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189 changes to the candidate list. Recap of 18 August: Primaries in ALASKA, FLORIDA and WYOMING; Special U.S. House Election in CALIFORNIA's 14th CD. Member of Congress Cory Lee Mills (FL, CD 7, R)
by TheGreenPapers.com Staff

189 changes to the candidate list:

Alaska (18 August primary partial recap): Senate Class 2: Senator Dan S. Sullivan (Republican) - On Ballot; Dustin Thomas House Darden (Republican) - lost Primary; Fred C. Grauberger (Republican) - lost Primary; Richard Grayson (Green) - lost Primary; Carol "Kitty" Hafner (Democratic) - lost Primary; Sidney I. "Sid" Hill (Undeclared) - lost Primary; Scott A. Kohlhaas (Libertarian) - lost Primary; Richard B. Mayers (Republican) - lost Primary; Heather G. McElwain (Republican) - lost Primary; Reece J. Roberts (Nonpartisan) - lost Primary; Shirley A. Saucerman (Nonpartisan) - lost Primary; Earl D. "Skip" Southworth (Alaskan) - lost Primary. Governor: former state Revenue Commissioner Adam Crum (Republican) - lost Primary; Matanuska-Susitna Borough Mayor Edna DeVries (Republican) - lost Primary; Meda DeWitt (Nonpartisan) - lost Primary; Michael Loren Gilbert (Republican) - lost Primary; Matt Andrew Heilala (Republican) - lost Primary; former state Senator Shelley Hughes (Republican) - lost Primary; Henry F. "Hank" Kroll (Republican, Undeclared) - lost Primary; former state Senator Lesil L. McGuire (Republican) - lost Primary; former Angoon City Council Member James Willia"JP4" Parkin, IV (Democratic, Republican) - lost Primary; Destry J. Payne, Sr. (Undeclared) - lost Primary; former Governor Bill Walker (Nonpartisan) - lost Primary. House At-Large: Member of Congress Nicholas "Nick" Begich, III (Republican) - On Ballot; David R. Ambrose, II (Nonpartisan) - lost Primary; Lady Donna Dutchess (Nonpartisan) - lost Primary; John E. Foddrill, Sr. (Libertarian) - lost Primary; Eddie Goldfarb (Republican) - lost Primary; James C. "Jim" McDermott (Libertarian) - lost Primary; Yaquelin Reynoso (Democratic) - lost Primary; David Richey (Nonpartisan) - lost Primary; Melanie A. Salazar (Nonpartisan) - lost Primary; Matthew Christopher "Bronco" Williams (Undeclared) - lost Primary.

Florida (18 August primary recap): Senate Class 3 Special: Christopher "Chris" Gleason (Republican) - lost Primary; Neelam Taneja Perry (Republican) - lost Primary; Ernest John "Ernie" Rivera (Republican) - lost Primary; Alexander "Alex" Vindman (Democratic) - lost Primary. Governor: Evelyn Castillo-Bach (Democratic) - lost Primary; Lieutenant Governor Jay Collins (Republican) - lost Primary; Thomas Eloy Fernandez (Democratic) - lost Primary; James Fishback (Republican) - lost Primary; Dayna Marie Foster (Democratic) - lost Primary; Jim Holcomb (Republican) - lost Primary; state Representative Dotie Joseph (Democratic) - lost Primary; Arthur Joseph McCaffrey (Republican) - lost Primary; Daniel Nokovich (Republican) - lost Primary; Kenneth Stephann "Stephann" Norman (Democratic) - lost Primary; former state Representative Paul Renner (Republican) - lost Primary; Rachel Rodriguez (Republican) - lost Primary; James Walker Shaw (Republican) - lost Primary; Caneste Succe (Republican) - lost Primary; Robert Edward "Bobby" Williams, Jr. (Republican) - lost Primary. House CD 1: Member of Congress Jimmy Patronis, Jr. (Republican) - Renominated; Douglas Connor "Doug" Chico (Republican) - lost Primary; John Frankman (Republican) - lost Primary. House CD 2: Huy-Yen Cam "Yen" Bailey (Democratic) - lost Primary; Brice Barnes (Democratic) - lost Primary; Keith Gross (Republican) - lost Primary; Lee Jon Jones (Republican) - lost Primary; Nicholas Justin "Nick" Lewis (Republican) - lost Primary; Luke Murphy (Republican) - lost Primary; Gulf District School Superintendent Jim Norton (Republican) - lost Primary; Evan Power (Republican) - lost Primary; Audie Rowell (Republican) - lost Primary; Nicholas "Nic" Zateslo (Democratic) - lost Primary. House CD 3: Troy Albers (Democratic) - lost Primary; George Emil Hubac (Democratic) - lost Primary; Thomas Beckwith "Tom" Wells (Democratic) - lost Primary. House CD 4: Michael Kirwan (Democratic) - lost Primary; Brittney "Brit" Robinson (Democratic) - lost Primary. House CD 5: Member of Congress John H. Rutherford (Republican) - Renominated; Alexander "Alex" Hazen (Democratic) - lost Primary; Mark Peter Heggestad (Democratic) - lost Primary; Mark Kaye (Republican) - lost Primary. House CD 6: Member of Congress Randy Fine (Republican) - Renominated; Aaron Baker (Republican) - lost Primary; Daniel Brandon "Dan" Bilzerian (Republican) - lost Primary; Robert David "Rob" Cooper, II (Democratic) - lost Primary; Palm Coast Council Member Charles A. Gambaro, Jr. (Republican) - lost Primary; Steve Morgan (Democratic) - lost Primary; Ronnie "Ron" Murchinson-Rivera (Democratic) - lost Primary. House CD 7: Member of Congress Cory Lee Mills (Republican) - Lost Primary; former Member of Congress Alan Mark Grayson (Democratic) - lost Primary; Michael Don "Mike" Johnson (Republican) - lost Primary; Marialana Kinter (Democratic) - lost Primary; Sarah Ulrich (Republican) - lost Primary. House CD 9: Gregory Marcus "Marcus" Carter (Republican) - lost Primary; Jorge Martinez (Republican) - lost Primary; Howard Steven "Steve" Rance (Republican) - lost Primary; Justin Story (Republican) - lost Primary. House CD 11: Ivette Palomo (Republican) - lost Primary; Nizam Razack (Republican) - lost Primary; Royal Sylvester Webster, II (Democratic) - lost Primary; Dan Williams (Democratic) - lost Primary. House CD 12: Darren McAuley (Democratic) - lost Primary. House CD 13: John William Liccione (Democratic) - lost Primary; Timothy Brandt "Brandt" Robinson (Democratic) - lost Primary. House CD 14: Michael Marcel (Republican) - lost Primary; John Peters (Republican) - lost Primary; Robert Anthony "Rocky" Rochford (Republican) - lost Primary; Gavriel Eliyahu Soriano (Republican) - lost Primary; state Representative Kevin M. Steele (Republican) - lost Primary; Ergin "Batman" Tek (Republican) - lost Primary; Bea Valenti (Republican) - lost Primary. House CD 15: Christopher "Chris" Irizarry (Democratic) - lost Primary. House CD 16: Jonathan "Jon" Harris (Democratic) - lost Primary; Tamika Lyles (Democratic) - lost Primary; Glenn Keith Pearson (Democratic) - lost Primary; Edward Peter "Ed" Pope (Republican) - lost Primary; Jan Schneider (Democratic) - lost Primary; Jason Edward "Eddie" Speir (Republican) - lost Primary. House CD 17: Allen L. Spence, Jr. (Democratic) - lost Primary. House CD 19: Sarasota County Charter Review Board Member Gregory "Greg" "Tex" Bukowski (Republican) - lost Primary; former North Carolina Member of Congress David Madison "Madison" Cawthorn (Republican) - lost Primary; former Member of Congress Christopher Carl "Chris" Collins (Republican) - lost Primary; Ola Nesheswat Hawatmeh (Republican) - lost Primary; Catalina Lauf (Republican) - lost Primary; Robert M. Neeld, Jr. (Democratic) - lost Primary; former Illinois state Senator James D. "Jim" Oberweis (Republican) - lost Primary; Mike Pedersen (Republican) - lost Primary; Howard Lee Sapp (Democratic) - lost Primary; Linda J. Sawyer (Republican) - lost Primary; John Strand (Republican) - lost Primary. House CD 20: Luther "Uncle Luke" Campbell (Democratic) - lost Primary; Member of Congress Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (Democratic) - lost Primary; former City of Lauderhill and Broward County Commissioner Dale V.C. Holness (Democratic) - lost Primary; Lateresa "L.A." Jones (Republican) - lost Primary; Rodenay "Rod" Joseph (Republican) - lost Primary; Elijah Manley (Democratic) - lost Primary; Carla Arlene Spalding (Republican) - lost Primary. House CD 22: Member of Congress Lois J. Frankel (Democratic) - Renominated; David Burck (Republican) - lost Primary; Michael Carbonara (Republican) - lost Primary; Kaysia Earley (Democratic) - lost Primary; Richard L. "Rich" Evans (Republican) - lost Primary; Terri Hasdorff (Republican) - lost Primary; Belinda Keiser (Republican) - lost Primary; Michael Thompson (Republican) - lost Primary. House CD 23: Member of Congress Jared E. Moskowitz (Democratic) - Renominated; Paola Branda (Republican) - lost Primary; Victoria Jane Boker Doyle (Democratic) - lost Primary; Mark Piper (Democratic) - lost Primary. House CD 24: Marshall L. Davis, Sr. (Democratic) - lost Primary; state Senator Shevrin D. "Shev" Jones (Democratic) - lost Primary; Kendrick Meek, Jr. (Democratic) - lost Primary; Rudolph "Rudy" Moise (Democratic) - lost Primary; former Miami-Dade County Commissioner Jean Monestime (Democratic) - lost Primary; Roderick Darrell "Rod" Vereen (Democratic) - lost Primary. House CD 25: Member of Congress Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Democratic) - Renominated; Daniel John "Dan" Franzese (Republican) - lost Primary; Raven Harrison (Republican) - lost Primary; Joseph "Joe" Kaufman (Republican) - lost Primary; Oliver Adams Larkin (Democratic) - lost Primary; former state Representative George R. Moraitis (Republican) - lost Primary. House CD 27: Member of Congress Marìa Elvira Salazar (Republican) - Renominated; Vincent Michael "V. Michael" Arias (Republican) - lost Primary; Robin Peguero (Democratic) - lost Primary. Chief Financial Officer: Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia (Republican) - Renominated; Frank William Collige (Republican) - lost Primary; Earle Ford (Democratic) - lost Primary. Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services: Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Wilton Simpson (Republican) - Renominated; Donald Allen "Don" Prichard (Democratic) - lost Primary; Matthew Edward "Matt The Welder" Taylor (Republican) - lost Primary.

Michigan: House CD 13: Raelyn Light (Green) - added.

New York: House CD 21: Christopher "Chris" Schmidt (Independent) - apparently not a candidate.

Wyoming (18 August primary recap): Senate Class 2: Billy Arthur Benavidez (Democratic) - lost Primary; Jill M. Edwards (Republican) - lost Primary; former County Judge John Allan Holtz (Republican) - lost Primary; Samuel "Sam" Mead (Republican) - lost Primary; Jimmy "Jim" Skovgard (Republican) - lost Primary. Governor: Brent Warren Bien (Republican) - lost Primary; Curt Norman Blake (Republican) - lost Primary; Public Instruction Superintendent Megan Degenfelder (Republican) - lost Primary. House At-Large: former Superintendent of Public Instruction Jillian Ann Balow (Republican) - lost Primary; state Senator Dennis Dean "Bo" Biteman, II (Republican) - lost Primary; Kevin Christensen (Republican) - lost Primary; Elena Del Real (Democratic) - lost Primary; Richard L. Dodson (Republican) - lost Primary; Stephen "Steve" Friess (Republican) - lost Primary; David Anthony Giralt (Republican) - lost Primary; former state Senator Keith Brian Goodenough (Republican) - lost Primary; Reid Rasner (Republican) - lost Primary. Secretary of State: Qwenton Eagle Oviatt (Republican) - lost Primary; state Representative Rachel Rodriguez-Williams (Republican) - lost Primary; Charles C. "CJ" Young, II (Republican) - lost Primary. Treasurer: state Representative Scott Smith, Jr. (Republican) - lost Primary. Superintendent of Public Instruction: former Firestone, Colorado Mayor Chad Auer (Republican) - lost Primary; Thomas Martin "Tom" Kelly (Republican) - lost Primary; Sergio A. Maldonado, Sr. (Democratic) - lost Primary.

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1 change to the popular vote:

California: House CD 14 Special.

Tuesday 18 August 2026: Primaries in ALASKA, FLORIDA and WYOMING; Special U.S. House Election in CALIFORNIA's 14th Congressional District
by TheGreenPapers.com Staff

ALASKA Primaries
Polls open: 7 AM to 8 PM local time
[1500-0400 GMT, except
1600-0500 GMT re: western Aleutians]

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CALIFORNIA Special Election in CD 14
Polls open: 7 AM to 8 PM local time [1400-0300 GMT]

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FLORIDA Primaries
Polls open: 7 AM to 7 PM local time
[1100-2300 GMT re: Eastern Time;
1200-0000 GMT re: Central Time]

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WYOMING Primaries
Polls open: 7 AM to 7 PM local time [1300-0100 GMT]

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

3 changes to the candidate list:

Florida: Governor: Mohammad Wajid "M.W." Khan (Write-in) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 6: Manuel P. Asensio (Republican) - apparently not a candidate.

South Carolina: House CD 1: Margo Ellis (Alliance Party) - apparently not a candidate.

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

7 changes to the candidate list:

Delaware (readied for 15 September primary): Senate Class 2: Dexter Bland (Independent) - apparently not a candidate. House At-Large: Gage Dylan Thunder (Independent) - apparently not a candidate.

Florida: Governor: David "DJ" DeJesus (Write-in [Independent]) - previously listed as Write-in.

Kentucky: House CD 4: Mohammad Wael "M. Wael" Ahmad (Kentucky) - apparently not a candidate.

Nebraska: Governor: former state Senator Brent Lindstrom (Independent) - apparently not a candidate.

Virginia: House CD 7: Randall Terry (Independent) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 1.

Wisconsin: Senate Class 3: Katrina Violetta deVille (Democratic) - added.


 
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