Candidate Filing Update: Dems running in 77% of State Legislative districts across 47.5 states
The candidate filing deadline has passed for major party candidates in 46 states (including the 4 which held their legislative races in 2023), so it seems like a good point to take an updated look at where things stand.
Across these 46 states there's a total of 6,625 legislative districts: 4,776 House/Assembly seats and 1,849 Senate seats.
However, of those, only 5,709 are actually on the November ballot (or were last November). This is partly due to Alabama...