LaVergne ran for the seat as an independent candidate in 2014.
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Granted, Democrats would nearly certainly have won the U.S. Senate election under normal rules.
A dozen counties are also offering early, in-person voting at select locations two weeks before the June 28 election.
Thomas Hallet will run against incumbent commissioner in District 1 in Rice County, Jake Gillen; Kim Halvorson will run against incumbent commissioner in District 5, Jeff Docken; Galen Malecha, incumbent commissioner in District 2, is running unopposed.
In Senate District 39, Republican incumbent Ted Barela, of Estancia, is unchallenged for the primary, but will face one of four Democrats in November – Elizabeth Stefanics, of Santa Fe; Mike Anaya, of Lamy; Ambrose M. Castellano, of Serafina; or Hugh H. Ley, of Terrero. Marriage therapist Jonathan Swinton and Misty Snow, a transgender woman who works as a grocery store cashier, will compete for the party’s nomination.
El Paso County Democrat or Republican voters can update their political affiliation by 11:59 p.m.at govotecolorado.com, or by visiting one of four Division of Motor Vehicle offices.
The District 69 House seat will stay in Democratic hands even though incumbent Rep. W. Kenn Martinez isn’t seeking re-election.
The same chart, but showing the Partisan breakdown by week, compared to 2012, gives a sense of how massive this surge was, particularly for Democrats who accounted for more than 300,000 registrations in the last week alone. The district includes large portions of western and central Racine County.
The primary victor will face Republican incumbent Tom MacArthur, of Toms River, who won the open seat in 2014.
Several others, however, will go unchallenged this fall.
Sanchez, District 29, didn’t draw a Democratic primary challenger, but he will face Republican Gregory A. Baca in November. The district includes Caledonia and parts of Racine and western Racine County. Utah’s Democratic Party is open to all voters.
A report released on Friday shows that there are 17,915,053 voters registered as of the state’s May 23 deadline, the most the state has ever seen going into a primary. The seat is open following the retirement of incumbent state Sen.
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Incumbents running unopposed for other county offices are Stephen A. Hunting, county attorney; Janet Paddock, county clerk; Sue McCay, county register of deeds, and Jeffrey O. Richards, county sheriff.
