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ALABAMA
Gubernatorial:
Incumbent Robert Bentley (R) vs Patrick Griffith (D)
ALASKA
Gubernatorial:
Incumbent Sean Parnell (R) vs Bill Walker (D)
Senate:
Incumbent Mark Begich (D) vs Dan Sullivan (R)
ARIZONA
Gubernatorial:
Duck Ducey (R) vs Fred DuVal (D)
House of Representatives:
1st District:
Incumbent Ann Kirpatrick (D) vs Andy Tobin (R)
2nd District:
Incumbent Ron Barber (D) vs Martha McSally (R)
9th District:
Incumbent Krysten Sinema (D) vs Wendy Rogers (R)
ARKANSAS
Gubernatorial:
Asa Hutchinson (R) vs Mike Ross (D)
Senate
Incumbent Mark Pryor (D) vs Tom Cotton (R)
House of Representatives:
2nd District:
French Hill (R) vs Patrick Hays (D) vs Debbie Standiford (L)
CALIFORNIA
Gubernatorial:
Incumbent Jerry Brown (D) vs Neel Kashkari (R)
House of Representatives:
7th District:
Doug Ose (R) vs Ami Bera (D)
9th District:
Incumbent Jerry McNerney (D) vs Tony Amador (R)
10th District:
Incumbent Jeff Denham (R) vs Michael Eggman (D)
16th District:
Incumbent Jim Costa (D) vs Johnny Tacherra (R)
17th District
Incumbent Mike Honda (D) vs Ro Khanna (D)
21st District:
Incumbent David Valadao (R)vs Amanda Renteria (D)
24th District:
Incumbent Lois Capps (D) vs Chris Mitchum (R)
26th District
Incumbent Julia Brownley (D) vs Jeff Gorell (R)
31st District:
Paul Chabot (R) vs Pete Aguilar (D)
52nd District:
Incumbent Scott Peters (D) vs Carl Demaio (R)
COLORADO
Gubernatorial:
Incumbent John Hickenlooper (D) vs Bob Beauprez (R)
Senate:
Incumbent Mark Udall (D) vs Cory Gardner (R)
House of Representatives
Sixth District:
Incumbent Mike Coffman (R) vs Andrew Romanoff (D)
CONNECTICUT
Gubernatorial:
Incumbent Dannel Malloy (D) vs Tom Foley (R)
FLORIDA
Gubernatorial:
Incumbent Rick Scott (R) vs Charlie Crist (D) vs Adrian Wyllie (L)
House of Representatives:
2nd District:
Incumbent Steve Southerland II (R) vs Gwen Graham (D)
18th District:
Incumbent Patrick Murphy (D) vs Carl Domino (R)
26th District:
Incumbent Joe Garcia (D) vs David Rivera (R)
22nd District:
Incumbent Lois Frankel (D) vs Paul Spain (R)
GEORGIA
Gubernatorial:
Incumbent Nathan Deal (R) vs Jason Carter (D)
Senate:
David Perdue (R) vs Michelle Nunn (D)
House of Representatives:
12th District:
Incumbent John Barrow (D) vs Rick Allen (R)
HAWAII
Gubernatorial:
David Ige (D) vs Duke Aiona (R)
Senate:
Interim official Brian Schatz (D) vs Cam Cavasso (R) vs Michael Kokoski
IDAHO
Gubernatorial:
Incumbent Butch Otter (R) vs A.J. Balukoff (D)
House of Representatives:
2nd District:
Incumbent Mike Simpson (R) vs Richard Stalling (D)
ILLINOIS
Gubernatorial:
Incumbent Pat Quinn (D) vs Bruce Rauner (R) vs Chad Grimm (L)
Senate:
Dick Durbin (D) vs Jim Oberweis (R) vs Sharon Hansen (L)
House of Representatives:
8th District
Incumbent Tammy Duckworth (D) vs Lawrence Kaifesh (R)
10th District:
Incumbent Brad Schneider (D) vs Robert Dold (R)
12th District:
Incumbent William Enyart (D) vs Mike Bost (R)
13th District:
Incumbent Rodney Davis (R) vs Ann Callis (D)
17th District:
Incumbent Cheri Bustos (D) vs Bobby Schilling (R) vs Eric Reyes (I)
IOWA
Gubernatorial:
Incumbent Terry Brandstad (R) vs Jack Hatch (D)
Senate:
Joni Ernst (R) vs Bruce Braley (D)
House of Representatives:
2nd District:
Incumbent Dave Loebsack (D) vs Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R)
3rd District:
David Young (R) vs Staci Appel (D)
4th District:
Incumbent Steve King (R) vs Christie Vilsack (D)
KANSAS
Gubernatorial:
Incumbent Sam Brownback (R) vs Paul Davis (D)
Senate:
Incumbent Pat Roberts (R) vs Greg Orman (I)
KENTUCKY
Senate:
Mitch McConnell (R) vs Alison Grimes (D) vs David Patterson (L)
House of Representatives:
3rd District:
Incumbent John Yarmuth (D) vs Michael Macfarlane (R)
LOUISIANA
Senate:
Incumbent Mary Landrieu (D) vs Bill Cassidy (R)
MAINE
Gubernatorial:
Paul LePage (R) vs Mike Michaud (D) vs Eliot Cutler (I)
House of Representatives
2nd District:
Emily Cain (D)vs Bruce Poliquin (R) vs Blaine Richardson (I)
Senate:
Susan Collins (R) vs Shenna Bellows (D)
MARYLAND
Gubernatorial:
Larry Hogan (R) vs Anthony Brown (D)
MASSACHUSETTS
Gubernatorial:
Martha Coakley (D) vs Charles D. Baker (R)
House of Representatives:
6th District:
Seth Moulton (D) vs Richard Tisei (R)
Senate:
Incumbent Edward Markey (D) vs Brian Herr (R)
MICHIGAN
Gubernatorial:
Incumbent Rick Snyder (R) vs Mark Schaeur (D)
Senate:
Terri Lynn Land (R) vs Gary Peters (D)
House of Representatives:
3rd District:
Incumbent Justin Amash (R) vs Bob Goodrich (D)
4th District:
Jeff Holmes (D) vs John Moolenaar (R)
10th District:
Incumbent Candice Miller (R) vs Chuck Stadler (D)
11th District:
David Trott (R) vs Bobby McKenzie (D)
MINNESOTA
Gubernatorial:
Incumbent Mark Dayton (D) vs Jeff Johnson (R)
House of Representatives:
2nd District:
Incumbent John Kline (R) vs Mike Obermueller (D)
3rd District:
Incumbent Erik Paulsen (R) vs Sharon Sund (D)
8th District:
Incumbent Rick Nolan (D) vs Stewart Mills (R) vs Ray Sandman (G)
Senate:
Incumbent Al Franken (D) vs Mike McFadden (R)
MONTANA
Senate:
Amanda Curtis (D) vs Steve Daines (R)
NEBRASKA
Gubernatorial:
Pete Ricketts (R) vs Chuck Hassebrook (D)
Senate:
Ben Sasse (R) vs Dave Domina (D) vs Todd Watson (I) vs Jim Jenkins (I)
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Gubernatorial:
Incumbent Maggie Hassan (D) vs Andrew Hemingway (R)
Senate:
Incumbent Jeanee Shaheen (D) vs Scott Brown (R)
House of Representatives:
1st District:
Incumbent Carol Shea-Porter (D) vs Frank Guinta (R)
NEVADA
Gubernatorial:
Incumbent Brian Sandoval (R) vs Robert Goodman (D)
House of Representatives:
3rd District:
Incumbent Joe Heck (R) vs Erin Bilbray (D)
NEW JERSEY
House of Representatives:
2nd District:
Incumbent Frank LoBiondo (R) vs Bill Hughes (D)
3rd District:
Aimee Belgard (D) vs Tom MacArthur (R) vs Frederick John LaVergne (D & R)
Senate:
Incumbent Cory Booker (D) vs Jeff Bell (R)
NEW MEXICO
Gubernatorial:
Susana Martinez (R) vs Gary King (D)
Senate:
Incumbent Tom Udall (D) vs Allen Weh (R)
House of Representatives:
2nd District:
Incumbent Steve Pearce (R) vs Roxanne Laura (D)
NEW YORK
Gubernatorial:
Incumbent Andrew Cuomo (D) vs Rob Astorino (R) vs Howie Hawkins (G)
vs Michael McDermott (L)
House of Representatives:
1st District:
Incumbent Tim Bishop (D) vs Lee Zeldin (R)
3rd District:
Incumbent Steve Isreal (D) vs Grant Lally (L)
10th District:
Incumbent Jerrold Nadler (D) vs Ross Brady (R)
11th District:
Incumbent Michael Grimm (R) vs Domenic Recchia (D)
18th District:
Incumbent Sean Maloney (D) vs Nan Hayworth (R)
21st District:
Incumbent Bill Owens (D) vs Elise Stefanik (R)
NORTH CAROLINA
Senate:
Incumbent Kay Hagan (D) vs Thom Tillis (R)
House of Representatives:
7th District:
Jonathan Barfield (D) vs David Rouzer (R)
OHIO
Gubernatorial:
Incumbent John Kasich (R) vs Ed FitzGerald (D)
OKLAHOMA
Gubernatorial:
Incumbent Mary Fallin (R) vs Joe Dorman (D)
Senate:
Jim Inhofe (R) vs Matt Silverstein (D) vs Joan Farr (I)
OREGON
Gubernatorial:
Incumbent John Kitzhaber (D) vs Dennis Richardson (R) vs Paul Grad (L)
vs Aaron Auer (C)
House of Representatives:
4th District:
Incumbent Peter DeFazio (D) vs Art Robinson (R)
5th District:
Incumbent Kurt Schrader (D) vs Tootie Smith (R)
Senate:
Incumbent Jeff Merkely (D)Â vs Monica Wehby (R) vs vs Mike Montchalin (L)
PENNSYLVANIA
Gubernatorial:
Incumbent Tom Corbett (R) vs Tom Wolf (D) vs Tom Lineaweaver (I)
House of Representatives:
8th District:
Incumbent Michael Fitzpatrick (R) vs Kevin Strouse (D)
6th District:
Manan Trived (D) vs Ryan Costello (R)
16th District:
Incumbent Joe Pitts (D) vs Tom Houghton (R)
RHODE ISLAND
Gubernatorial:
Gina Raimondo (D) vs Allan Fung (R)
SOUTH CAROLINA
Gubernatorial:
Nikki Haley (R) vs Vincent Sheheen (D) vs Steve French (L)
Senate:
Incumbent Lindsey Graham (R) vs Brad Hutto (D) vs Victor Kocher (L)
SOUTH DAKOTA
Gubernatorial:
Incumbent Dennis Daugaard (R) vs Susan Wismer (D)
Senate:
Mike Rounds (R) vs Rick Weiland (D) vs Larry Pressler (I) vs Gordon Howie (I)
TENNESSEE
Gubernatorial:
Bill Haslam (R) vs Charlie Brown (D) vs Isa Infante (G)
TEXAS
Gubernatorial:
Wendy Davis (D) vs Greg Abbott (R)
Senate:
Incumbent John Cornyn (R) vs David Alameel (D)
House of Representatives:
23rd District:
Incumbent Pete Gallego (D) vs Will Hurd (R)
34th District:
Incumbent Filemon Vela (D) vs Larry Smith (L)
VERMONT
Gubernatorial:
Incumbent Peter Shumlin (D) vs Scott Milne (R)
WASHINGTON
House of Representatives:
3rd District:
Incumbent Jaime Herrera Beutler (R) vs Bob Dingethal (D)
8th District:
Incumbent Dave Reichert (R) vs Jason Ritchie (D)
WEST VIRGINIA
Senate:
Natalie Tennant (D) vs Shelley More Capito (R)
House of Representatives:
3rd District:
Incumbent Nick Rahall (D) vs Evan Jenkins (R)
WISCONSIN
Gubernatorial:
Incumbent Scott Walker (R) vs Mary Burke (D) vs Robert Burke (L)
WYOMING
Gubernatorial:
Incumbent Matt Mead (R) vs Pete Gosar (D)
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