For the State Senate, 44 candidates filed: 18 Democrats, 25 Republicans, and 1 Libertarian. Democrats have 4 primaries, including a three-way between Senator Robin Wright-Jones, Jamilah Nasheed, and Jeanette Mott Oxford. Republicans have 7 primaries, including a primary between Senator David Pearce and current State Representative Mike McGhee.
In the State House 371 candidates filed: 157 Democrats, 206 Republicans, 6 Libertarians, and 2 Constitutionalists. Democrats have 35 primaries, 11 of those include incumbents. Redistricting has pitted a number of sitting Democratic state Representatives between one another in primary battles, these races are: between Rep. Eileen McGeoghegan and Rep. Mary Nichols, this primary also includes newcomer Paul Berry; between Rep. Sharon Pace and Rep. CM Spreng; between Representatives Sylvester Taylor and Rochelle Gray; and between Rep. Susan Carlson and Rep. Stacey Newman. Several former Democratic representatives, voted out in 2010, are running this year including Mike Frame, Rebecca McClanahan, Vicki Englundd Jeff Roorda. and Charlie Norr.
Republicans vying for State House seats face 46 primaries, 17 of which include incumbents. A notable race in the Republican Primaries includes a race between current Representative Sandy Crawford and former Representative Randy Angst.
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