Category: Governor 2022

• 5/17 Primary Watchlist: Statewide

  May 17, 2022

  The five states that will be featured in today’s article are Kentucky, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Idaho, and Oregon. Kentucky polls will fully close at 7:00 EST, North Carolina’s at 7:30 EST, Pennsylvania’s at 8:00 EST, and Oregon’s and Idaho’s at 11:00 EST. Senate All three of Oregon, Kentucky, and Idaho’s… Read More

  Lakshya Jain and Leon Sit

• 5/10 Primary Roundup

  May 13, 2022

  Nebraska Governor Last Tuesday, businessman Jim Pillen secured Nebraska’s Republican gubernatorial nomination, beating Trump-endorsed rival Charles Herbster by just over three percent. This is the first blemish on Trump’s endorsement record, as the Nebraska establishment largely lined up behind Pillen. Herbster’s loss could be attributed to voters being more selective… Read More

  Harrison Lavelle and Leon Sit

• The 5/10 Primary Watchlist: Nebraska and West Virginia

  May 10, 2022

  Introduction This week’s edition of Watchlist brings us to two lesser-populated states with strongly Republican leanings: Nebraska and West Virginia. Neither one uses runoffs, so candidates will only need pluralities of the vote to secure their nominations. Last week’s contests in Ohio and Indiana reignited this year’s primary season after a… Read More

  Leon Sit and Harrison Lavelle

• 5/3 Primary Roundup

  May 6, 2022

  Senate After months of anxious waiting, the Republican Senate primary is finally over. Trump-endorsed venture capitalist J.D. Vance finished first with 32.2% of the vote, performing well in rural Ohio and the post-industrial working class Mahoning Valley. Josh Mandel came in second with 23.9%, and was generally the second choice… Read More

  Harrison Lavelle, Leon Sit and Lakshya Jain

• The 5/3 Primary Watchlist: Ohio and Indiana

  May 3, 2022

  Introduction For this week’s edition of Watchlist, we return from a two-month primary dry spell and turn our attention to two Rust Belt states whose primaries will resume the 2022 primary election season. Indiana and Ohio voters will head to the polls on May 3rd to nominate their slates of… Read More

  Harrison Lavelle, Lakshya Jain and Leon Sit

• The Battle for the Future of the Republican Party: What is Trump’s Role?

  March 21, 2022

  Introduction When New York businessman Donald Trump first announced his Presidential campaign in June 2015, few mainstream pundits took him seriously. Over the ensuing year, Trump shocked the political establishment by spearheading the successful defeat of over a dozen capable officeholders – each of whom was well-groomed to seek the… Read More

  Harrison Lavelle

• The Texas Recap + Ratings Shifts

  March 2, 2022

  Introduction Texans voted in the first primary election of the 2022 cycle yesterday, concluding some hard fought campaigns and setting up a few more in the process. To be self-accountable, Split Ticket will be releasing recaps after each primary revisiting our Watchlist predictions while shedding some light on November. So… Read More

  Harrison Lavelle

• The Texas Primary Watchlist

  February 27, 2022

  Introduction Welcome to the first edition of Watchlist, Split Ticket’s new electoral rundown series. With political junkies everywhere preparing for the beginning of election season, all eyes are focused on Texas. There, the inaugural primaries of the 2022 cycle will be held tomorrow. Each of the most competitive statewide and… Read More

  Harrison Lavelle

• 2022 Governor Rating Updates: Texas

  February 12, 2022

  When we debuted our governor ratings for Split Ticket, we had initially earmarked the Texas gubernatorial race, rapidly shaping up as a showdown between incumbent Republican Greg Abbott and former Congressman Beto O’Rourke, as one to watch. Early on, there were key points of concern for Republicans, ranging from a… Read More

  Lakshya Jain