Unopposed
On November 3, 65% of the seats on the ballot in the 32 states counted so far had only one name on it, or none. Nobody to choose between.
33,887 seats counted from each state's official results, 21 states in full and 11 in part. 21,931 had no race. Find your county to see every seat that was on your ballot.
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State by state
The share of each state's counted seats that had no race. Tap a state to open its map.
| State | Seats | No race | Counted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | 4,098 | 91% | Every seat |
| Alabama | 683 | 79% | Every seat |
| Indiana | 6,091 | 72% | Every seat |
| Minnesota | 6,598 | 67% | Every seat |
| North Dakota | 506 | 65% | Every seat |
| Georgia | 1,022 | 64% | Every seat |
| Oregon | 1,299 | 64% | Every seat |
| Connecticut | 457 | 63% | Almost every seat |
| Louisiana | 2,813 | 62% | Every seat |
| South Carolina | 979 | 61% | Every seat |
| Virginia | 1,070 | 59% | Every seat |
| Montana | 474 | 59% | Almost every seat |
| Wyoming | 86 | 57% | State offices only |
| North Carolina | 1,719 | 54% | Every seat |
| Colorado | 692 | 53% | Every seat |
| Utah | 390 | 53% | Every seat |
| Rhode Island | 535 | 52% | Every seat |
| Washington | 599 | 52% | Every seat |
| Vermont | 1,486 | 48% | Almost every seat |
| Delaware | 77 | 44% | Every seat |
| Maryland | 617 | 43% | Every seat |
| New York | 109 | 39% | Every seat in 5 of 62 counties |
| West Virginia | 351 | 37% | Every seat |
| South Dakota | 114 | 31% | State offices only |
| Kansas | 133 | 29% | State offices only |
| Illinois | 73 | 19% | Every seat in 4 of 102 counties |
| Missouri | 181 | 18% | State offices only |
| Nebraska | 35 | 11% | State offices only |
| Texas | 212 | 8% | State offices only |
| California | 164 | 2% | State offices only |
| Hawaii | 44 | 0% | Every seat in 4 of 5 counties |
| New Jersey | 13 | 0% | State offices only |
| Alaska | – | – | Not counted yet |
| Arizona | – | – | Not counted yet |
| Arkansas | – | – | Not counted yet |
| District of Columbia | – | – | Not counted yet |
| Florida | – | – | Not counted yet |
| Idaho | – | – | Not counted yet |
| Kentucky | – | – | Not counted yet |
| Maine | – | – | Not counted yet |
| Massachusetts | – | – | Not counted yet |
| Michigan | – | – | Not counted yet |
| Mississippi | – | – | Not counted yet |
| Nevada | – | – | Not counted yet |
| New Hampshire | – | – | Not counted yet |
| New Mexico | – | – | Not counted yet |
| Ohio | – | – | Not counted yet |
| Oklahoma | – | – | Not counted yet |
| Pennsylvania | – | – | Not counted yet |
| Tennessee | – | – | Not counted yet |
| Wisconsin | – | – | Not counted yet |
Run for one of these seats
Nobody ran against the winner in these seats. Next time, the second name on the ballot could be yours. Find your county above and tap a seat with no race: you get its state's own pages, step by step, and a way to bring people with you.
- Pick the seat, and check you can hold itEach office has its own rules: how old you must be, how long you must have lived there, whether you must be registered to vote there. The state's candidate page lists them.
- Find the office you file withSeats in Congress, statewide and in the legislature are usually filed with the state. A county, city, school or district seat is usually filed with your county elections office or your city or town clerk. Call them and ask which forms you need: that question is their job.
- Put the filing dates in your calendarYou can only file during a short window, often months before the election. Miss it and the seat waits for the election after. The state sets the dates for each election.
- Get your name on the paperMost places ask for a declaration of candidacy and either a filing fee or voters' signatures. Signatures are checked one by one and the ones that fail are struck off, so collect well over the minimum.
- Set up the money side before you spendMany states want a campaign committee, a treasurer and a separate bank account, registered with the state, before you raise or spend a dollar. The office that keeps campaign money reports says what yours needs.
- File, then go and meet peopleFile the way your state asks, in person if it says so, and keep the receipt. Then knock on doors. Nobody ran against the winner last time, so you may be the first person ever to ask these neighbours for their vote.
- Bring people with youNobody wins alone. Start a gathering for this seat: a time and a place where the people who want it filled can meet and back a candidate.
Learn it free
- The Local Government PlaybookA free online course for local elected officials and candidates: strategies for governing and for working with your community.
- Newly Elected Leaders Toolkit (ICMA)For after you win: what the job is, and the rules on open meetings and public records. A free download from the association of city and county managers.
- My Congressional District (US Census Bureau)The people, jobs and homes in any congressional district, from the Census. Know who you want to serve.
- Campaign Guide for Congressional Candidates (FEC)Only if you run for Congress: the federal rules on raising, spending and reporting campaign money.
- The FEC's videosOnly if you run for Congress: short videos on the federal money rules, from the commission that enforces them.
Each state's guide adds its league of cities and towns, its association of counties, and its ballot rules on Ballotpedia.
Find your people
- Your local League of Women VotersThe League's own finder for its local leagues. Search by ZIP.
- Rotary clubs near youRotary's own finder for its local clubs.
Each state's guide adds the political committees in that state and the office that keeps its local campaign money reports.
Every state's official page for candidates
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
How this is counted
- Every contest comes from the state's own official results for the November 3, 2026 general election: the names printed on the ballot, and how many people each contest elects.
- A seat had a race when more people were on the ballot than there were seats. It had no race when there were only as many names as seats, or fewer. A seat with no name at all is an empty chair.
- Write-in lines are not counted as candidates. Ballot measures are left out. A yes-or-no vote on keeping a judge has no opponent by design, so it is shown but never counted in the share.
- A district that crosses county lines (a seat in Congress, a judicial district) is listed in each county where it was on the ballot, and counted once in a state's total.
- Some seats are elected in spring or in odd years, so they are not on this list. Results can still change before they are certified; the page is read again as states certify.
Where every number comes from
- Alabama, from Alabama Secretary of State
- California, from California Secretary of State (election-night results API), California Secretary of State: API endpoint list for the 3 Nov 2026 general (districts by county). Not counted: County, city, school board, superior court judge and special district races, which each of California's 58 counties reports on its own website.
- Colorado, from Colorado Secretary of State (Clarity results, every county site)
- Connecticut, from Connecticut Secretary of the State, Election Management System. Not counted: Nine town contests whose number of seats neither the state feed nor the ballot gives (under Connecticut's minority-representation rules a voter may vote for fewer people than there are seats): the boards of education in Berlin, Darien and Stamford and the six Darien Representative Town Meeting districts.
- Delaware, from Delaware Department of Elections
- Georgia, from Georgia Secretary of State
- Hawaii, from Hawaii Office of Elections: county Summary Reports, 2026 General
- Illinois, from Illinois county clerks: election night results (Clarity). Not counted: Only DuPage, McHenry, Macoupin and Madison counties are counted. Illinois has no statewide results feed, and the other 98 county clerks (and the Chicago board) each post their results on their own websites.
- Indiana, from Indiana Election Division: election night results
- Iowa, from Iowa Secretary of State: election results (Clarity)
- Kansas, from Kansas Secretary of State: Candidate List, 2026 General, U.S. Census Bureau: 2024 state legislative district to county relationship files. Not counted: U.S. House and State Board of Education races (no official list of the counties in each district was read), district court and magistrate judges, and every county and local office, which each county election officer handles.
- Louisiana, from Louisiana Secretary of State: Candidate Inquiry (11/03/2026) In Louisiana a candidate with no opponent is declared elected when qualifying closes and is never printed on the ballot. They are counted here as unopposed, from the Secretary of State's list of qualified candidates.
- Maryland, from Maryland State Board of Elections
- Minnesota, from Minnesota Secretary of State: election results media files, Minnesota Secretary of State: election results
- Missouri, from Missouri Secretary of State: Certification of Candidates, General Election November 3, 2026, Missouri Secretary of State: Official Manual 2025-2026, Judicial Branch (Court of Appeals districts), U.S. Census Bureau: 2024 state legislative district to county relationship files. Not counted: U.S. House races (the districts were redrawn in 2025 and no official county list of the new districts was read), circuit and associate circuit judges, and every county office, which each county clerk certifies.
- Montana, from Montana Secretary of State, election results. Not counted: Conservation district supervisors and one town selectman (Pinesdale), because the state results site does not print how many seats each of those contests fills. School boards and city councils are elected in May and odd years, not in November.
- Nebraska, from Nebraska Secretary of State: Election Results. Not counted: County offices (commissioners or supervisors, clerk, sheriff, attorney and the rest), city and village councils and school boards, which each county election office reports on its own.
- New Jersey, from New Jersey county clerks (Clarity ENR, each county site), New Jersey Division of Elections: Official List of Candidates, U.S. Senate and House (general, 3 Nov 2026). Not counted: County, town and school board races, which each New Jersey county clerk reports on its own site. Full ballots are read only for Atlantic and Essex counties; elsewhere only U.S. Senate and House are counted.
- New York, from Board of Elections in the City of New York. Not counted: Only New York City's five counties are counted. The other 57 counties are not, because the state results site refused automated reads after the election and each county board reports on its own site.
- North Carolina, from NC State Board of Elections
- North Dakota, from North Dakota Secretary of State, election night results
- Oregon, from Oregon Secretary of State (results.oregonvotes.gov), county exports
- Rhode Island, from Rhode Island Board of Elections
- South Carolina, from SC Election Commission
- South Dakota, from South Dakota Secretary of State, election results. Not counted: South Dakota law (SDCL 12-16-1.1) leaves a county or city candidate with no opponent off the ballot and declares them elected, so unopposed county and city seats were never on the ballot and are not counted here; school boards and most city councils are elected in spring, not in November.
- Texas, from Texas Secretary of State (election night results). Not counted: County offices (county judge, commissioners, clerks, treasurer, justices of the peace, constables), city and school board races, which each Texas county reports on its own site.
- Utah, from Utah Lieutenant Governor (election results, every county)
- Vermont, from Vermont Secretary of State: Election Night Results. Not counted: Justice of the peace races in 103 of 247 towns, which those towns had not posted to the state results site when it was read.
- Virginia, from Virginia Department of Elections
- Washington, from Washington Secretary of State (results.votewa.gov)
- West Virginia, from West Virginia Secretary of State (Clarity ENR, every county site)
- Wyoming, from Wyoming Secretary of State, unofficial precinct-by-precinct summaries, Wyoming Secretary of State, 2026 general election candidate list. Not counted: County offices (commissioners, clerk, sheriff and the rest), city and town councils, school boards and special districts, which each Wyoming county clerk reports on the county's own website.
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