Seventy-one people declared candidacies for federal or statewide offices in the past week, 42 more than last week. All of these candidates declared before their state’s official filing deadline.
Twenty-nine of those candidates were Democratic, while 36 were Republican. Five are minor-party candidates, and one is running in a nonpartisan race.
Forty-two candidates are running for Congress, 21 for state legislatures, one for governorship, six for a lower state executive office, and one for state supreme court.
