Maddow Blog | Monday’s Campaign Roundup, 11/25/24: Special election to fill Gaetz April Fool’s vacancy

Today’s edition of campaign-related news from across the country.

* Since Matt Gaetz has retired from Congress, there will be a special election in the Republican Florida district on April 1, 2025. A number of GOP candidates have already expressed interest in running in the January 28 primary, and given the district’s partisan leanings, the winner of the Republican primary will be overwhelmingly favored to to win.

* In Mississippi there will be a runoff state election to the Supreme Court this week.

* It took a little longer than expected, but the Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur’s Republican rival called the incumbent congresswoman late last week on Friday to concede the race. Kaptur appears to have won with less than 1% of the total vote.

* Speaking of the Buckeye State, Sen. Sherrod Brown lost his re-election bid this year by about four points — in a state that Donald Trump won by 11 points — but the Ohio Democrat has expressed interest in another possible campaign, telling CNN he has not run the state’s 2026 U.S. Senate race.

* The Democratic National Committee will need a new chairman, and Martin O’Malley already has that threw his hat in the ring. The current commissioner of the Social Security Administration also served as governor of Maryland and mayor of Baltimore.

* On a related note, the day after O’Malley launched his DNC candidacy, Minnesota Democratic Chairman Ken Martin announced that he runs also for the position.

* In Georgia, term limits will prevent incumbent Republican Gov. Brian Kemp from seeking a third term, though the state’s Republican Attorney General Chris Carr, kicked off his gubernatorial bid last week.

* How did ranked-choice in Alaska manage to resist a repeal effort? Support from Native American voters seems to have been decisive.

This article was originally published on MSNBC.com