Kentucky is split between two time zones, with polls closing at 6pm local time. Eastern counties will report after 6pm EDT, Western after 7pm EDT. Polls close at 8:00pm EDT in Pennsylvania for the… Read More
Updates on Upcoming Elections
Decision Desk HQ is covering all of this year’s Gubernatorial elections along with federal specials. 4/30/2019- North Carolina 3rd Congressional District Special Election Primaries The race to replace the late Rep. Walter Jones is a… Read More
Michigan 2018: Democrats Fix Their Road to Lansing
After a lackluster showing throughout the region in 2014, Democrats picked up a trio of Governorships in the Great Lakes states in 2018. Two of these states (Illinois & Wisconsin) were gained by defeating Republican… Read More
Georgia Secretary of State Runoff: Post-mortem
Last night, Georgia had it’s final statewide election of the year. In November, State Rep. Brad Raffensperger (R) finished with 49.1% to ex-Rep. John Barrow’s (D) 48.7% for Secretary of State. The balance went to… Read More
Uncalled Races Update
As of this writing, DDHQ has not called four House contests: CALIFORNIA-39 GEORGIA-07 TEXAS-23 UTAH-04 California’s 39th remains uncalled due to the outstanding vote count. Republican Young Kim sported a lead on election night, but… Read More
Presenting the 2018 Øptimus Gubernatorial (Polling) Model
As we head into the final weekend before Election Day, we’re excited to reveal our gubernatorial probabilities. While we did not apply our House and Senate methodology to produce a full gubernatorial model, we wanted… Read More
Voter Registration Changes in Pennsylvania and the 2018 midterms
Those long-time readers of the Desk know of my special affinity (some would call it an obsession) with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Throughout 2015 and 2016, I tracked voter registration changes as it finally ceased… Read More
A Look At 2018 Primary Season Highlights And What They May Mean For November
Last week marked the end of the 2018 primary season. We began our results coverage the first week of March in Texas and finished last Thursday in NY. As part of our weekly newsletter (which… Read More
New York Primary Preview
The end of the road is here! The 2018 primary season started back on March 6th in Texas and ends tonight in NY, some 740 races (give or take) later. We’re only here tonight because… Read More
Rhode Island Primary Preview
Fourty-seven states down, two to go in primary 2018. Tonight, it’s Rhode Island’s turn. The state has been lopsidedly Democratic in the Presidential vote for decades, but it elected Republican Governors for twelve straight years… Read More