Our most recent book is titled Divided We Stand: The 2020 Elections and American Politics. Among other things, it discusses state and congressional elections.
This year, 90% or more of incumbents won re-election in 43 states. In 2022, it was more than 90% in 41 states, and in 2020, it was at or above 90% in 47 states.
- Ninety-eight percent of congressional incumbents were re-elected in 2024, the same percentage as in 2022 and slightly higher than the 96% re-elected in 2020. In 41 states, all congressional incumbents who sought another term were re-elected. In 41 states, all congressional incumbents were re-elected, the same as in 2022. In 2020, voters in 38 states re-elected their incumbents who sought another term.
- At the state executive level, 96% of incumbents were re-elected, while 93% of state-judicial incumbents and 97% of state legislative incumbents who ran were re-elected.
- Local-executive incumbents had a 93% win rate, local judicial incumbents had a 98% win rate, and local legislative incumbents, such as city council members or other officeholders who write laws at the local level, had an average win rate of 90%.
