fivethirtyeight: primary-project-2022/rep

This directory contains demographic, electoral and endorsement data for Senate, House and governor candidates in the 2022 primary elections (except Louisiana’s). It was used in the following FiveThirtyEight articles:

Trump’s Endorsees Have Started Losing More. But Don’t Read Into That For 2024.(Aug. 29, 2022)
People Of Color Make Up 41 Percent Of The U.S. But Only 28 Percent Of General-Election Candidates (Sept. 21, 2022)
Progressives Took A Step Back In The 2022 Primaries — But They’re Playing The Long Game (Sept. 27, 2022)
2022 Is Not Another ‘Year Of The Woman’ (Oct. 10, 2022)

dem_candidates.csv contains information about candidates in Democratic primaries. rep_candidates.csv contains information about candidates in Republican primaries.

Electoral, endorsement and gender data was collected by FiveThirtyEight from state election officials, organization websites, social media and the Center for American Women and Politics. Race data was collected by political scientists Bernard Fraga and Hunter Rendleman using statements made by candidates, membership in racial and ethnic caucuses or organizations, racial and ethnic advocacy organizations, news reports and candidate websites.

Both dem_candidates.csv and rep_candidates.csv include:

Column	Description	Source
`Candidate`	The name of the candidate.	Official candidate lists and election results on state government websites.
`Gender`	The candidate's gender.	The Center for American Women and Politics’s website, candidate websites and news reports.
`Race 1`	What race or ethnicity (including Hispanic origin) the candidate primarily identifies as.	Statements made by candidates, membership in racial and ethnic caucuses or organizations, racial and ethnic advocacy organizations, news reports and candidate websites. Data collected by political scientists Bernard Fraga and Hunter Rendleman.
`Race 2`	What race or ethnicity (including Hispanic origin) the candidate secondarily identifies as, if any.	Statements made by candidates, membership in racial and ethnic caucuses or organizations, racial and ethnic advocacy organizations, news reports and candidate websites. Data collected by political scientists Bernard Fraga and Hunter Rendleman.
`Race 3`	What race or ethnicity (including Hispanic origin) the candidate tertiarily identifies as, if any.	Statements made by candidates, membership in racial and ethnic caucuses or organizations, racial and ethnic advocacy organizations, news reports and candidate websites. Data collected by political scientists Bernard Fraga and Hunter Rendleman.
`Incumbent`	Whether the candidate was an incumbent.	Official U.S. Senate, U.S. House or state gubernatorial websites.
`Incumbent Challenger`	Whether one of the candidate’s opponents in the primary was an incumbent.	Official U.S. Senate, U.S. House or state gubernatorial websites.
`State`	The state in which the candidate ran.	State government websites.
`Primary Date`	The date of the primary in which the candidate ran.	State government websites.
`Office`	The office for which the candidate ran.	Official candidate lists and election results on state government websites.
`District`	For U.S. House races, the congressional district number for which the candidate ran.	Official candidate lists and election results on state government websites.
`Primary Votes`	The raw number of votes received by the candidate in his or her primary. In states with runoffs, the results of the first primary round are used. For races that were canceled because they were uncontested, this number is 1.	Official election results on state government websites.
`Primary %`	The percentage of the vote received by the candidate in his or her primary. In states with all-party primaries, this is the percentage of the Democratic or Republican vote received by the candidate. In states with runoffs, the results of the first primary round are used. For candidates who were unopposed, this number is 100.	Official election results on state government websites.
`Primary Outcome`	Whether the candidate “Won” or “Lost” his or her primary or, if applicable, “Made runoff.”	Official election results on state government websites.
`Runoff Votes`	The raw number of votes received by the candidate in his or her runoff, if applicable.	Official election results on state government websites.
`Runoff %`	The percentage of the vote received by the candidate in his or her runoff, if applicable.	Official election results on state government websites.
`Runoff Outcome`	Whether the candidate “Won” or “Lost” his or her runoff, if applicable.	Official election results on state government websites.

dem_candidates.csv also includes the following endorsement data. For these fields, “Yes” indicates that the candidate was endorsed by the organization or person in question before the primary. In states with runoff elections, if an organization or person issued an endorsement after the primary but before the runoff, that is indicated by “Yes (runoff only).” “N/A” is used if the organization or person did not weigh in on the race in question. “No” is reserved only for when the endorser is supporting a candidate’s opponent or if they specifically opposed the candidate. Note that endorsements only count if issued by the national arm of each organization; endorsements by local chapters do not count.

Column	Description	Source
`EMILY's List`	Whether the candidate was endorsed by EMILY’s List.	EMILY’s List’s website.
`Justice Dems`	Whether the candidate was endorsed by Justice Democrats.	Justice Democrats’s website.
`Indivisible`	Whether the candidate was endorsed by Indivisible.	Indivisible’s website.
`PCCC`	Whether the candidate was endorsed by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee.	The PCCC’s website.
`Our Revolution`	Whether the candidate was endorsed by Our Revolution.	Our Revolution’s website.
`Sunrise`	Whether the candidate was endorsed by the Sunrise Movement.	The Sunrise Movement’s website.
`Sanders`	Whether the candidate was endorsed by Sen. Bernie Sanders.	Sanders’s Twitter account and news reports.
`AOC`	Whether the candidate was endorsed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.	Ocasio-Cortez’s Twitter account, her email list and news reports.
`Party Committee`	Whether the candidate was placed on the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s Red to Blue list, was endorsed by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee or is an incumbent Democratic governor (the Democratic Governors Association has a policy of always supporting incumbents but not getting involved in primaries that do not feature incumbents).	The DCCC’s website, DSCC press releases and news reports.

rep_candidates.csv also includes the following endorsement data. For these fields, “Yes” indicates that the candidate was endorsed by the organization or person in question before the primary. In states with runoff elections, if an organization or person issued an endorsement after the primary but before the runoff, that is indicated by “Yes (runoff only).” “N/A” is used if the organization or person did not weigh in on the race in question. “No” is reserved only for when the endorser is supporting a candidate’s opponent or if they specifically opposed the candidate. Note that endorsements only count if issued by the national arm of each organization; endorsements by local chapters do not count.

Column	Description	Source
`Trump`	Whether the candidate was endorsed by former President Donald Trump.	Trump’s website, his TruthSocial account and news reports.
`Trump Date`	The date on which the candidate was endorsed by Trump.	Trump’s website, his TruthSocial account and news reports.
`Club for Growth`	Whether the candidate was endorsed by the Club for Growth.	The Club for Growth’s website.
`Party Committee`	Whether the candidate reached the highest tier of the National Republican Congressional Committee’s Young Guns program or is an incumbent Republican senator or governor (the National Republican Senatorial Committee and Republican Governors Association had policies in 2022 of always supporting incumbents but not getting involved in primaries that do not feature incumbents).	The NRCC’s website and news reports.
`Renew America`	Whether the candidate is listed as a “Renewer” (marked as “Yes”) or a “Divider” (marked as “No”) by the Renew America Movement.	The Renew America Movement’s website.
`E-PAC`	Whether the candidate was endorsed by E-PAC.	E-PAC’s website.
`VIEW PAC`	Whether the candidate was endorsed by VIEW PAC.	VIEW PAC’s website.
`Maggie’s List`	Whether the candidate was endorsed by Maggie’s List.	Maggie’s List’s website.
`Winning for Women`	Whether the candidate was endorsed by Winning for Women.	Winning for Women’s website.

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Link	rowid ▼	Candidate	Gender	Race 1	Race 2	Incumbent	Incumbent Challenger	State	Primary Date	Office	District	Primary Votes	Primary %	Primary Outcome	Runoff Votes	Runoff %	Runoff Outcome	Trump	Trump Date	Club for Growth	Party Committee	E-PAC	VIEW PAC	Maggie's List	Winning for Women
1	1	Aditya "A.D." Atholi	Male	Asian (Indian)		No	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	1	6,186	8%	Lost
2	2	Joe McDaniel	Male	White		No	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	1	19,708	24%	Lost
3	3	Nathaniel Moran	Male	White		No	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	1	51,312	63%	Won
4	4	John Porro	Male	White		No	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	1	4,238	5%	Lost
5	5	Dan Crenshaw	Male	White		Yes	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	2	45,863	74%	Won
6	6	Jameson Ellis	Male	White		No	Yes	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	2	10,195	17%	Lost
7	7	Martin Etwop	Male	Black		No	Yes	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	2	2,785	5%	Lost
8	8	Milam Langella	Male	White		No	Yes	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	2	2,741	4%	Lost
9	9	Suzanne Harp	Female	White		No	Yes	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	3	13,375	21%	Lost
10	10	Jeremy D. Ivanovskis	Male	White		No	Yes	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	3	818	1%	Lost
11	11	Keith Self	Male	White		No	Yes	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	3	17,058	26%	Won
12	12	Van Taylor	Male	White		Yes	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	3	31,489	49%	Lost
13	13	Rickey Williams	Male	White		No	Yes	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	3	1,731	3%	Lost
14	14	Pat Fallon	Male	White		Yes	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	4	41,297	59%	Won				Yes	11/11/21
15	15	John E. Harper	Male	White		No	Yes	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	4	7,576	11%	Lost				No
16	16	Dan Thomas	Male	White		No	Yes	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	4	21,168	30%	Lost				No
17	17	Lance Gooden	Male	White		Yes	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	5	47,692	100%	Won				Yes	2/16/22
18	18	James Buford	Male	White		No	Yes	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	6	8,636	16%	Lost				No
19	19	Jake Ellzey	Male	White		Yes	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	6	38,683	71%	Won				Yes	2/17/22
20	20	Bill Payne	Male	Unknown		No	Yes	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	6	7,008	13%	Lost				No
21	21	Rudy A. Atencio	Male	Latino (Venezuelan)		No	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	7	1,024	5%	Lost
22	22	Tina Blum Cohen	Female	White		No	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	7	1,792	8%	Lost
23	23	Benson Gitau	Male	Black		No	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	7	422	2%	Lost
24	24	Laique Rehman	Male	Asian		No	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	7	977	5%	Lost
25	25	Lance Stewart	Male	White		No	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	7	1,764	8%	Lost
26	26	Tim Stroud	Male	White		No	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	7	6,346	29%	Made runoff	5,239	36%	Lost
27	27	Johnny Teague	Male	White		No	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	7	9,293	43%	Made runoff	9,152	64%	Won
28	28	Betsy Bates	Female	White		No	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	8	712	1%	Lost
29	29	Candice C. Burrows	Female	White		No	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	8	1,519	2%	Lost
30	30	Christian Collins	Male	White		No	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	8	14,659	22%	Lost
31	31	Jonathan Hullihan	Male	White		No	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	8	8,296	13%	Lost
32	32	Morgan Luttrell	Male	White		No	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	8	34,271	52%	Won
33	33	Dan McKaughan	Male	White		No	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	8	1,585	2%	Lost
34	34	Jonathan A. Mitchell	Male	White		No	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	8	791	1%	Lost
35	35	Chuck Montgomery	Male	White		No	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	8	1,169	2%	Lost
36	36	Michael Philips	Male	White		No	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	8	871	1%	Lost
37	37	Jessica Wellington	Female	White		No	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	8	1,550	2%	Lost
38	38	Taylor M. Whichard IV	Male	White		No	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	8	295	0%	Lost
39	39	Jimmy I. Leon	Male	Unknown		No	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	9	10,503	100%	Won
40	40	Michael McCaul	Male	White		Yes	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	10	63,920	100%	Won				Yes	11/11/21
41	41	August Pfluger	Male	White		Yes	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	11	61,479	100%	Won				Yes	11/9/21
42	42	Ryan J. Catala	Male	White		No	Yes	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	12	8,759	14%	Lost				No					No	No
43	43	Kay Granger	Female	White		Yes	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	12	46,779	75%	Won				Yes	2/17/22				Yes	Yes
44	44	Alysia Rieg	Female	Asian (Vietnamese)	White	No	Yes	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	12	6,662	11%	Lost				No					No	No
45	45	Ronny Jackson	Male	White		Yes	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	13	71,554	100%	Won				Yes	12/13/21
46	46	Keith Casey	Male	White		No	Yes	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	14	5,178	8%	Lost				No
47	47	Ruben Landon Dante	Male	Latino		No	Yes	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	14	1,854	3%	Lost				No
48	48	Randy Weber	Male	White		Yes	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	14	58,439	89%	Won				Yes	2/16/22
49	49	Sara Canady	Female	White		No	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	15	2,741	9%	Lost				No			No	No	No	No	No
50	50	Aizar Cavazos	Male	Latino		No	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	15	504	2%	Lost				No			No	No	No	No	No
51	51	Vangela Churchill	Female	Latino		No	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	15	298	1%	Lost				No			No	No	No	No	No
52	52	Monica De La Cruz	Female	Latino (Mexican)		No	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	15	16,835	57%	Won				Yes	2/17/22		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
53	53	Mauro Garza	Male	Latino		No	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	15	4,544	15%	Lost				No			No	No	No	No	No
54	54	Angela Juarez	Female	Unknown		No	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	15	416	1%	Lost				No			No	No	No	No	No
55	55	Ryan Krause	Male	White		No	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	15	2,728	9%	Lost				No			No	No	No	No	No
56	56	John C. Lerma	Male	White		No	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	15	658	2%	Lost				No			No	No	No	No	No
57	57	Steve Schmuker Jr	Male	White		No	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	15	1,064	4%	Lost				No			No	No	No	No	No
58	58	Irene Armendariz-Jackson	Female	Latino (Mexican)		No	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	16	12,623	100%	Won
59	59	Paulette Carson	Female	White		No	Yes	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	17	7,246	11%	Lost
60	60	Jason "Stormchaser" Nelson	Male	White		No	Yes	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	17	8,371	12%	Lost
61	61	Rob Rosenberger	Male	White		No	Yes	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	17	5,100	7%	Lost
62	62	Pete Sessions	Male	White		Yes	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	17	48,222	70%	Won
63	63	Carmen Maria Montiel	Female	Latino (Venezuelan)		No	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	18	11,087	100%	Won
64	64	Jodey C. Arrington	Male	White		Yes	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	19	68,503	100%	Won				Yes	2/17/22
65	65	Kyle Sinclair	Male	White		No	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	20	15,938	100%	Won
66	66	Michael Alexander French	Male	White		No	Yes	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	21	3,886	4%	Lost						No
67	67	Robert Lowry	Male	White		No	Yes	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	21	7,642	8%	Lost						No
68	68	Chip Roy	Male	White		Yes	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	21	78,087	83%	Won						Yes
69	69	Dana Zavorka	Female	White		No	Yes	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	21	4,206	4%	Lost						No
70	70	Troy E. Nehls	Male	White		Yes	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	22	50,281	87%	Won				Yes	2/16/22
71	71	Gregory Jonathan Thorne	Male	White		No	Yes	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	22	7,378	13%	Lost				No
72	72	Alma Arredondo-Lynch	Female	Latino (Mexican)		No	Yes	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	23	7,261	15%	Lost
73	73	Alía Garcia	Female	White		No	Yes	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	23	3,235	7%	Lost
74	74	Tony Gonzales	Male	Latino (Mexican)		Yes	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	23	37,212	78%	Won
75	75	Beth Van Duyne	Female	White		Yes	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	24	61,768	85%	Won				Yes	12/10/21				Yes	Yes	Yes
76	76	Nate Weymouth	Male	White		No	Yes	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	24	10,868	15%	Lost				No					No	No	No
77	77	Roger Williams	Male	White		Yes	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	25	69,418	100%	Won				Yes	12/10/21
78	78	Brian Brazeal	Male	White		No	Yes	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	26	5,892	9%	Lost				No
79	79	Michael C. Burgess	Male	White		Yes	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	26	42,006	67%	Won				Yes	12/10/21
80	80	Vincent Gallo	Male	White		No	Yes	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	26	6,437	10%	Lost				No
81	81	Raven Harrison	Female	Black		No	Yes	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	26	3,427	5%	Lost				No
82	82	Isaac Smith	Male	White		No	Yes	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	26	5,085	8%	Lost				No
83	83	Andrew Alvarez	Male	White		No	Yes	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	27	2,648	4%	Lost				No
84	84	Michael Cloud	Male	White		Yes	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	27	45,741	72%	Won				Yes	12/10/21
85	85	A.J. Louderback	Male	White		No	Yes	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	27	7,704	12%	Lost				No
86	86	Chris Mapp	Male	White		No	Yes	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	27	4,542	7%	Lost				No
87	87	Eric Mireles	Male	Latino		No	Yes	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	27	2,478	4%	Lost				No
88	88	Ed Cabrera	Male	Latino (Cuban)		No	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	28	3,343	13%	Lost								No
89	89	Steven Fowler	Male	White		No	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	28	3,388	13%	Lost								No
90	90	Cassy Garcia	Female	Latino (Mexican)		No	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	28	5,923	24%	Made runoff	8,485	57%	Won				Yes (runoff only)	Yes (runoff only)	Yes (runoff only)	Yes (runoff only)	Yes (runoff only)
91	91	Eric Hohman	Male	White		No	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	28	2,988	12%	Lost
92	92	Willie Vasquez Ng	Male	Asian		No	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	28	3,358	13%	Lost
93	93	Rolando Rodriguez	Male	Latino		No	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	28	1,622	6%	Lost
94	94	Sandra Whitten	Female	White		No	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	28	4,534	18%	Made runoff	6,413	43%	Lost				No (runoff only)	No (runoff only)	No (runoff only)	No (runoff only)	No (runoff only)
95	95	Jaimy Blanco	Female	Latino (Mexican)		No	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	29	2,212	26%	Lost
96	96	Lulite Ejigu	Female	Black (Ethiopian)		No	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	29	244	3%	Lost
97	97	Julio Garza	Male	Latino		No	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	29	2,629	31%	Made runoff	1,859	39%	Lost
98	98	Robert Schafranek	Male	White		No	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	29	3,299	39%	Made runoff	2,875	61%	Won
99	99	Lizbeth Diaz	Female	Latino (Mexican)		No	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	30	1,416	12%	Lost
100	100	Kelvin Goodwin-Castillo	Male	Latino		No	No	Texas	3/1/22	Representative	30	2,023	17%	Lost

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CREATE TABLE "primary-project-2022/rep_candidates" (
"Candidate" TEXT,
  "Gender" TEXT,
  "Race 1" TEXT,
  "Race 2" TEXT,
  "Race 3" TEXT,
  "Incumbent" TEXT,
  "Incumbent Challenger" TEXT,
  "State" TEXT,
  "Primary Date" TEXT,
  "Office" TEXT,
  "District" TEXT,
  "Primary Votes" TEXT,
  "Primary %" TEXT,
  "Primary Outcome" TEXT,
  "Runoff Votes" TEXT,
  "Runoff %" TEXT,
  "Runoff Outcome" TEXT,
  "Trump" TEXT,
  "Trump Date" TEXT,
  "Club for Growth" TEXT,
  "Party Committee" TEXT,
  "Renew America" TEXT,
  "E-PAC" TEXT,
  "VIEW PAC" TEXT,
  "Maggie's List" TEXT,
  "Winning for Women" TEXT
);

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