Independent) - added.

Texas: House CD 16: Rene Nicholas Fierro (Independent) - added. House CD 17: Stanton Joseph Michael Collins, Jr. (Independent) - added. House CD 18: Valencia Lana Williams (Independent) - added. House CD 19: Michael Ismael Garcia (Independent) - added. House CD 20: Adam Neil Jonasz (Independent) - added; Gerard Anthony Villalobos (Independent) - added.

Utah: House CD 1: Anthony "Toni" Tomkins (Democratic) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 2.

Virginia: House CD 2: Michael "Mike" Williamson (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate.

Wyoming: Secretary of State: Bryan McCarty (Democratic) - added.

41 changes to the candidate list.
by TheGreenPapers.com Staff

41 changes to the candidate list:

Arizona: Attorney General: Greg Roeberg (Republican) - apparently not a candidate.

California: House CD 1 Special: state Senator Mike McGuire (Democratic) - added. House CD 11: Marie Hurabiell (Democratic) - added.

Colorado: House CD 6: Joshua "Napoleon IX" Abblett (Green) - added.

Florida: Governor: Bill Slater (Write-in [Democratic]) - previously listed as Democratic.

Georgia: House CD 11: Rob Adkerson (Republican) - added.

Hawaii: House CD 1: Ku Lono "Bobby" Cuadra (Libertarian, Republican) - added. House CD 2: Ku Lono "Bobby" Cuadra (Libertarian, Republican) - added.

Idaho: Governor: Maxine Durand (Democratic) - previously listed as Independent; Ethan Giles (Republican) - added; Governor Brad Little (Republican) - added as candidate. Controller: Rakesh Mohan (Democratic) - added.

Maryland: Governor: state Delegate Christopher "Eric" Bouchat (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Douglas Larcomb (Republican) - added. House CD 3: John White (Republican) - added. House CD 4: Anthony Field (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 5: Rushern L. Baker, III (Democratic) - added; Chris Chaffee (Republican) - added; Keith Salkowski (Democratic) - added; Kenneth "Kenny" Simons (Democratic) - added. House CD 8: Boris Kabel Velasquez (Democratic) - added; Michael Yadeta (Republican) - added.

Montana: House CD 2: Jonathan Windy Boy (Democratic) - added.

Nebraska: House CD 2: Melanie Williams (Democratic) - added.

New York: House CD 12: Jami Floyd (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 24: Todd Sloan (Independent) - added.

Ohio: House CD 2: Kenneth Jacob Dietz (Libertarian) - added.

Oregon: Senate Class 2: Joseph C. "Joe" Johnson (Republican) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 1: John Verbeek (Republican) - added. House CD 2: Chris L. Beck (Democratic) - added; Steve William Laible (Democratic) - added.

Tennessee: House CD 1: Christopher T. Campbell (Independent) - added. House CD 5: Micheal O'Leary (Republican) - added.

Texas: House CD 1: Nathan Levin Jackson (Independent) - added. House CD 7: Royce Donald Brough, Jr. (Independent) - added; Roberto Conrado Centeno (Independent) - added. House CD 11: Sean Michael Benson (Independent) - added; John Patrick Fardal (Independent) - added.

Utah: House CD 1: Michael Farrell (Democratic) - added; Riley Montgomery Owen (Republican) - added.

Wyoming: House At-Large: David Giralt (Republican) - added.

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