Election coverage statistics

As of September 25, 2026, Elections Simplified covers 28,647 upcoming elections in 13,052 districts across 51 states, including 1,018 ballot measures. Of the 13,370 office races with a known candidate list, 6,400 (48%) are uncontested. 23,260 candidates are running: 7,517 Democrats, 10,022 Republicans, and 5,721 independents, minor-party, or nonpartisan candidates. The site holds 398,123 sourced candidate records. The next election day on file is October 3, 2026.

Counts cover elections dated today or later. A race is uncontested when every candidate on the ballot wins a seat; judicial retention questions count as elections but as neither contested nor uncontested. Free to reuse with credit to Elections Simplified and a link to this page; the numbers are also available as JSON at /api/stats. How the data is gathered: methodology.